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1940 ~ 1950 Drought in Hwedong Reservoir
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[1940 ~ 1950 Drought in Hwedong Reservoir]
Drought in Hwedong Reservoir
Busan citizens queued up for a bucket of water
Hwedong Reservoir in the later half of 1940
Completion of Korean’s first modern treatment facility : Myongjang Treatment Plant
In the second half of 1930 a gradual process of enlarging the Myongjang Treatment Plant capacity was started.
This project was to quench the thirst of the Busan people who had suffered through the worst drought of the century.
An ambitious plan to raise the production capacity of Myongjang Treatment Plant to 30 thousand ㎥ daily (1940~1946)