Water, Nature, and Humankind
News on / 2025. 05

  • 01 K-water helps forest fire-affected communities return to normalcy

    In the wake of the massive forest fire that has swept large parts of the North Gyeonsang Province, K-water is concentrating its efforts on helping fire victims return to normalcy. K-water discharged Seongdeok Dam and Andong Dam for the first time on March 25 for disaster response purposes to supply fire-extinguishing water. It also donated over 90,000 bottles of tap water to local communities affected by the fire soon after it broke out.
    K-water took follow-up actions on April 2 to support residents of fire-struck regions, such as supplying dam water and offering reductions or exemptions on water bills. These benefits are applicable to Andong City, Cheongsong-gun, Hadong-gun, and Uljoo-gun, as well as businesses operating in these four regions. In addition, it donated daily necessities and medical supplies for displaced local residents, carried out emergency waterworks recovery operations in the fire-struck areas, and ran the K-Healthcare Bus for medical checkup and counseling. Furthermore, K-water will proactively respond to the potential deterioration of water quality due to the possibility of algal blooms caused by polluted soil or ashes from the fire.

  • 02 K-water and Naver Agree to Collaborate on Projects Using Water Management Digital Twin

    K-water and Naver Corp. signed on April 3 an MOU for “collaboration to respond to mandatory ESG climate disclosure.” Under the MOU, the two organizations will create a water disaster risk evaluation model based on scenarios of future climate change and provide a scientific evaluation framework to allow corporations to respond effectively to climate risks and disclosure requirements.
    Existing risk evaluation models used by major listed companies depend heavily on foreign institutions, or they are based mainly on past statistics; hence the difficulty in incorporating scenarios of future climate change. To address the problems, K-water will combine its digital twin technology and Naver’s 3D spatial data to analyze systematically the risk levels faced by individual business sites in connection with floods and urban inundation, and visualize outcomes of the water disaster risk evaluation.
    The evaluation outcomes will be ready for use within this year, with the evaluation items to be expanded to include more climate risk factors such as drought and rising sea level.

  • 03 Residential and Mixed-Use Smart City Development in Ukraine

    K-water and Euro Investment Holding LLC—the developer of the new city in Horodok, Ukraine—signed on April 9 an agreement on the development of a smart city. Focusing on the development plan and participation method, the agreement is a follow-up to the MOA signed by K-water with the Horodok city government in January. Under the agreement, K-water will design and plan a smart green city on a 10 ㎢ area. The smart green city will be a multi-use complex city that combines industry, residence, and commerce and features eco-friendliness and sustainability.

  • 04 ESG Management Awards

    K-water won the grand prize at the ESG Management Awards. K-water became the first public corporation to declare water-specialized ESG management in 2021 and to pledge to implement ESG management practices throughout the entire cycle of water services under the new vision of “a global water company that takes the lead in responding to climate crisis.” In recognition of all these efforts, K-water became the only top-rating SOC public corporation in “the Corporate Disclosure Evaluation” by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security in 2024. As a global climate tech company equipped with original digital technology, K-water will strive to become a top 2 global water company by 2035.

  • 05 Grand Prize at the 8th National Industry Awards in Management Innovation

    K-water won the grand prize at the 8th National Industry Awards in management innovation. Hosted by the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies (IPS), the National Industry Awards recognize and honor corporations and organizations that have contributed to the development of national industries. The awards are given based on a comprehensive evaluation of vision and competitiveness, social contribution, and sustainability. The grand prize won by K-water recognizes its digital super-gap technologies that enable proactively responding to water disasters and providing high-quality water services whose effects can be clearly felt among the public. K-water is leading the global market through exports of its water technology to various countries around the world including Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.

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