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South Korea plans safety and wastewater facilities for Honam chip complex
Jeonnam-Gwangju is planning key water facilities for the Honam semiconductor industrial complex in South Korea.
Semiconductor factories use large amounts of water and chemicals, so the site will need wastewater treatment and systems to contain polluted water after accidents.
The city has commissioned a seven-month study to assess where to build the containment facilities and how they should operate.
The complex could produce 500,000 tonnes of wastewater a day when four chip factories use 650,000 tonnes of water daily.
Companies would treat wastewater first, then a public facility would bring it to legal standards before discharge into the nearby Yeongsan River.
The city aims to build capacity for 320,000 tonnes a day by 2029, and plans to prepare the basic design by next April.
It may add more capacity as factories expand and is also considering using existing facilities in nearby industrial areas.
South Korea’s Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City has begun planning safety and wastewater facilities for the Honam semiconductor industrial complex.
The city commissioned a seven-month study of a buffer storage facility to contain polluted water in the event of chemical leaks or fires.
It also commissioned a basic plan for a public wastewater treatment facility, estimating the complex will produce 500,000 tonnes of wastewater a day when using 650,000 tonnes of water.
The city aims to complete a plan by next April and build an initial facility able to treat 320,000 tonnes of wastewater a day by 2029.
It says infrastructure must be ready alongside the industrial complex to avoid delays to operations.
- Who
- Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City.
- What
- It is planning buffer storage and public wastewater treatment facilities for the Honam semiconductor complex.
- When
- The city aims to complete the basic plan by next April and the initial treatment facility by 2029.
- Where
- The Honam semiconductor industrial complex in the Gwangju military airport candidate-site area.
- Why
- The facilities are intended to contain polluted water during accidents and treat wastewater to legal standards.
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The city commissioned a basic plan for the complex’s public wastewater treatment facility.
The city commissioned a seven-month study on planning and assessing a buffer storage facility.
The city aims to prepare the basic plan.
The city plans to build an initial wastewater treatment facility able to handle 320,000 tonnes a day.
- Buffer storage study
- Seven months
- Estimated wastewater
- 500,000 tonnes per day
- Estimated water use
- 650,000 tonnes per day, based on four fabs
- Initial treatment capacity
- 320,000 tonnes per day
- Target completion
- 2029
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What people are saying
Even if semiconductor fab construction proceeds as scheduled, operations could be disrupted if infrastructure such as power and water supplies or buffer storage and wastewater treatment facilities are delayed.
We will prepare the infrastructure by 2029, when the semiconductor industrial complex is established.