Expansion of water welfare

About ‘Expansion of water welfare’ project

A project for providing clean and safe water stably to residents in farming and fishing village where have poor quantity and quality of water and isolated areas with limited water

※ Isolated areas with limited water : Places where around 5% of the whole nation reside, using underground water which has not been treated appropriately, from well, personal tube well, small drinking water system, and small-sized water supply facilities

Problems in isolated area with limited water

• Areas using well/personal tube well (820,000 people, 1.6%)
• Insufficient water quality management, exposed to pollution source at all times, exclusion from government policies
• ※ Standard of drinking water quality exceeding around 40 to 50%, detecting nitrate nitrogen and coliform group

• Ares using small drinking water system/small-sized water supply facilities (1.55 million people, 3.0%)
• - Poor stability in water usage compared to normal waterworks due to short quantity, polluted water, deteriorated facilities, and insufficient management
• - ’97 village water systems exceeded radioactivity standard in 2013, inflow of poisonous substance into drinking water system in  Hongseong-gun in Chungcheongnam-do

Main contents of ‘Expansion of water welfare’

• Improvement of village water system/ small-sized water supply facilities
• - Expansion of direct supply to wide waterworks
• - Expansion of  service area of local water service

• Improvement of well and personal tube well
• - Inland area : Expansion of joint water supply facilities in villages
• - Insular  areas : Development of suitable water resources such as ground-water dam, seawater desalination, and rainwater
• - Reinforcement of management of tube well containing drinking water

• Supporting costs for installing water supply facilities
• - Providing residents using well or personal tube well in water service area with costs for installing water supply facilities

Future vision of Expansion of water welfare’

• Nation : Improvement of life environment in farming and fishing village with stable supply of clean water
• - Stable water supply to areas where use well or personal tube well and get poor water service (820,000 people,1.6% of the entire population)

• Government : Contribution to reduction of national budget and realization of government projects
• - Project that directly supplies water through wide waterworks can save approximately 36% of business expenses compared to that being implemented by Ministry of Environment at present
• - Government project “Improvement of quality of environmental service– Expanded supply of clean and safe water”

Classification	Targeting local government	Business expenses (100 million won)
		Initial plan	Changed plan	Amount saved
Demonstration project in Chungcheongnam-do	14 villages in 3 cities and counties	112	85	▲ 27(24%)
Nationwide	104 villages in 27 cities and counties	754	479	▲ 275(36%)

Local government : Settlement of issues by reducing financial burden and providing initial solution to unserviced area

K-wate : Fulfillment of social responsibilities as a public enterprise and expansion of business areas by improving its role for wide waterworks