Keeping Up Paldang Lake Vital for Metropolitan Water Supply.

From: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) | Date: November 13, 2000 | Copyright information

Taking in the waters of the South and North Han Rivers, the reservoir in this junction area is the biggest source of tap water for metropolitan residents.

The reservoir is not only the source of water supply for the mega city of Seoul, but also for several portal cities in suburban and Kyonggi-do provincial areas as far south as Pyongtaek and as far north as Uijongbu.

``There are 20 million people at the other end of this water supply,'' stressed the chief ...

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