Tag: reservoir

Airing out for algae

Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Plant turns national embarrassment into global model

The Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Plant in Ansan, Gyeonggi, offered a reversal of fortunes for a water quality initiative once considered Korea's worst national project to become a global model in tidal power generation.

Three workers found dead inside water tank at Goseong fish farm

Three workers were found dead inside a water tank at a land-based fish farm in Goseong County, South Gyeongsang, prompting a police investigation.

Gangneung lifts water rationing as reservoir climbs above 50 percent capacity

The water level of the Gangwon's Obong Reservoir, Gangneung city's main water source, has climbed back above 50 percent for the first time in three months.

Floodwaters devastate Yesan County as downpour upends lives

Rescue workers had their hands full in Hapori 1-ri in Yesan County, South Chungcheong, where vehicles were washed away and houses submerged by floodwaters, forcing the population — most over 70 years old — to evacuate.