Gangneung City Launches Water Quality Verification Committee... Begins Full-Scale Verification of Doam Dam Emergency Discharge Water

Gangneung City in Gangwon Province will officially launch the "Gangneung City Water Quality Verification Committee" on September 15 to ensure the safety of emergency discharge water from the Doam Dam and to protect the water supply source. The city will also hold the committee's first meeting on the same day.

Exterior view of Gangneung City Hall.

The first meeting of the "Gangneung City Water Quality Verification Committee" will take place at 3:00 p.m. in the Situation Room on the 8th floor of City Hall.

This committee consists of a total of 11 experts from the public sector, private sector, and academia. Its role is to verify the suitability of using water from the Doam Dam, its water conveyance pipeline, and emergency discharge water as a water supply source through quality measurement and review. The committee will also discuss and decide when to stop the discharge once the drought in Gangneung City is resolved.

Kim Hongkyu, Mayor of Gangneung, stated, "With the launch of this committee, we have established an objective verification system for the emergency discharge water from the Doam Dam." He added, "We will conduct thorough water quality verification so that citizens can use the water supply with peace of mind, and we will ensure all processes are transparently disclosed to realize trustworthy administration."

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