Icheon City to Intensify Odor Reduction Project at Icheon Wastewater Treatment Plant

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Icheon City held a mid-term progress report meeting on odor reduction at the Icheon Wastewater Treatment Plant and announced that it will push forward with the project in earnest on the 18th.

The city has been providing unused land within the Icheon Wastewater Treatment Plant to Taesung Environmental Research Institute Co., Ltd. through the end of this year for biomethanol research purposes, and Taesung Environmental Research Institute is conducting consulting to provide optimal management methods for odors through process diagnosis and odor prevention facility assessment for odor reduction.

Accordingly, the city is presenting and promoting ▲facility overview and general status ▲odor generation trends through odor sampling by process (313 times) ▲results of odor prevention facility efficiency analysis ▲results of odor diffusion modeling for generated odors ▲necessary improvements in processes and odor prevention facilities ▲improvement measures and future plans, and others.

Meanwhile, the city plans to produce results for odor reduction methods by the first half of this year based on the mid-term progress report meeting and feedback from residents, and plans to pursue facility improvement projects. Through systematic analysis and odor reduction consulting based on results, odor reduction that citizens can perceive is expected to be achieved.

Kim Hong-gyu, head of the Wastewater Division, said "Despite long-term multi-faceted efforts, odor complaints continue at the Icheon Wastewater Treatment Plant. Through close cooperation with this odor reduction consulting company, we will make efforts to achieve odor reduction that citizens can perceive."