[전국]Clean Jeju ‘Because Larvae’ Finally, Seogwipo Water Purification Plant Will Be Built!

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The Seogwipo Gangjeong water purification plant, where the larvae were found, will eventually be temporarily suspended.

Jeju Island plans to reinforce the facilities and restart the water purification plant once the larvae are blocked.

It is expected to take at least a month or more to restart, so the inconvenience to citizens is likely to be great.

Reporter Go Jae-hyung in the press.

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Gangjeong water purification plant supplying 22,000 tons of tap water per day to 30,000 people in Seogwipo.

Finally, the caterpillar crisis that began on the 18th will be temporarily suspended from the following month.

Jeju Island has admitted that the water purification plant alone cannot filter the larvae found this time.

While the operation of the water treatment plant was suspended, we decided to carry out work to improve the facilities of the water treatment plant, such as installing a new precision filter.

After the improvement work is finished, we plan to restart the water purification plant after verifying the presence of larvae through monitoring.

[최승현 / 제주도 행정부지사 : 시설 개선과 복구 조치를 실시할 계획입니다. 이런 조치들이 완료되고 유충이 완벽히 차단된 게 확인되면 강정 정수장을 재운영할 계획입니다.]

Jeju Island is working to draw water from four other water purification plants to supply tap water due to the suspension of operation of the water purification plant.

If the work is completed within this month, it is expected that potable water can be supplied even if the operation of the Gangjeong Water Purification Plant is stopped.

Despite government measures, citizens remain concerned about the use of bottled water as drinking water.

[김대용 / 서귀포시 동홍동 : 요새 수돗물 (유충) 이슈가 있어서 수돗물 사용이 그래서 (생수를 이용하고 있습니다.)]

Since the larvae were first discovered on day 18, the number of people receiving bottled water support due to water cravings has not decreased.

[이성빈 / 급수 지원 아르바이트생 : 저희가 6일 치 기준으로 (생수를) 드리고 있어서 6일이 지나면 사람들이 또 더 많이 받으러 올 것 같습니다.]

Jeju Island said that it will implement comprehensive measures for the management of the water treatment plant taking advantage of this incident, but the damage is reported by residents.

YTN Jaehyung Ko[[email protected]]is.

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