Efficient Management of Water

Int'l Water Assoc. holds seminar on efficient water management and water trade

Korea Water Resources Corp.(K-Water) held the 4th International Water Association seminar on Jeju Island May 20-23 under the theme of 'Efficient 2007'with 200 participants from 22 countries attending.
K-Water President Kwak Kyul-ho, in his keynote speech at the meeting, spoke about the Trends of Korea's Water Industry and Strategies for Its Efficiency.
In his speech, President Kwak touched on changes in water businesses both at home and abroad the trends, and the government's effort to make the water industry more efficient and the role of K-Water in the effort. He also spoke about the future tasks to foster Korea's water industry including boosting water exports, manpower training, raising the core technologies, the expansion of domestic water market and restructuring of piped water industry.
President Kwak stressed his call for the cooperation among the government, industry and academics for the development of Korea's water industry at this time when various conditions for the water industry have been changing rapidly both at home and abroad.
The event got kicked-off at Ramada Hotel in Jeju city with congratulatory speeches by K-Water President Kwak, and Environment Management Corp. President Sohn Joo-seok. K-Water President Kwak delivered a keynote speech.
From May 21-23, a seminar took place divided into four piped water management sectorsand 10 papers were presented on various subjects including the water resources management.
K-Water operated its own booth to publicize its vision and major business areas. The booth also held an exhibition on "Love Water"with photos and water and daily lives totaling 18 segments.
K-Water signed a joint research agreement with water expert organizations in the U.S., Japan and Germany on April 17. The agreement signed at the K-Water head office in Daejeon, is designed to bring the three signatories, Orange County Water District of the United States, National Institute for Agro-Environment Sciences of Japan and the Technologie Zentrum Wasser of Germany to work on joint development of technologies on water content analysis.
On the day, the agreement was signed, K-Water jointly with the Korea Water Environment Academic Society held a seminar on piped water such as contamination, perflourinated compounds and analytical method for nitrosamines and hormones. About 70 people including those from academia, local autonomous organizations and water analysis research institutes attended the seminar held at the 40th Anniversary Memorial Education Center.
The agreement was signed to engage in searching for ways to set up a system to correctly analyze the quality of water in the face of rapid increases in the discovery of harmful elements in water such as anti-biotic matters and residual organic material and the need to develop a multi-purpose analytical method.
The method has been drawing world attention and requires a high-degree facilities and professional analytical capabilities. The agreement will bring the four parties to the agreement to develop methods to detect harmful elements in water by securing global best technologies in the area of water quality analysis. The four parties will lead technologies related to water analysis and the discovery of new water pollutants, thereby becoming a central organization in the area of multi-analytical methods for water pollutants.
K-Water will take charge of research on anti-biotic for animal, TZW medicine for human bodies and other chemicals, NIAES residual pollutants and OCWD hormones and new byproducts of sterilization.
OCWD was set up in 1933 by the State of California and has the largest ground water storage facilities in the world supplying drinking water to 20 cities through a systematic management of underground water and its quality.
TZW was set up in 1859 by funds contributed by each states in Germany with some 150 employees. It's been acting as a window for all water-related technologies including underground water, drinking water and ground water and basic research activities on water by universities and DVDW.
NIAES was launched in 1959 in Japan as an independent legal entity and has been engaged in analysis of chemical material related to agricultural environment, analysis of their risks, and harmful material including agricultural chemicals diluted in water and other pollutants. nw

President kwak Kyul-ho of K-Water.

(above): President Kwak, 2nd L, holds hands with representatives of water expert organizations after signing an MOU on a joint research on water at Korea Water Environment Academic Society on May 21.
(below): President Kwak holds an agreement signed with the Gaeseong Industrial District Management Committee after signing the agreement for K-Water to manage water supply facilities at the complex in Gaeseong, North Korea, June 4.