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Water Practice & Technology © IWA Publishing 2007  |  doi10.2166/wpt.2007.075

The Plan on the Adjustment of Water Distribution System in Korea Waterworks System

Jinwoo Jeong1, Wuk-Ryang Wi2, Geum-bai Kang3, Kuk-Yang Lee4, Chang-Shin Park5, Man-Sik Yoo6

Head Office of Water Supply & Sewerage Environmental Management Corporation Kyungseo-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon, 408-702, KOREA.

1Email: jinwoo92@emc.or.kr
2Email: wur670@emc.or.kr
3Email: kgb@emc.or.kr
4Email: rnidid@emc.or.kr
5Email: agriguy@emc.or.kr
6Email: msyou@emc.or.kr, Fax:+82-32-560-2288


ABSTRACT

The primary objective of this plan is to consolidate the current water supply system of Korea organized in the unit of city and county into wide area in order to supply the deficient region by fully utilizing the superfluous water volume of neighboring city and county. Furthermore, it also aims to prepare for the penetration of large foreign water supplier into domestic market by securing competitiveness through consolidation of domestic medium and small water suppliers in consideration of the forthcoming market opening. We determined the regions for which supplying system needs to be adjusted by analyze regions with deficient and superfluous water through the forecast of water supply and demand for established life areas. Further, we established plan to utilize the superfluous water volume as an adjust multi-regional water supply system local water supply system such as water supply plan in the life areas, water supply plan between the life areas.

Keywords: Water distribution system, Local water and Multi-regional supply system, Purification plants


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