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continued heavy rain, huge piles of garbage have been floated and are now piled up in Chungju, Chungbuk, which is a drinking water source for residents of the metropolitan area. It's about 35 tons, and it's about 3 to 4,000 units by truck, but it is predicted that it will take another month to clean it up.

This is CJB Lee Yun-young.

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It is Chungju Lake, the largest artificial lake in the metropolitan area and the largest artificial lake in Korea.

By the way, the water is invisible and is all over the land.

In the heavy rain, the garbage from the upstream was mixed up to form a huge garbage island.

As you can see, it is hard to tell whether this is a lake or a garbage dump.

It is a plastic bottle, and all kinds of garbage, such as styrofoam and twigs, have floated.

Thirty thousand cubic meters of garbage introduced to this day have reached 50,000 tons even if caught less.

It is the largest in 14 years since the rainy season in 2006.

The island of garbage also blocked boats, and cruise ships were also suspended.

[Kim Eun-Ju/Korea Water Resources Corporation's collection company: (How much garbage is there now? How much was it left?) Three to four thousand dump trucks. (How long will it take to get rid of all of this?) I think it will take another month.] At the

shore of the lake, heavy machinery is used to lift the garbage constantly, but there is no end to the waste that is being pushed.

The accumulated garbage has already been made into the mountain, and you have to hang it for a month.

[Gimtaegon / Pickup worker: any time even if now ve end coming rains more then a lot of information very difficulty to work because the suspension is further increased -

Korea Water Resources Corporation will install the net on four points to prevent the waste flows but non The news remains, and it seems that the deterioration of water quality in Chungju Lake is inevitable.

(Video coverage: Junsu Kim CJB)