Gyeonggi Province is promoting a management support project for private sewage treatment facilities to prevent water source pollution in seven cities and counties in the Paldang area.
Private sewage treatment facilities refer to facilities that treat wastewater generated from houses and small-scale businesses through methods such as sedimentation, decomposition, and filtration.
When obtaining a building permit, facilities must be equipped based on the 'Sewage Act' and receive completion inspection from the relevant city or county to operate and manage them.
Small-scale private sewage treatment facilities with a treatment capacity of less than 50 tons per day are not required to appoint a technical manager, so if the treatment facilities are not properly maintained, the discharged water may exceed quality standards and pollute the water source.
Accordingly, Gyeonggi Province supports systematic monitoring and on-site management by experts, as well as improvements to aging facilities, to ensure proper management of private sewage treatment facilities.
The support targets small-scale private sewage treatment facilities within the Paldang water source management areas of seven cities and counties: Yongin, Gwangju, Namyangju, Yangpyeong, Icheon, Yeoju, and Gapyeong.
Specific support details include ▲ regional specialized management through facility management professional companies (surveys and water quality tests, etc.) for 26,450 locations with a budget of 4.1 billion KRW ▲ specialized entrusted management for intensive management of low-grade facilities based on survey results for 322 locations with a budget of 700 million KRW ▲ improvements to aging facilities for 200 locations with a budget of 600 million KRW.
Gyeonggi Province will also conduct joint inspections with cities and counties on private sewage treatment facilities, including checking operational status and administrative compliance in the first and second halves of the year, as well as water quality tests of discharged water.
Jo Chi-hyung, Director of Water Quality Management Division at the Gyeonggi Provincial Water Resources Headquarters, said, "Paldang Lake is the drinking water source for 26 million residents in the metropolitan area, so continuous management is essential," adding, "We will do our best in project support and guidance inspections to preserve clean and safe water in the Paldang water source area."
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