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Owing to this year’s unparalleled drought, farmers are struggling from a water lack enough to contact it a “drinking water war”.
For some rationale, the grass on the golf training course is only eco-friendly.
It has been verified that the Rural Community Company has publicly offered agricultural h2o to golf courses.
Reporter Yang Jeong-eun will explain to you.
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Green grass extends about the golfing class and the trees are lush with greenery.
The synthetic lake built along the route is also abundant in water.
The golf training course is overflowing with h2o to these types of an extent that the unparalleled drought is ignored, with the quantity of rainfall only fifty percent that of past year.
[골프장 관계자]
“When we see the pond (synthetic lake) descend like this, visually it is not stunning. We have to offer our products …”
On the other hand, the cultivated fields on the farmland in close proximity to the golf training course are yellow and dry.
As the crops burn up to loss of life, just one immediately after the other, to the place of plowing the fields.
Even though there is an agricultural reservoir nearby, farmers have complained that the drinking water provide has not been frequent given that spring.
[농민/전남 해남군 화원면]
“There is no h2o in the tank. Equally below and down below … It is tricky to make cabbage (agriculture) now. For the reason that there is no h2o …”
The Sindeok Reservoir was established to offer water to the bordering 428-hectare farmland.
As the drought continued, the drinking water amount in the reservoir dropped drastically and the remaining drinking water was filled only with eco-friendly algae.
At this time of previous year, the h2o storage price was all over 70-80%, but this yr it is at a degree of 30%, which helps make h2o supply difficult.
Nonetheless, this yr the golfing program utilized 240,000 tons of h2o from this reservoir.
Given that 2019, 1.41 million tons of agricultural water have been employed for lawns and landscaping of golfing courses.
It is not cost-free.
The Rural Community Company produced a gain of 100 million received more than the exact time period by offering water on a golfing class for 68 to 81 received for every ton.
[한국농어촌공사 관계자]
“Just as the street enterprise receives a tax by making use of the resources of the Rural Enhancement Corporation to develop demand from customers in the condition, it is national regulation to use the excessive h2o that continues to be in the Rural Group Corporation’s reservoir.”
He also stated that he has not offered water to golf programs considering the fact that the conclusion of May possibly, when drinking water yield has fallen to less than 60% of the regular for the yr.
Having said that, the minimal produce has by now dropped to a really serious amount in the 20% array and farmers complain that they have ruined the crops for the yr.
[김선택/전남 해남군 문내면]
“I really should drinking water the farmers, what would I use to irrigate a useless golfing course?”
There are 14 agricultural reservoirs nationwide that have marketed agricultural drinking water to golfing courses this yr.
I am Yang Jeong-eun from MBC News.
Kim Seung-ho / Mokpo online video coverage
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