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Can You Drink Tap Water in Chuncheon?
We don't have enough information to make a specific recommendation about the safety of drinking tap water in Chuncheon, South Korea.
However, based on information from nearby locations, the average water score in South Korea is a out of 100.
Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Chuncheon.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for South Korea, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
Tap water in Chuncheon, South Korea, is safe. People in South Korea drink tap water with no problem. Some residence is using filter water to ensure their safety. One of the reasons why water quality is great in South Korea is due to its water policy.
The county’s water policy began in extensive water resources development projects starting with basin probes in the 1960s after the Korean War. The overall development projects involved large-scale dams and water control projects in primary rivers in the 1970s and 1980s. The idea of eco-friendly water resource control started in the 1990s. The center on water supply and/or control has led to sustainable water management, including stream ecosystem protection in the 2000s. Since 2010, the policy has focused on coping with climate change and improving the water management system.
The main supply of water in Chuncheon City in Gangwon-do Province is from the Soyang Dam.
The dam has effectively procured water for industrial use and contributed to flooding control during floods or drought. The multiuse dam can supply 45 percent of the water system in the Seoul Metropolitan Region, which is approximately 623 million cubic meters out of a whole of 1.39 billion cubic meters of water. The structure also can manage 500 million cubic meters of floodwater, mitigating the damage to lives and property along the Han River during the wet summer season.
Another dam’s function is non-polluting hydroelectric power production, with its facility capacity reaching 0.2 million kilowatts and an annual generation quantity of 353 gigawatts. When the hydroelectric facility started its operation in 1983, inside the middle of the second oil shock, one-third of its total water generation is supplied by the Soyang River Dam.
USER SUBMITTED RATINGS
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The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Chuncheon, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).
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Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.