SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment announced that it will publish a white paper on the Low Impact Development (LID) method that can prevent unabsorbed pools of rainwater from contaminating the water supply and help circulation of the water network in the city. In large cities, asphalt and concrete prevents rain from [...]
JEJU, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The lowest groundwater levels measured in Jeju since such efforts began in 2003 have caused uneasy voices to call for concerted conservation efforts. Authorities from South Korea’s only island province announced the findings on December 21 after perusing groundwater data derived from the 68 monitoring wells installed throughout Jeju. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul boasts one the most complex subway systems in the world, and its massive underground transportation network is also a vast source of underground water. According to a recent energy policy report from Seoul city’s auditing committee, a daily average of 68,000m3 of groundwater is discharged from 253 subway [...]