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Gyeonggi Province has once again issued an administrative directive to major semiconductor companies, ordering them to reduce the volume of process water discharged after semiconductor manufacturing. The move urges the companies to fulfill their corresponding responsibilities, given that the government and Gyeonggi Province are supplying water from power generation dams and even building power plants within the industrial complexes.
Reporting by Choi Ho-won.
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This was from the 4th Gyeonggi Province Semiconductor Hyper-Gap Strategy Meeting held on the 7th.
The issue of supplying water to the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster was discussed. In accordance with the government plan established last year, participants inspected plans to supply water in two phases: first from Paldang Dam to Samsung Electronics' advanced system semiconductor national industrial complex, and second from Hwacheon Dam and other sources to both the national industrial complex and SK hynix's semiconductor cluster general industrial complex.
[Lee Jae-eung / Professor, Department of Civil Systems Engineering, Ajou University : Excluding the 820,000 tons (required for stream maintenance), there is a surplus of approximately 1.1 million tons per day (at Hwacheon Dam)...]
[Hyun Byung-cheon / Director-General for Future Growth Industry, Gyeonggi Province : We agreed that there are no issues with supplying water to the semiconductor industrial complexes, as additional surplus water demand beyond the volume reflected in the National Master Plan for Water Supply has already been accounted for.]
Previously, Gyeonggi Governor Choo Mi-ae personally received a proposal from Samsung Electronics last month and swiftly approved an increase in the floor area ratio for the Pyeongtaek Campus.
Gyeonggi Province plans to support the government's electricity supply plan without disruption, which includes building six 3GW LNG power plants within the national industrial complex by 2030.
Instead, the province repeatedly demanded that major semiconductor companies actively step up environmental protection and efforts to resolve local conflicts.
Following last month, Governor Choo Mi-ae has issued a second administrative directive instructing companies to minimize the discharge of process water generated during semiconductor manufacturing.
In addition, regarding protests by residents around Gosam Reservoir in Anseong who oppose the discharge of semiconductor wastewater, she instructed authorities to request that the government strictly apply environmental impact assessments.
She also added that the entire process—including the progress of previous meetings and the monitoring and oversight of corporate compliance—must be thoroughly explained to local residents.
(Video Editing: Chang Woon-seok, Footage Courtesy of: Gyeonggi Provincial Government and Anseong City Hall)
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