Yongin City to Double Daily Water Purification Capacity of Yongin Water Treatment Plant

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Nohun] Yongin City announced on the 10th that it will commence construction at the end of January to double the water purification facilities of the Yongin Water Treatment Plant in Mohyeon-eup, Cheoin-gu, which currently produces 100,000 tons of tap water daily, to ensure smooth water supply.

This is in preparation for the increasing demand for domestic water use as population continuously flows into the area and large-scale development projects such as SK Hynix Semiconductor Cluster and Platform City are underway.

The city will invest 49.5 billion won through September 2022 to additionally install all water purification facilities from coagulation and sedimentation basins to pumping stations.

To improve tap water quality and prepare for water quality deterioration in the Paldang water system, advanced water treatment facilities including ozone systems and activated carbon filtration systems will also be introduced.

The city expects that through this expansion of water purification capacity, tap water will be supplied stably not only to the Cheoin-gu area, which is a local waterworks supply area, but also to the Giheung and Suji areas, which are wide-area waterworks supply areas.

The city previously received approval from the Ministry of Environment in September of last year for a change in permit for a general waterworks project to expand the water supply capacity of the Yongin Water Treatment Plant to 200,000 tons.

A city official stated, "We will proceed with construction promptly so that 1.08 million Yongin citizens can use clean and safe tap water smoothly."