"Gyeonggi Province to Improve Facilities at 24 Spring Water Sites to Enhance Water Quality Safety"

Gyeonggi Province will promote the 2025 “Drinking Water Communal Facilities (Spring Water Sites) Improvement Project” at 24 facilities across 10 cities and counties this year to create a safe and pleasant environment for using spring water sites.

The project aims to improve key facilities at spring water sites, such as water purification facilities, groundwater storage facilities, and well-related facilities, in order to enhance water quality safety and create an environment where residents of the province can use them more safely and comfortably.

Gyeonggi Province plans to prioritize support for spring water sites with the greatest need for improvement, based on regular inspection results and overall facility management levels, and to carry out facility upgrades in stages.

This year, the province will support facility improvements at 24 spring water sites in 10 cities and counties, including Suwon, where civil complaints have been continuously raised over aging drinking facilities at spring water sites and the need to improve the surrounding environment. Last year, the project covered 19 facilities in 5 cities and counties.

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To manage the water quality of 275 spring water sites in 31 cities and counties in the province, Gyeonggi Province conducts monthly water quality tests and publishes the results on the “Gyeonggi-do Water Information System - Our Neighborhood Spring Water Site.” In addition, for any spring water site found to be non-compliant in water quality tests, the province posts an on-site “Do Not Drink” notice so that users can immediately recognize the restriction.

In particular, when water quality at a spring water site is found to be non-compliant, it is relatively common for problems to occur in microbiological items such as total coliforms and fecal coliforms, making strengthened hygiene and sterilization management a key task. Accordingly, this year’s facility improvement project will focus on installing UV (ultraviolet) sterilizers or replacing outdated sterilizers, while also carrying out site-specific upgrades such as introducing treatment devices that combine filtration and sterilization where necessary.

Kim Geunggi, head of the Water Quality Management Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, “We will do our best to improve the facilities at spring water sites, which serve as rest areas for residents, in order to provide high-quality drinking water and enhance user convenience.”