K-water is aggressively coping with changes in the water industry sector to comply with a rapidly changing paradigm like climate change and digital transformation.
In particular, the corporation is putting its soul and heart to develop effective technologies people can experience firsthand.
K-water finished up successfully 2022 K-water Tech Conference at K-water headquarters in Daejeon on Oct. 24, the corporation said on Oct. 26.
2022 K-water Tech Conference, the fourth rendition, is the corporation¡¯s representative academic event.
2022 K-water Tech Conference was held under the theme ¡°Sharing Future Management Technology Development Outcomes.¡±
During the conference, out of a combined 108 technology development outcomes, 14 outcomes — eight outcome cases and six outstanding, open innovation outcomes — were made public.
A screening team of outside and inside experts selected two grand prizes, four top prizes, five outstanding prizes, and participation prize winners.
The grand prize, the environment minister¡¯s award, went to K-water Water & Sewage Research Institute¡¯s developing and verifying of core technologies related to the building of K-water-type dam upper-stream smart sewage system and Pusan National University Prof. Kim Sang-hyun¡¯s developing of duct system-tailored, water pressure-based flow measurement module.
K-water Water & Sewage Research Institute¡¯s developing and verifying of core technologies related to the building of K-water-type dam upper-stream smart sewage system is a sewage treatment center diagnosis algorism technology realized with microorganism activity and settling measurement technology related to a small-sized sewage treatment center at the upper-stream of a dam, a blind spot in the government¡¯s smart sewage policies.
K-water has completed the building and verifying of a test-bed on the Janghang Sewage Treatment Center developed on its own.
The duct system-tailored, water pressure-based flow measurement module is paradigm shift from the conventional measure principles to an estimation method on the whole system.
Yu In-sun, head of the Technology Management Department of K-water¡¯s Technology Planning Division, said, ¡°An efficient technology development will be realized thorough a whole-cycle technology development management process.¡±
K-water will fulfill its roles as a leading water technology institution through spreading of outcomes to the public by sharing research outcomes and core technologies outward, Yu said.
K-water Hosts 2022 Innovation Week
K-water will hold ¡°2022 Innovation Week¡± under the catchphrase ¡°Innovation, New Daily Life¡± that takes place until Nov. 2, the corporation said on Oct. 24.
2022 Innovation Week is marking the 3rd rendition this year. Innovation Week has been held since 2010 to share and spread K-water¡¯s outstanding technologies and work innovation cases.
Outcomes in three areas — outstanding R&D outcomes, such research, R&D and verification, executives and staff¡¯s voluntary innovation examples and work innovation cases using big data — will be designated during 2022 Innovation Week.
On Day 1 on Oct. 24, K-water Tech Conference will take place to share and spread industry, academic and research circle-related R&D and outcomes of the verification of technologies in the water environment sector.
The ¡°Innovation Challenge Final Contest will be held to announce outcomes of companywide voluntary work innovation ¡°communities of practice¡± (CoP) while the Big Data Contest will take place to showcase diverse service innovation outcomes by analyzing and utilizing big data related to water on Nov. 2.