Ilwang Reservoir to Transform into 'Ecological Park'

Suwon City plans to improve water quality at Ilwang Reservoir within Manseok Park in Jangan-gu and develop it into a natural ecological park.

According to the city, Suwon is jointly working with the Ministry of Environment to invest 15 billion won and has been carrying out water quality improvement and ecological embankment restoration projects at Ilwang Reservoir since December of last year, as well as constructing a riverside walking path around Seoho Reservoir.

Construction work is accelerating, including installation of water quality improvement facilities that purify water contaminants and removal of embankment concrete blocks. In particular, grass and trees have been planted on the slope where blocks were removed, and water quality improvement facilities are currently at 80% completion.

The city expects that by around 2010, when restoration projects in the area—which has had low inflow volume into Ilwang Reservoir during normal times and accumulated floating materials resulting in high water pollution—are completed, the area will be reborn as a green natural ecological park.