4 Rivers Restoration

Korea

Contents

1. Why start this project 2. Purpose of the project 3. Current state of operating project 4. The opposite position 5. Blueprint 6. Think about

Lee Myung BakPresident of Korea

Ⅰ. Young-san river

Ⅱ.Han-river

Ⅲ.Nakdong-river

Ⅳ.Kum-river

1.Why start this project

1) Flood2) Drought and lack of water3) Pollution4) Lack of using the space adjacent to

the river

1.Why start this project

1)Flood

1)Flood

1.Why start this project

2)Drought and Lack of Water

2)Drought and lack of Water

Drought 16

Massive scale of drought for 2 consecutive years

7

2)Drought and lack of water

1.Why start this project

3)Pollution

3)Pollution

1.Why start this project

4)Lack of using the space near the river

4)Lack of using the space near the river

2. Purpose of the project

1) Prevention of the flood2) Securing the water resource3) Improvement of water quality and

Restore river4) Creating the multiple space

2. Purpose of the project

1) Prevention of the flood

1)Prevention of the flood

2. Purpose of the project

2)Securing the water resource

2)Securing the water resource

2. Purpose of the project

3)Improvement of water quality and

Restore river

3)Improvement of water quality and Restore river

Before After

2. Purpose of the project

4)Creating the mul-tiple space

4)Creating the multiple space

3.Current state of operating project

1) Ministry of land, transport and mari-time affairs (MLTM)

2) Ministry for food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF)

3) Ministry of Environment (ME)

3.Current state of operating project

1)Ministry of land, transport and mari-

time affairs(MLTF)

1)MLTF Operating the 95 (repairing 92 river,

building 3 dams) new construction 42 constructions are finished in 2009 They are planning 50 constructions

by this year.

3.Current state of operating project

2) Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry

and Fisheries(MIFAFF)

2) MIFAFF

They have been constructing 80 reservoir businesses since last year

16 businesses will be started in next year (2011).

3.Current state of operating project

3)Ministry of Environment

(ME)

3)ME

Totally 1281 operations Improving the disposal plant of Total

Phosphorus Expanding the sewage disposal plant

4. The opposite position

1) Budget2) Destruction of Environment

4. The opposite position

1)Budget

1)Budget

Inclination of decreasing budget of wel-fare

4. The opposite position

2)Destruction of En-vironment

2)Destruction of Environment

5.Blueprint

5.Blueprint

Before After

5.Blueprint

Before After

5.Blueprint

Before After

5.Blueprint

6.Think about

Thank you

6 Questions

#1 Question

1. Is there a risk of flood resulted from building the dam?

- Dam is constructed at the lower part than the land. So it doesn’t cause the flood

#2 Question

2. Why should we build the dam?

-To prevent the flood, secure the water resource.

#3 Question

3. The common damaged area from flood is not main 4 rivers but small rivers

-If the flood is occurred, there is a big scale damage near the main rivers.

#4 Question

4. Why should we fix the equip-ment like dam?

-The old dam causes many kinds of disaster such as flood, drought.

#5 Question

5. How do you deal with the problem related to budget of welfare.

-Just percentage of welfare budget de-creases but the amount of welfare budget is the biggest in this year, about 0.58 bil-lion SEK.

#6 Question

6. If the dam is constructed, is there a good effect related to improvement of water quality

-It’s possible to get the good quality of water through building the dam.

Before After

Pollutant : 2 ton

Quantity of Water : 1 million ton

Quality of Water :2 ppm

Pollutant : 2 ton

Quantity of Water : 2 million ton

Quality of Water :1 ppm