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Reports of larvae coming out of tap water in Incheon are increasing. Over 270 reports of water purification plants have been raised for the first time, and 111 larvae have been identified. Anxious residents use bottled water for food and washing.

Reporter Kang Min-woo.

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A restaurant in Seo-gu, Incheon.

A notice has been posted that says cooking food with mineral water.

[Park Seong-jin / President of Restaurant in Seo-gu, Incheon: I think that people who live here (Incheon Seo-gu) are very anxious… Some of you can make a phone call to check if you are using mineral water.]


All water provided to guests is also bottled water.

[Choi Yeon-soo/ Seo-gu, Incheon: (Recently) I'm afraid I was cooking with tap water, so I don't eat out as much as possible...

I came here because it was a little bit trusty to cook with bottled water.] The house raising a child is more worried. Water is also used when washing a child.

[Residents of tap water larvae: I'm washing, but I can't wash it if I see the insects moving like this.]


Incheon Metropolitan City supports more than 320,000 bottles of self-produced bottled water and bottled water supported by the Korea Water Resources Corporation, but cannot receive it immediately after the application is concentrated.

[Resident in Seo-gu, Incheon: Even if you apply today, it will take 3-4 days. He said he couldn't handle it because he had too many, right now. I asked you to understand... .] As of

this morning, there were 272 reports of tap water larvae.

However, this is the only reason to report the area that receives water from the Gongchon water purification plant, which was a problem this time.

Incheon Metropolitan City and the Ministry of Environment formed a joint investigation team with experts to investigate the cause.

He also said that he would clean and disinfect the reservoir, but the residual larvae in the water pipe or reservoir may come out of some areas, so residents' anxiety is unlikely to subside.

(Video coverage: Hyun-Cheol Yang, Video editing: Lee So-Young)