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algalbloom.Sothatnoonecanseetheclear
waterofthepast,”saidalocalresident.
Korea Rural Community Corporation
(KRCC)hostedaceremonytocelebratethe
firstphaseofcompletionoftheFour-Rivers
Project in South Chungcheong province
July15,2011.Atthisceremony,theheadsof
the local government, local organizations,
and about 500 local residents attended. At
thattime,themajorityofthelocalresidents
anticipated that the Four-Rivers Project,
GyeryongReservoir,wouldraisethequality
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of clean water and also create local jobs
becauseofanincreaseoftourists,andinthe
structureofthecementfloorcanleadtothe
longrun,itwouldreviveregionaleconomy.
algal bloom even in winter if it is exposed
to the sun. In my view, before constructing
the concrete structure, the official should
have considered it as the restoration of the
FourMonthsLater…
The Gyeryong reservoir was completed in
reservoir to its formal condition is difficult.
July. And up to now, the side-effects of the
Also,ifthealgalbloomrotsaway,thewater
construction have caused the occurrence
water’scolorwillchangeintoblackandgive
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of an algal bloom. When The Argus
outabadsmell,”ProfessorJeongadded.
visited Gyeryong, we could see the algal
bloom on the floor of the reservoir and it
The Four-Rivers Projects should have
was so serious that it could be recognized
passed careful judgment because it is
immediately from far away. Also, it gave
difficult to restore the environment to its
off a bad smell. The algal bloom covered
original state. However, the Lee Myung-
the entire waterway which drains the spare
bak administration pushed ahead with
waterawayfromthereservoir.Anditlooked
construction, ignoring a storm of opposite
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as if it had painted over the waterway with
views and protests. Also, it is doubtful that
its green color. Also, as the reservoir was
the project will be completed in December
1.In the reservoir, there are several
used for fishing, environmental pollution,
unless the construction is forced. Thus,
occurrencesofalgalbloom.
which was caused by the waste from the
safety and environmental concerns have
2.Fishing gear and cooking equipment are
thrownaroundalloverthereservoir.
fisherman, seemed serious. Fishing gear
been and are being handled carelessly,
3.The cement floor of the reservoir turns
andcookingequipmentwerethrownaround
which aggravates the situation further. For
green.
all over the reservoir. However, posted
many years to come, more waste of the
on a bulletin board, the water quality was
budget and more pollution will probably
estimated as normal by the Gongju branch
plague the management of the Four-Rivers.
ofKRCC.
In the end, it could be a hippopotamus
Jeong Min-geol, a professor at Kongju
that will waste the taxpayers’ money. The
National University Department of
livelihoodofthelocalresidentsandnatural
EnvironmentalEducation,sawthephotoand
environment have been destroyed because
pointed out the problems of construction.
oftheFour-RiversProject.Inthetruesense
“The sewage disposal plant does not purify
of the term, development should not be
thewatertothecleanlinessofrunningwater
constructionbutpreservation.
but just discharges the water into nature
untreated.Inthereservoir,connectionswith
the tube caused unforeseen and horrible
gjj1027@hufs.ac.kr
environmental problems. The concrete
DECEMBER 2011

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