Korean’s Cheonggyecheon VS Taiwan’s Laojie River

Cheonggyecheon is a river flowing through the heart of downtown Seoul in Korea. A flyover was built over the river during the economic boom and urban development of the 1960s, transforming the river into a culvert – the discharging of wastewater directly into this culvert resulted in extremely poor water quality. In 2003, Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak (李明博) became the driving force behind a restoration project, and today, Cheonggyecheon is not only an important recreation spot in downtown Seoul and a major attraction for tourists visiting the city, but also an important point of reference which all Taiwanese agencies engaged in river remediation work should visit. 

After traveling to Korea with a number of students from Taoyuan’s Xinyangping Community College (新楊平社區大學), school principle Tang Chen-rong (唐春榮) said that Laojie River, which is Taoyuan's mother river, has a number of differences from Cheonggyecheon: Cheonggyecheon divides the river water and effluent system into two separate channels – effluent flows along the sides, while the remediated river flows in the center; however, water from Laojie River simply passes through a treatment pond before being directly returned to the river – there is no division of channels. After a recent visit to Korea, it is hoped that officials from all related bodies of the county government will learn from the experience and make Cheonggyecheon a target for the future development of Laojie River. 

Korean’s Cheonggyecheon VS Taiwan’s Laojie River 
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/257533 

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韓國清溪川 VS 台灣老街溪

清溪川是流經韓國首爾市中心的河流，在1960年因經濟起飛及都市發展，在河川上面興建了高架道路而成為暗渠，水質更因廢水的排放而變得惡劣。2003年在首爾市長李明博推動下進行修復工程，現在清溪川已成為首爾市中心的休憩地點，也是觀光客必遊的景點，更是台灣河川整治相關單位必參訪的標的。

桃園新楊平社區大學校長唐春榮也與學員到韓國考察，唐春榮表示，桃園的母親河「老街溪」和清溪川不同的地方，清溪川是把河流與汙水做二個引道，旁邊是汙水管道，中間是整治過的水；老街溪則是把原來老街溪的水，經過淨水池處理的措施，這水又回到原來的老街溪，沒有做分流。桃園縣各相關單位都有來參考清溪川，希望「他山之石可以攻錯」，成為老街溪未來發展的指標。