Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) announced that it will carry out a pilot project to distribute appropriate environmental technology* from June 3 with an aim to improve the living environment of four Asian countries, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia.

* Appropriate environmental technology: Environmental technology developed in Korea and modified to be suitable to the local condition including culture, environment and politics 

Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) announced that it will carry out a pilot project to distribute Appropriate environmental technology* from June 3 with an aim to improve the living environment of four Asian countries, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia.

The project is a part of the government’s ‘globalization of scientific technology’ project. KEITI will apply appropriate environmental technology to the target countries such as building rainwater harvesting system and installing temporary water supply facilities between villages with the project expense of KRW 720 million a year by March, next year.

In the Philippines, KEITI will build rainwater collecting and harvesting system for drinking and domestic use for the victims hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan last year. After successfully installing rainwater treatment facility in Anawim elementary school in the Philippines in last December, KEITI decided to expand the project.

In Cambodia, KEITI will build small-sized, temporary waterworks to supply clean and safe water to local residents as underground water has been severely polluted due to rapid urbanization and industrialization in the Mekong River basin.

In Indonesia, KEITI will build wastewater and excreta treatment facility in Bandung where textile plants are concentrated in. In Vietnam, it will distribute water supply system tailored to local condition and apply technology to remove polluted heavy metals in underground water.

KEITIE will seek collaboration in both the private and public sector with the local engineers, research teams in universities, NGO and the government to spread appropriate environmental technology. In particular, capacity building program is included in the project so that KEITI will help local residents to operate and maintain facilities after completion of the project.

Kim Yong-joo, President of KEITI, hopes that Korea’s appropriate environmental technology can be a helping hand for Asian countries to build a safe and clean environment.