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Okjeongho
 
Location:Sisan-ri, Chilbo-myon, Jeongeup City
Control office : Seomjin River Dam Control Office (San5, Youngsoo-ri, Gangjin-myon, Imsil-gun)
Telephone No. : 82-63-640-6215
Fax : 82-63-640-6231

Homepage : http://www.kowaco.or.kr

Traffic : 30min. from the Train Station or Bus Terminal by car

Okjeongho is spreading over Jeongeup and Imsil, and the gravity concrete dam has been constructed on Okjung-ri, Kangjin-myon, Imsil-gun, Jellabukdo, which is the 82.4km point from the upper stream of Seomjin River. By using the 6.2km pressure waterway from here to Seomjin River Hydroelectric Power Plant located on Sisan-ri, Chilbo-myon, Jeongeup City, it conducts water, generates electricity and discharges water to Dongjin River to supply agricultural water to Honam Plains about 40,000m2. It is the fist Basin Changing Hydroelectic Power Plant, which supplies water to West Jellabuk-do area as well.

The management of the dam is held in trust of Korea Water Resources Corporation, and they concluded an agreement with Dongjin-nongjo about the dam water level of 188.68m for agricultural water every March 31.
Cultural Resource : Chilbo Hydroelectric Power Generation Plant, Seomjin River Dam
Main Tourist Facility: Tourist beltway near Okjung lake and the proposed project for Sculptural Garden in Hwangto Village.