Geoje and Tongyeong Experience Three Days of Water Outages for 1,600 Households; Hansan-myeon Island Residents Rely on Bottled Water

Some areas in Geoje and Tongyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do, have been left without a water supply for three days in the wake of torrential downpours that battered the region during Liberation Day weekend.

Water supplies were cut off on the 17th for 5,767 households across Dundeok-myeon, Geojemyeon, Dongbu-myeon, Jangseungpo-dong, Jangmok-myeon, Okpo-dong, Hacheong-myeon, Yeoncho-myeon, and Nambu-myeon in Geoje, as well as Hansan-myeon and Bongpyeong-dong in Tongyeong, due to damaged underground pipes and malfunctioning booster stations.

Hansan-myeon is an area that receives metropolitan water supplies from Dundeok-myeon, Geoje, via an underwater pipeline.

Affected by the cutoff of the water supply in Dundeok-myeon, water service has also been suspended across six islands in Hansan-myeon—including Hansando, Jwado, Bisando, Yongchodo, Bijindo, and Jukdo—where 1,000 households are located.

As of 9:00 a.m. today (the 19th), Geoje City, Tongyeong City, and K-water have restored water supplies to 4,155 households.

However, water service remains cut off for about 1,000 households on the six islands in Hansan-myeon and some 600 households in areas such as Nambu-myeon, Ilun-myeon, Yeoncho-myeon, Suyang-dong, and Suwol-dong in Geoje.

Residents of the six islands have been relying on small-scale village water systems or bottled water provided by Tongyeong City and other authorities for three days.

The provincial government explained that it plans to resume water supplies across all of Hansan-myeon within the day.

Meanwhile, city gas supplies have not normalized for three days at Samdo Royal Mansion in Okpo-dong, Geoje, involving 183 households (Buildings 104 to 106) due to a landslide, and at Daedong Dasup Apartment in Sangdong-dong, Geoje (Building 123, 60 households) due to a sinkhole.

Power outages occurred on the 17th due to the torrential rain, affecting 2,504 households in areas such as Jangseungpo-dong, Gohyeon-dong, and Yeoncho-myeon in Geoje, and 962 households in Sanyang-eup and Hansan-myeon in Tongyeong.

KEPCO Gyeongsangnam-do Headquarters announced that power outages have been 100% restored as of today.

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