Mayor Baek Kun-gi of Yongin: "We Must Do Our Best to Supply Clean Tap Water and Manage Water Quality and Safety"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hoon] "Please do your utmost in facility management and water quality and safety management to supply clean tap water."

Mayor Baek Kun-gi of Yongin made an emergency visit to the Yongin Water Purification Plant in Mohyeon-eup, Choin-gu on the 23rd, making these remarks and directing officials to make all-out efforts in safety management so citizens can use clean tap water with confidence.

On that day, Mayor Baek moved in sequence from the central control room operating the 24-hour tap water supply system, through the laboratory conducting drinking water testing, and to the filtration media and coagulation and sedimentation tanks, carefully inspecting all treatment processes at the water purification plant.

In particular, he carefully examined the filtration process where mosquito larvae were found in other municipalities.

A city official stated, "Unlike other municipalities where mosquito larvae were found, our city's water purification plant filters using activated carbon and sand. Due to the characteristics of activated carbon, it must be cleaned every 2 to 3 days, so there is no possibility of mosquito larva occurrence."

Mayor Baek said, "Since tap water is essential to daily life, we will manage it strictly so citizens do not worry," and added, "We will do our best to supply safe tap water so that 1.1 million citizens can use it with peace of mind."

Since mosquito larvae were found in tap water from some local governments on the 16th, the city has been making all-out efforts on safety by continuously inspecting all water supply facilities including water purification plants and water distribution reservoirs in the city.