Suwon City Tap Water is Safe and Clean

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Junseong] "Suwon City tap water is safe and clean"

The Suwon City Water Supply Business Division announced on the 19th that the results of water quality inspections at Suwon City's water purification plants over the past year received 'compliant' ratings for all drinking water quality standards (59 items).

The Water Supply Business Division produced and publicly released the '2024 Suwon City Tap Water Quality Report,' which includes drinking water raw and purified water quality standards, water quality inspection results, tap water production and supply processes, and tap water-related information.

The Water Supply Business Division conducts regular water quality inspections of raw and purified drinking water, and added that throughout 2023, there were no instances of results that did not comply with drinking water quality standards.

Of the 59 drinking water quality standard items, 33 items were not detected, and 26 items were judged as fully compliant within water quality standards.

Raw water is inspected for 38 items stipulated in the 'Water Supply Source Management Rules,' including hydrogen ion concentration (pH), total organic carbon (TOC), suspended solids, dissolved oxygen, and total coliform bacteria. Purified water is inspected for 59 items including △microorganisms (3 items) △health-related harmful inorganic substances (12 items) △health-related harmful organic substances (17 items) △disinfectants and disinfection byproducts (11 items) △aesthetically affecting substances (16 items).

The Suwon City Water Supply Business Division has installed automatic water quality measurement devices to monitor water quality in real time and announces water quality inspection results monthly on the Suwon City Water Supply Business Division website (water.suwon.go.kr), Suwon City website (www.suwon.go.kr), the back of water bills, and neighborhood administrative welfare center bulletin boards.

The '2024 Tap Water Quality Report' can be viewed as an e-book on the Suwon City Water Supply Business Division and Suwon City websites.

An official from the Suwon City Water Supply Business Division stated, "We will do our best to improve tap water quality so that citizens can use tap water with confidence."