Residents request dam construction due to frequent flooding...Wonjucheon Dam Completed

[Anchor]
There are many places all over the country that oppose the establishment of a 'dam'.

On the contrary, there is a place where residents have asked to build a dam.

It is Wonju, Gangwon-do, where downtown river floods were frequent.Reporter

reports.

[Reporter]
A concrete dam was built upstream of Wonjucheon Stream in Gangwon-do.

The project cost was 90 billion won, and it was completed in five years.

The reason why the dam was built is flood control.

It is Wonjucheon Stream, a downtown river in Wonju, Gangwon-do. In the case of Wonju, the main downtown area was formed around the narrow downstream of Wonjucheon Stream.

As a result, it is usually okay, but when it rains a lot during the rainy season, there was a lot of flood damage.

The lower down the river canyon, the faster the flow rate was and there was frequent flooding.

Five people have been killed in the past 20 years, and property damage is more than 50 billion won.

[Won Kang-soo / Wonju Market in Gangwon Province] (Wonju Stream) is almost straight. So, the rate of increase in quantity increases rapidly at once, so if you don't prepare for flood prevention before that, you can suffer unexpected damage.]

The dam usually leaves the floodgates open.

Then, if heavy rain occurs and damage is expected, the floodgates are closed.

It can trap up to 1.8 million tons, reducing downstream water to 100 tons per second.

In particular, Wonjucheon Dam was made at the request of local governments.

It was recommended to the government after receiving residents' opinions, and it is the first "local proposed dam" in the country built with state funding.

[Kim Wan-seop / Minister of Environment: Wonju City will be a safe city that can safely protect against 200 years of flooding. I think we will minimize environmental damage by normally letting water flow and locking it up when there is a flood and controlling the flood.

In the upper and lower spaces created by the dam, we also plan to create civic leisure spaces such as Dulegil, Children's Playground, and parks.

I'm YTN Jihwan.

Reporter for shooting
: Hong Do-young
Design: Lim's Star