Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) announced on the 12th that it participated in CES 2026, the world’s largest consumer electronics and information technology (IT) exhibition, held in Las Vegas, the United States, together with 21 domestic innovative companies in the water sector.

CES 2026, held over four days from the 9th (local time), drew more than 4,100 companies from around 160 countries, with data-based infrastructure technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics emerging as key themes. At this exhibition, K-water showcased an AI water management system developed to respond to increasingly unpredictable weather variables and water management environments that can no longer be forecast solely based on past experience. The technology combines AI with expertise accumulated over 60 years and massive data reaching 7.4 billion records per day in production volume.

K-water is supporting private startups to foster domestic water companies. At this year’s CES, 21 companies backed by K-water took part, with seven receiving Innovation Awards. DoomDoom, which has technology that automatically analyzes water quality using drones, won the Best of Innovation Award. Other AI technology companies, including Stellar Vision, which detects leaks using satellite data, ReBio, an AI-based water quality diagnostic platform, and Mobilio, an autonomous driving robot for water treatment plant inspections, also received Innovation Awards, gaining recognition for their technological capabilities. Since K-water began its full-scale participation in CES in 2023, participating companies have achieved export contracts worth KRW 56.0 billion and attracted KRW 28.0 billion in investment. This year, at the K-water pavilion, they recorded around 520 export and investment consultations amounting to approximately USD 89 million (about KRW 130 billion).

Yoon Seok-dae, President of K-water, stated, “The water industry is being reborn as a core sector that will determine future national competitiveness through convergence with AI technology,” adding, “K-water will continue to provide practical support so that the potential of the K-water industry confirmed through this CES can serve as a pillar of the Republic of Korea’s economic growth and further contribute to Korea’s leap forward as an AI powerhouse.”

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