POSCO E&C Develops Decentralized Water Supply System

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- POSCO E&C (President & CEO Tae-hyun Hwang) said it has developed a decentralized water supply system in association with some other entities including K-water and Kolon Global.

The decentralized water supply system supplies water with decentralized small water treatment systems. The vertical water treatment system, the system's core technology, can be constructed downtown as it does not require a large site.

It is an innovative system that can quickly supply clean water, as it is less likely to supply contaminated water, which could occur when purified water is supplied to distant consumers, and also reduces the usage of disinfectants, such as chlorine, by over 50%.

Thanks to this achievement, POSCO E&C was awarded the Project Innovation Award in the category of small projects at the IWA Project Innovation Awards on September 23.

The International Water Association (IWA) is the world's largest water organization that brings people together from across the water profession, from different water entities and sites, and has given this award to entities that made achievements in innovative research and design and operation and maintenance in the field of water biannually since 2006.

In particular, this technology is more meaningful in that it has been co-developed by 15 entities including POSCO E&C and K-water as part of the water management R&D project of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

"We could establish the foundations for safe and reliable water supply systems through developing this system," said Yong-min Kim, Director of R&D Center, POSCO E&C. "We will spur the development of core technologies on water."