Uljin-gun Eliminates Blind Spots in Water Welfare

Full Effort to Establish a Stable Tap Water Supply System

Uljin-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, is promoting water welfare projects such as water supply facility improvement and integrated water supply installation projects with the goal of supplying high-quality tap water and eliminating blind spots in water welfare.

Uljin-gun, which is promoting water welfare projects such as the water supply facility improvement project and the integrated water supply installation project.

▲ Full effort to establish a stable tap water supply system (Expansion of Uljin Water Purification Plant Reservoir, Local Water Supply Modernization Project)

Uljin-gun is currently implementing the expansion project of the Uljin Water Purification Plant reservoir by investing a total project cost of 5.1 billion KRW to secure the retention time of the water supply reservoir and prevent water supply accidents, aiming for completion in June 2024.

Once this project is completed, the local water supply service area will be expanded, contributing to a stable tap water supply.

Additionally, by investing 35.7 billion KRW in the local water supply modernization project that has been underway since 2017, a smart network management infrastructure equipped with smart metering, automatic water quality monitoring, and re-chlorination facilities has been established, contributing to the provision of real-time tap water quality information and periodic removal of deposits inside water pipes for clean and stable tap water supply.

Furthermore, to expand the water supply area of Nagok 5-ri in Buk-myeon, a total project cost of 8 billion KRW is being used to construct one new reservoir in Buk-myeon, install transmission and distribution pipelines, and set up two transmission and distribution booster stations, with completion targeted for September 2024.

Moreover, to systematically maintain water facilities and build trust, Uljin-gun plans to establish a revised Uljin-gun Water Supply Maintenance Plan and sequentially carry out specialized maintenance services for the water supply network.

▲ Efforts to minimize residents' inconvenience through efficient water quality management and operation (such as consolidation of small-scale water facilities)

The county operates and manages 79 small-scale water facilities (8 village water supplies and 71 small-scale water supply facilities) across 8 eup and myeon to provide clean and stable tap water, striving to minimize residents' inconvenience.

Areas such as Geumgangsong-myeon in Uljin-gun, where local water supply is geographically difficult, experience inconvenience due to the absence of management personnel caused by the aging population and chronic water shortages due to climate change.

To improve this, the county plans to consolidate two or more small-scale water facilities that are currently operated and managed separately into one, enabling rapid response through real-time monitoring, and maximize safe water quality management and operational efficiency through direct management by Uljin-gun to resolve residents' inconvenience.

In this regard, Uljin-gun applied last year to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s public contest “2023 Water and Sewage Management Efficiency Project” with the theme “Consolidation and Operation Management System Establishment for Small-scale Water Facilities in Samgeun 2-ri, Geumgangsong-myeon (Saejeom, Bangchon, Sinbang) and Water Quality Management Improvement,” and was selected as an excellent project. The project is currently underway with 400 million KRW of national funding out of a total project cost of 1.8 billion KRW.

Also, through the 2024 conversion project, the integrated water supply installation project for Gwanghoe 2-ri (Okbang, Jukteo-gol, Bulmigol) village in Geumgangsong-myeon is being promoted with 344 million KRW of national funding out of a total project cost of 492 million KRW, and the project is expected to be completed this year.

In addition, 1 billion KRW will be invested in the small-scale water facility improvement project in Noeum 3-ri, Geunnam-myeon; 200 million KRW for the relocation and installation of water intake sources in Haetne and Yangji, Geumgangsong-myeon; 800 million KRW for reservoir installation construction in Uljin-eup and Giseong-myeon; and 1 billion KRW for the rehabilitation project of old pipes in Hujeong-ri, Jukbyeon-myeon.

County Governor Son Byeong-bok said, “We will pilot operate and manage this year’s projects, accept problems and residents’ opinions, and minimize blind spots in water welfare by expanding project areas to ensure that no areas are excluded from water welfare.”