Incheon establishes a comprehensive plan for eight water quality controls by 2023
Tap water in Incheon is about to get much cleaner.
The Incheon Waterworks Headquarters is looking to establish a comprehensive water quality control plan in 2023 to develop a management system optimized for water purifying facilities. The new system will help Incheon control different aspects of its water resources, develop the capacity of technicians tasked with controlling the City’s water quality, and assess/evaluate facilities to keep water under stable control.
▲ The Incheon Waterworks Headquarters is looking to establish a comprehensive water quality control plan in 2023 to develop a management system optimized for water purifying facilities. The new system will help Incheon control different aspects of its water resources, develop the capacity of technicians tasked with controlling the City’s water quality, and assess/evaluate facilities to keep water under stable control. The image is a full view of the Waterworks Headquarters.
This latest comprehensive plan from the Incheon Waterworks Headquarters includes a management system for each facet of water quality control, including the management of tap water production, water intake, and water supply, as well as strategies to improve public trust in tap water and encourage input from experts in policy decisions made by the City. The City will also establish a management plan for specific points of the year to help respond to changing water quality and remove algae, small organisms, etc. at the source, and a separate water quality management plan covering parts of the year where risk exposure to the City’s water resources grows such as holidays, the rainy season, and winter season to eliminate any dips in Incheon’s water quality throughout the entire year.
▲ Incheon Waterworks Headquarters will strengthen water quality inspections from the source to faucets at homes, and disclose the results to the Tap Water Evaluation Committee featuring citizen representatives and subject matter experts, its official website, and town news letters. Image of clean tap water coming used at home.
This year, Incheon Waterworks Headquarters is hoping to resume in-person group training, which had been suspended due to COVID-19, to help build the capacity of water quality control personnel, and seek more efficient water quality control plans by encouraging communication and sharing examples of best practices between water purification plants.
According to its plan covering eight different aspects of water quality control, Incheon Waterworks Headquarters will: invest KRW 11.6 billion to improve water intake and purification facilities as well as water quality inspection equipment; strengthen water quality inspections from the source to faucets at homes, and disclose the results to the Tap Water Evaluation Committee featuring citizen representatives and subject matter experts, its official website, and town newsletters; establish step-by-step measures to prepare for deterioration of raw water quality such as algal blooming and the inflow of highly turbid raw water; and strengthen its water treatment processes by installing filter nets for inflow pipes to water purification reservoirs in anticipation of any microorganisms.
▲ Incheon is doing its absolute best to supply safe water by establishing step-by-step measures to prepare for the deterioration of raw water quality, such as algal blooming and the inflow of highly turbid raw water. Image of an inspection at the advanced water treatment facility at the Bupyeong Water Purification Plant.
With this new plan, Incheon wants to establish a safe and clean tap water quality control system and utilize the expertise of waterworks personnel to make sure its citizens can consume Incheon Sky Water with absolute confidence.
