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There is a growing voice that the reason for the water crisis in the lower part of the Seomjin River when it rained a lot in the southern part of the weekend was due to the failure to properly control the amount of discharge in the dam. Even though the heavy rain alarm was issued, there was no movement, and then a huge amount of water was suddenly sent down and the damage to the downstream side increased.

The news was covered by JTV reporter Wonho Ha.

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Meteorological Administration issued heavy rain warnings in Imsil and Namwon in the early morning of the 7th.

At that time, the amount of discharge was 200 tons per second, and the heavy rain warning on the afternoon of the 7th was strengthened, but the amount of discharge remained at 400 tons per second.

However, as the water level rose sharply, the Korea Water Resources Corporation poured out water up to 1,400 tons per second in the morning of the 8th and 1,869 tons per second, which exceeded the maximum discharge at 4 pm on the 8th.

Even after the heavy rain warning was announced, the amount of discharge was maintained at normal times, and the amount of discharge was suddenly increased to a maximum of 9 times, causing the Seomjin River embankment to collapse, and the downstream area became a sea of ​​water.


This is the reason why it is pointed out that even though a lot of rain was forecasted, the water bowl was not emptied enough in advance, causing damage to the downstream areas.

[Im Yoo-taek/Hado Village, Ban-myeon, Namwon-si: It rained a lot and suddenly opened the Seomjin River Dam, so I asked where all the water would go.]

However, the Korea Water Resources Corporation insists that there is no problem with dam management.

[Hyung-mo Ahn/President of Seomjin River Dam, Korea Water Resources Corporation: More than 200 million tons of water has been emptied since July 27, pre-discharging. There are also

criticisms that the rainfall on August 7 was so urgently (spilled) that the three organizations managed to separate the water and failed to control the flood.

It is pointed out that the Korea Rural Community Corporation manages agricultural water, the Korea Water Resources Corporation manages the water for household use, and the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power manages the power generation water for the multi-purpose dam.

[Park Chang-geun/Professor of Civil Engineering, Catholic Kwandong University:
It is likely that these things will be adjusted by the power of the three institutions (whether discharge or freshwater) rather than an agreement for efficient use of the dam .]

(Video coverage: Lee Seongmin JTV)