Exemption from Preliminary Feasibility Study for Yongin Semiconductor Cluster Water Supply Project

Promotion to Secure 800,000 Tons Per Day by 2034

The plan to supply up to 800,000 tons of water per day to the world's largest advanced semiconductor national industrial complex to be built in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, will be exempt from the government's preliminary feasibility study. With the shortening of administrative procedures such as the preliminary feasibility study, the water supply project is expected to accelerate.

Korea Water Resources Corporation announced on the 28th that the "Yongin Advanced System Semiconductor National Industrial Complex Water Supply Project" has been selected as a project exempt from the preliminary feasibility study.

The Water Resources Corporation will proceed with the project in two phases to supply water in a timely manner according to the investment schedule of companies moving into the industrial complex. In the first phase, by 2031, it plans to supply up to 200,000 tons per day by utilizing an existing water surplus of 80,000 tons and reusing wastewater, and by 2034, it will secure an additional 600,000 tons to establish a system capable of supplying up to 800,000 tons of water per day. To this end, 1.76 trillion won will be invested in installing intake facilities, water pipelines, and other infrastructure.

The government is developing Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, into a national high-tech industrial complex to create the world's largest semiconductor cluster and designating 14 new national industrial complexes in other regions to foster advanced industries such as semiconductors, future vehicles, and space. The photo shows the area around Namsa-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi Province, designated as a semiconductor national industrial complex. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

The semiconductor national industrial complex being developed in the Namsa-eup area of Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, covers 7.1 million square meters and is described by the Water Resources Corporation as the world's largest semiconductor cluster. It is the first project to be promoted among the industrial complexes announced as part of the national advanced industry promotion strategy.

The Water Resources Corporation expects that once the cluster is operational, it will require up to nearly 800,000 tons of water per day by 2050 in stages. The 800,000 tons is the amount that 2.3 million people (based on 2022 water supply statistics) can use in one day.

Moon Suk-joo, head of the water division at Korea Water Resources Corporation, said, "We will do our best to ensure a stable water supply to enhance the competitiveness of the semiconductor sector, a new growth engine for the nation’s advanced industries, without any setbacks."