Modifying the National Water Resource and Meteorological Resource Management System

 

 

  In 2009, the 4- River Refurbishment Project was established to maintain a steady rate of water sources in response to the changing precipitation. Some of the main goals of this project were to rebuild outdated embankments, create a more stable water reservoir, and create small and medium-sized dams and a flood-preventing regulation reservoir. Some of the operations also included raising the height of banks.

 

However, there is strong criticism whether this project had practical effects on the prevention of floods. Some critics say that the cost of damage due to floods has increased rapidly after the refurbishment project, due to damaged infrastructures built during the project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  In 2011 in response to the flooding of Gangnam-gu, Seoul, the Korean Ministry of Environment has announced the modification of the guidelines of the Master Plan for the Modification of the Drainage system. This included modifications of the drainage system to effectively remove the water from domestic flooding.