Icheon-si Selected for Two Areas in the 'Local Water Supply Modernization Project'

Water Treatment Plant and Water Supply Network Maintenance... Half of Project Costs Supported by National Funds

On the 2nd, Icheon City in Gyeonggi Province announced that two sectors were selected for the "2025 Aged Water Supply System Maintenance Project" led by the Ministry of Environment, and half of the total project cost will be supported by national funds.

The aged water supply system maintenance project is divided by the Ministry of Environment into ▲aged water purification plant maintenance project and ▲aged water pipeline network maintenance project, providing 50% of the total project cost, including construction and compensation costs, as national funds to local governments nationwide.

A panoramic view of Icheon Water Purification Plant. Icheon City plans to invest 39.2 billion KRW, including 19.6 billion KRW in national funds over five years, to upgrade the facilities of Icheon Water Purification Plant following its selection for the Ministry of Environment's aged water supply maintenance project.
[Photo by Icheon City]

The city explained that it passed the evaluation reflecting local government conditions such as water flow rate, leakage reduction amount and water flow volume, whether the target water flow rate is maintained after project completion, inclusion in the metropolitan area maintenance basic plan, financial independence, and growth promotion areas after the first evaluation by Gyeonggi Province, and was selected as a project target. With this project selection, the city will receive 36.8 billion KRW, which is 50% of the total project cost of 73.6 billion KRW, as national funds over six years from next year to 2030.

The selected project is the "Icheon Water Purification Plant Improvement Project" in the aged water purification plant maintenance sector. The city will invest 39.2 billion KRW, including 19.6 billion KRW of national funds, over five years to improve the water purification plant effluent treatment facility process, upgrade mechanical equipment such as sludge collectors, and reinforce intake structures.

In the aged water pipeline network maintenance project, the replacement of aged water pipelines and pipeline network maintenance in the eastern area of Icheon City, Bubal-eup, and Baeksa-myeon was selected. A total of 34.4 billion KRW, including 17.2 billion KRW of national funds, will be invested over six years.

Kim Kyung-hee, mayor of Icheon City, said, "Through the local water supply modernization project, we will improve the water purification plant process to further strengthen the larva response system, and at the same time, we will do our best to prevent water quality accidents and ensure stable tap water supply by replacing aged facilities."