Pohang City Conducts Environmental Cleanup Along Hyeongsan River for World Water Day

Over 300 Children and Citizens Participate, Reflecting on the Value of Water
Various Experience and Promotion Booths Operated, Emphasizing Sustainable Water Management

Pohang City successfully held the "Hyeongsan River ESG Plogging" campaign on the 21st near the Hyeongsan River outdoor water playground, in celebration of World Water Day 2025. The event saw the participation of over 300 people, including representatives from Korea Rural Community Corporation, environmental and plogging organizations, water-related companies such as Powell, and various other institutions and citizens.

Pohang City held the Hyeongsan River ESG Plogging Campaign near the outdoor water playground at Hyeongsan River on the 21st. Photo by Pohang City

This campaign consisted of ▲ plogging activities to keep the Hyeongsan River clean ▲ operating experience and promotional booths to commemorate World Water Day.

In particular, participants took the lead in cleaning up the riverside environment by plogging from the Hyeongsan River outdoor water playground to the Eco Observatory. Citizens who joined the event experienced the importance of protecting nature firsthand by picking up litter around the Hyeongsan River themselves.

At the experience and promotional booths, various programs were offered, including ▲ a campaign to protect glaciers in the climate crisis in celebration of the "Year of Glacier Preservation" designated by the UN for 2025 (Save the Polar Bear) ▲ water-related stamp missions (tap water blind test, quiz) ▲ making water character stencil T-shirts ▲ making EM mud balls. These activities served as an opportunity for participants, especially children, to reflect on the value of water and to raise environmental awareness among future generations.

Pohang City conducted an environmental cleanup activity along the Hyeongsan River to commemorate World Water Day. Photo by Pohang City

Lee Changwoo, Director of the Clean Water Business Division, emphasized, "The preservation of the Hyeongsan River is the responsibility of all of us, and the small actions shown today by the children and citizens present here will bring about significant change," adding, "We ask for your continued interest and participation so that we can pass on clean water resources to future generations."