K-water Checks Water Supply Facilities Ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays

K-water president Yun Seog-dae joined an inspection tour on February 11 to ensure stable water supply ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays. He visited the Jeungpyeong Modernization Project site in Chungbuk-do Province, Cheongju Water Purification Plant, and Gwangju Water Purification Plant in Gyeonggi-do Province to perform a safety inspection on the water supply facilities and their overall operation. The inspection is intended to prevent water supply accidents including water leaks by conducting proactive safety checkups as the water supply facility operation environment deteriorates amid repeated cold waves and thawing, to ensure that people have no problem using water during the holidays when water demand sharply rises.
In line with the enhanced public awareness of water safety due to climate crisis and the resulting changes to the water environment, K-water is also working to produce and supply high-quality tap water by employing cutting-edge technologies including smart water pipe network management, AI-based leak detection, and advanced water purification. In addition, K-water is improving water pipe networks and water purification facilities for 75 local governments experiencing difficulty with water quality control due to aged water pipe networks.

#Water facilities inspection #AI-based water leak inspection

#Advanced water purification technology #Tap water service innovation

#Stable supply of tap water

Saudi Arabian Ambassador Asks K-water to Support Saudi Arabia as Host of the 2027 World Water Forum

K-water president Yun Seog-dae met with Sami M. Alsadhan, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Korea, on February 16 at the request of the latter. At the meeting, Ambassador Alsadhan asked K-water to support Saudi Arabia as host of the 2027 World Water Forum and discussed with Yun ways of expanding bilateral cooperation in the water industry. Ambassador Alsadhan requested that K-water join the water forum scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia in April and vote for Saudi Arabia as host of the 2027 World Water Forum. They also discussed more areas of cooperation including dispatching Korean experts to create a digital twin-based water management platform and a water resources monitoring system in Saudi Arabia, signing an agreement with National Water Works Co. of Saudi Arabia, and publishing the “Report on Water Agenda and Projects in Asia” to be launched at the 10th World Water Forum in May.

#Support for the World Water Forum in Saudi Arabia #Saudi Arabia

#Exchanges of water management technologies

#Greater cooperation in the water industry

K-water and Woori Financial Group Form a Strategic Alliance for the Recovery of Household Economy and Carbon Neutrality

K-water and the Woori Financial Group signed on February 25 an agreement for win-win partnership and cooperation to facilitate cooperation between the two organizations for win-win partnership and cooperation with SMEs and small businesses and to strengthen strategic alliance for ESG management.
Major areas of cooperation are win-win partnership support for SMEs and small businesses, carbon neutrality implementation and ESG management, cooperation in overseas businesses, and funding. The two parties will draw up specific cooperation tasks on an ongoing basis. Since 2018, K-water has been serving as a platform to provide innovative startups with customized growth support designed to help them start and fund their business and find overseas buyers with the goal of promoting the growth of the water industry. Under the agreement, the Woori Financial Group will share its corporate financing know-how and offer financial support including preferential interest rates and loan limits to water corporations struggling with high interest rates.

#Win-win partnership with SMEs and small businesses

#Carbon neutrality implementation

#Woori Financial Group #Growth support platform

2024, the Year of Sihwa Lake: from a Miracle to an Opportunity

K-water held a “Sihwa Lake Area Policy Coordination Council meeting” on February 22 with the local governments of three cities in Gyeonggi-do Province—Siheung, Ansan, and Hwaseong—and declared 2024 as the Year of Sihwa Lake in a ceremony. Aside from the announcement of declaration during the ceremony, a performance was held featuring the joint slogan “From a Miracle to an Opportunity,” which suggests the limitless possibilities and potential of the lake.
Marking the 30th year of Sihwa Lake, the Sihwa Lake Area Policy Coordination Council will focus on the lake’s environmental, historical, cultural, social, and economic values and carry out Sihwa Lake’s 30th-Anniversary Project. The joint project scheduled for October is intended to put Sihwa Lake in the spotlight as a successful model for overcoming environmental pollution and raise its global profile. The goal is to grow Sihwa Lake as a leading local brand symbolizing sustainable development and cooperation among local communities. In this context, the Council is planning to organize marine leisure activities, festivals, and exhibitions to attract more people to Sihwa, the largest man-made lake in Korea.

#30th anniversary of Sihwa Lake #Restoration of Sihwa Lake

#Raise the global profile of Sihwa Lake