Jincheon-gun was selected as the best organization for general water supply business operation and management for two consecutive years. Jincheon-gun announced on the 12th that it was selected as the best organization for two consecutive years in the 2024 general water supply business operation and management status evaluation hosted by the Ministry of Environment.
The ‘General Waterworks Project Operation and Management Status Evaluation’ is conducted by the Ministry of Environment every year to build a highly competitive water supply system and increase operation and management efficiency.
The evaluation was conducted on 161 local governments of general water service providers and 7 regions of the Korea Water Resources Corporation, divided into 6 groups according to the size of the water supply population.
The evaluation indicators consisted of 27 items in 3 areas, and comprehensively evaluated the overall water supply business, including △ securing operating personnel expertise and crisis response ability △ water purification facility operation management and compliance with water quality standards △ improving tap water drinking rate and efforts to implement government policies.
The final ranking was determined by combining the basic evaluation that checks the evaluation data submitted in the first round and the second presentation evaluation targeting local governments that ranked in the top 10% of the field evaluation results.
This time, the county was selected as the best organization in Group III with a population of more than 50,000 to less than 200,000, receiving high scores in the following areas: compliance with water quality standards, securing expertise in operating personnel, and ability to respond to crises.
A county official said, “We will continue to supply safe and clean tap water to county residents through thorough water quality management and sound business operations.”
Meanwhile, Jincheon-gun announced that it was selected as the ‘best institution’ in the obesity prevention and management business field at the ‘2024 Chungcheongbuk-do Integrated Health Promotion Project Performance Contest’ held on the 12th and received the Chungcheongbuk-do Governor’s Institutional Citation.
As a result, Jincheon-gun achieved the feat of being selected as an excellent institution and the best institution in the health business for four consecutive years since 2020.
The Integrated Health Promotion Project Performance Contest is a nationwide health promotion project evaluation that began in the early 2010s to evaluate the performance of integrated health promotion projects at the city and county level and to discover and promote best practices.
In detail, we systematically look into achievements in various fields such as practicing healthy lifestyles, preventing obesity, and promoting health through oriental medicine, and share best practices.
In this competition, the county submitted an excellent case under the theme of ‘Saenggeojincheon Healthy Living Customized Project Be (B) Only (M) Goodbye (I)’.
This case received high praise for providing comprehensive and integrated health promotion services encompassing vulnerable groups such as children and adolescents to adults and the disabled through a customized obesity prevention and management program that reflects local characteristics and residents’ needs.
Major achievements include the physical activity practice rate of children and adolescents reaching 65.6%, an increase of 15.8% from the previous year, and the reduction rate of body mass index (BMI) of the disabled reaching 58.3%.
Additionally, the obesity management program for adults significantly exceeded the target by achieving 85.7% body fat reduction, 58.3% body mass index (BMI) reduction, and 68.5% abdominal circumference reduction.
In particular, it received a great response, with the satisfaction level of program participants reaching 97.1%.
In addition, it attracted attention for creating an environment for practicing healthy living, such as expanding the community network to 85 in cooperation with private exercise facilities.
An official from the county public health center said, “Being selected as the best organization in the province is the result of an integrated approach based on cooperation with the local community.” He added, “We will continue to expand the number of cooperative organizations and establish a more systematic health environment to improve the quality of life for county residents.” “I will contribute to this,” he said.
Economy Queen reporter Hana Choi photo Jincheon-gun
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