Welcome Message

  • Welcome! Thank you for visiting our institute website.

    Our institute has a vision foster the Daegu-Gyeongbuk economic region as a hub for global water industry. The envisioned goals of the institute for this region are to help regional water companies to be recognized globally, to play a central role in the 'blue gold' industry,to develop cutting edge green water technologies for worldwide markets, and to share our strategic and technological developments.

    More specifically, the institute focuses on developing membrane based wastewater reuse technologies as well as clustering water associated institutions with domestic and global partnerships. The institute has been collaborating with a number of organizations and companies, such as Kolon Industries, Kolon Benit, Coway, Toray Chemical (formerly Woongin Chemical), Synopex, Sam Young Eng & Tech, Dyetech, LG Electronics, Hwasung, and so on. Many other companies and specialists on water technology are also involved in our R&D activities..
  • Our institute orchestrates and collaborates with local and central governments as well to achieve the goals mentioned above.
    We would like to catalyze the circular economy of this region and ultimately to contribute to the regional development and growth with 'Water, the Blue Gold'.