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K-water News
2022. Feb

  • K-water to achieve a ‘water-
    energy-city and ESG nexus’

    K-water CEO Park Jae-hyeon said in his New Year speech on January 3 that “Year 2022 will be the starting year for the water-energy-city and ESG nexus project.” Park presented five action plans for the project. First, he pledged to create eco-friendly water routes and produce and supply high-quality water for the country and citizens by taking advantage of the digital technology accumulated by K-water as a national water manager to connect multi-purpose dams and rivers. Second, K-water will actively promote its water-based new and renewable energy as a pillar of the carbon neutrality era. Third, he promised to develop outposts for global water management leadership based on the water-energy-city nexus. Fourth, he reaffirmed the commitment of K-water to fulfilling its social and environmental responsibilities by further strengthening its ESG management and implementing consumer-centered water management as a public services corporation. Finally, he vowed to make K-water a “fun workplace” through corruption-free ethics management and creation of a better corporate culture.

  • Public Invitation to Set up an SPC
    for Busan Eco Delta Smart City

    K-water is holding a public invitation for private corporations to set up an SPC for Busan Eco Delta Smart City as a national model city until March 29, 2022. K-water significantly improved the criteria for offering bids, based on opinions collected from private corporations, to make this invitation successful.
    Following the release of the public invitation on December 30, 2021, letters of intent to participate in the bid were received on February 3. Business plans should be submitted by March 29, and preferred negotiators will be selected around April. K-water will proceed swiftly with negotiations and administrative procedures according to the plan, with the goal of setting up an SPC in December 2022.
    Details of the invitation including the schedule are available on the K-water online application system at https://land.kwater.or.kr.

  • Idea Contest for College Students on Building Eco-Friendly Urban Infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan

    K-water is holding the “Idea Contest for College Students on Building an Eco-Friendly Urban Infrastructure” to promote sustainable development in Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan from January 3 to February 13, 2022. As part of the bilateral cooperation between Korea and Kyrgyzstan, the contest is intended to encourage college students to come up with creative development ideas beyond the scope of existing urban development.
    The theme of the contest is the basic plan for regional vitalization based on local development conditions including the airport, railways, and tourism resources and original ideas for complex development of target development areas. Undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in two-year or four-year colleges in Korea are eligible to join the contest. You can download the application form, personal information use permit, and business proposal on the website (www.kwater.or.kr) and send them via email at kwater1224@kwater.or.kr or snail mail.

  • K-water social value-sharing event
    during the Lunar New Year holidays

    K-water is running the “Lunar New Year Sharing campaign” from January 25 to February 11, 2022 to help people in need of help spend the holidays better and practice social values through sharing. K-water decided to extend until the end of June 2022 the rent discount of up to 50% for small businesses and SMEs experiencing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, K-water paid contractors a total of 20 billion won ahead of the payment schedule to help them with their cash flows before the long Lunar New Year holidays. In order to prevent safety accidents during the holidays, K-water performed intensive safety inspections on some 130 facilities under its operation and management including dams and metropolitan waterworks.
    Some 134 volunteer groups of K-water employees across the country joined the campaign and donated various items worth approximately 200 million won. On January 25, 2022, employees of K-water and Daedeok-gu Office of Daejeon City Government visited more than 200 senior single-person households and offered winter items as part of their commitment to giving back to society.

  • ‘‘Declaration of Safety and Health Management Charter’

    K-water held a ceremony on January 27, 2022 to declare the “K-water Safety and Health Management Charter.” Through the years, K-water has made extensive efforts to fulfill its ESG responsibilities and strengthen safety management in all aspects of its business activities so as to respond actively to the government’s safety policy and keep citizens and workers safe from disasters.
    The declaration ceremony was held as an expression of its pledge to eradicate serious disasters as the Serious Accident Punishment Act went into effect on January 27, 2022. In this context, K-water vowed to uphold safety and health as the utmost value and keep citizens safe from water-related disasters under the slogan of “zero serious accidents” and to ensure the stable supply of clean and safe water as a healthy water cycle services partner.
    The ceremony was followed by a special lecture by an outside expert in serious accidents and crisis management and response and in the Serious Accident Punishment Act to raise the safety awareness of all employees.

  • ‘Freezing and Bursting Alert’

    K-water launched the “freezing and bursting alert” service on “Water Now,” a mobile app providing national water supply information, on January 28, 2022 in order to minimize damage resulting from water meters that freeze and burst during wintertime. The alert services consist of “freezing and bursting forecast map” and “push notification.” The map indicates the degree of freezing and bursting risk on a scale of 0-3 for 22 local water supply facilities operated by K-water, allowing users to scan easily and identify risks on the map at a glance.
    The push notification is a user-customized, proactive service that analyzes the temperature inside the water meter container and tap water use data and sends early notifications to warn users against freezing and bursting risks. Freezing and bursting risks are forecast based on the temperature in the water meter container collected by a wireless temperature sensor installed in it and on the water use data compiled by a smart meter; thus drastically improving accuracy and user convenience.

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