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Water Practice & Technology © IWA Publishing 2008 | doi:10.2166/wpt.2008.022
Integrated Operations and Management of Wastewater Treatment Facilities in the Upstream Areas of Dams
Geung Jeon Han, Ju Young Cho and Young Ju Kim
Korea Water Resources Corporation, Sintanjin-road 560, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon 306-711, Korea
Email: gjhan@kwater.or.kr, juo@kwater.or.kr, bbangju78@kwater.or.kr
ABSTRACT
Most of the wastewater treatment facilities in the upstream areas of dams in Korea are small and scattered and the local governments of these areas are financially very poor as well. Owing to these characteristics, though they directly impact the quality of water resources, operations and management of these facilities have been non effective. So, in this research, Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) has tried to integrate operations and management (O&M) of wastewater treatment facilities in these areas to maximize operating efficiency. Although there have been some difficulties measuring effects of an integrated system, we could see many positive consequences including operating cost reduction, effluent quality and process efficiency elevation, and customer service improvement in the centralized O&M.
Keywords: Upstream areas of dams, Integrated Operation and Management
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