On December 15, K-water newly developed and launched waterAX (http://waterax.wateround.kr), an online portal where users can have hands-on experience with digital water supply technologies.
Until now, digital water technologies developed by K-water—such as AI water treatment plants, digital twins of water treatment plants and pipelines, water-NET, and asset management systems—could only be demonstrated through on-site visits, limiting public accessibility.
The launch of waterAX removes these constraints, enabling users to experience the technologies regardless of time or location. Visitors to the platform can explore K-water’s core water technologies online in formats closely mirroring actual operating environments.
Through this, a wide range of stakeholders—including water utilities, public institutions, and private companies—can intuitively assess the key functions and economic feasibility of each technology, making it significantly easier to make decisions on technology adoption at the initial project planning stage.

On November 28, K-water signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation to Support Overseas Expansion of the Water Industry with the Korea Environment Corporation at the Korea Environment Corporation Training Institute, initiating joint efforts to enter overseas water markets.
This agreement aims to establish a foundation for comprehensively responding to the diverse demands of global clients by combining K-water’s accumulated capabilities in identifying, planning, and operating water management projects overseas with the Korea Environment Corporation’s expertise in wastewater and environmental technologies. It is expected to expand overseas opportunities for domestic water companies and strengthen industrial competitiveness.
The agreement covers joint advancement in overseas water industry sectors, the establishment of a cooperation framework to support domestic companies’ global expansion, and technical and human exchanges to promote environmental industry development and international expansion. Through this partnership, the two organizations plan to build an integrated response system covering both water supply and wastewater, jointly pioneer new overseas water markets, and actively support the co-expansion of domestic water companies—thereby further enhancing the global standing of Korea’s water industry.

On December 15, K-water signed a Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding for the Transition to Water AX with the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment and the Busan Metropolitan City Waterworks Authority. This agreement is significant as the first tripartite collaboration among the central government, a public institution, and a local government aimed at accelerating digital transformation in the water supply sector and expanding AI-based water supply operation technologies nationwide, in alignment with the government’s national AI innovation strategy.
Under the agreement, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment will provide government-level support by establishing policies and systems for AI-based water management and facilitating technology dissemination. K-water will share its AI-based water supply operation experience and technological capabilities—including AI water treatment plant operation technologies deployed at 43 regional water treatment plants nationwide and Smart Water Network Management (SWNM)—with Busan. Together with the Ministry, K-water will promote on-site demonstrations and expansion of AI water management models tailored to local governments. In addition, the parties plan to jointly develop region-specific AI models that reflect the actual operating environments, water quality, and demand characteristics of Busan’s water treatment plants, and to cooperate in developing models that can be gradually expanded to the water supply systems of other local governments.