Yongin Provides Support for Small-Scale Wastewater Treatment Facilities

To support management and operation of 313 facilities including restaurants, accommodations, and apartment buildings

Yongin City announced on the 27th that it will implement an environmental public management project with 400 million won in project costs (40% provincial funds, 60% city funds) within its water quality preservation special measures to improve water quality this year.

The environmental public management project is a program that provides support for facility improvement costs and delegated management fees targeting small-scale private wastewater treatment facilities.

Private wastewater treatment facilities of 50 tons or larger are managed by legally qualified technical managers or management companies, but small-scale facilities are subject to autonomous management. To prevent water quality pollution risks from inadequate management, the program has been implemented since 2004 in seven municipalities and counties within Gyeonggi Province's Paldang water source protection area.

Eligible facilities are small-scale private wastewater treatment facilities of less than 50 tons installed in buildings that discharge wastewater in water quality preservation special measure areas, excluding septic tanks, such as restaurants, accommodations, multi-unit housing, and neighborhood living facilities.

The city plans to support 313 facilities this year in order of priority: restaurants and accommodations, non-profit and residential facilities, neighborhood living facilities, and other facilities within water quality preservation special measure areas.

The city will conduct discharge water quality tests at least once per year and conduct quarterly guidance inspections at environmental public management project sites, analyze water quality improvement effects, and implement administrative measures such as fines when water quality standards are exceeded, with a policy to ensure proper operation and management.

Building owners wishing to delegate management and facility improvement of private wastewater treatment facilities may contact Yongin City Sewerage Project Office (031-324-4158).

Meanwhile, as of 2011, there are 10,730 private wastewater treatment facilities in Yongin generating less than 50 tons of wastewater per day, of which 66.6% (7,151 facilities) are located within the Paldang water quality preservation special area in Cheoein-gu.


Since 2004, the city has supported a total of 2,298 private wastewater treatment facilities through the environmental public management project with 8.1 billion won in delegated management fees and facility improvement costs.