The Top Reasons South Korea is Becoming a Smart Water Nation, reviewed by Clearwater Management Korea

1. The Top Reasons South Korea is Becoming a Smart Water Nation, reviewed by Clearwater Management Korea

2. A great year for water innovation is 2022 as more nations prioritise the development of secure water supplies with firms like Clearwater Management Korea Three of the ten companies featured in a recent International Water Resources Association (IWRA) report that specialise in Smart Water Management (SWM) are based in South Korea. electrically charged The country of South Korea, famous for its businesses LG and Samsung, is currently making headlines for its smart water. A clever combination of information and communication technology (ICT) and intelligent water metres allowed the nation to manage rising usage while confidence in the public water supply. The following are some of South Korea's innovations in smart water: Hydro Smart Toolkit Flooding and severe droughts are common water-related disasters in South Korea. Building multi-regional water supply networks and multi-purpose dams eliminated the regional and temporal viability of such catastrophes. The Hydro Intelligent Toolkit was developed by Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) to link rivers in watersheds in a scientific river operating system (K-HIT). Five procedures are handled by the ICT-based K-HIT: Getting current hydrological data Precipitation predictions

3. flood analysis tracking the water delivery from reservoirs producing hydropower K-water claims that K-HIT can contain droughts through the use of stored water during dry seasons and prevent flood damage by storing water during floods. 2012, 2013, and 2015 floods were successfully handled by K-HIT. Sensible Metering in Seosan After taking action against the drought in 2016 and implementing a cutting-edge metering pilot project in the Goryeng region from January to May 2015, the Seosan City project implemented smart water metres. Due to timely management using hourly data, the adoption of smart metering increased customer satisfaction. The intelligent metering project sought to significantly decrease water leaks and enhance ICT-based non-revenue water rates, including smart metres and remote metres. After installation, it electronically transmitted hourly data on water use, and as a result, there were 190,000 cubic metres less of water lost annually. Over USD$590,000 in savings are anticipated over the next eight years, according to Clearwater Management Korea City of Smart Water in Paju

4. Despite the practically complete availability of high-quality drinking water in Korea, hardly 5% of the population actually drinks directly from the tap. According to a report, tap water is not consumed by Koreans. directly as a result of mistrust and concerns about the old water pipes, as well as the purported taste and smell of the tap water. As a result, K-water developed the Smart Water City (SWC) idea to reduce the amount of tap water used. Then what is SWC? With ICT integrated into every step of the water supply process, from treatment to the tap, it is a smart water city. People have immediate access to real-time reviews of the water quality and status of the tap water supply. The figures speak for themselves: in three years, tap water consumption in Paju Smart City significantly climbed from 1% to 36.3%. ICT, real-time sensors, and ground staff participation were all used in Paju Smart City. According to K-Water, the SWC idea has increased public trust in drinking water. Bottomline Crystal Management Korea supports cutting-edge water technology. ICT-based technology has significantly aided the development of smart water, according to Professor Jung of Yeungname University in Daegu and the Korean Water Cluster spokesperson. Aside from that, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is a factor in the adoption of intelligent water.