Geomam Station Royal Park City Prugio, Managing Water Quality with IoT

[Asia Economy Reporter Onyu Lim] Amid increased interest in drinking water management following last year's red tap water incident in Incheon, the country's first apartment complex to manage water quality using the Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged.

DK Urban Development and DK Asia announced on the 22nd that they will introduce IoT technology to manage common facilities for residents in 'Geomam Station Royal Park City Prugio,' which will be sold in the Geomam Station area of the Incheon Airport Railroad in April. The first generation of IoT only allowed control of power sources such as indoor lighting, electricity, and gas in apartments.

To this end, DK Urban Development and DK Asia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with LG Electronics on the 20th to provide IoT solutions. Kim Hyo-jong, Executive Director of DK Urban Development, said, “Geomam Station Royal Park City Prugio will apply next-generation technology with safety as the top priority. It will be the first resort city to simultaneously apply both home IoT technology and community IoT technology.”

Specifically, the 'Clean Water Management Solution' applied to Geomam Station Royal Park City Prugio is a fusion of sensor and networking technology. A purification system, a hardware facility, is installed just before tap water enters the apartment's water storage tank to filter the water once more. Sensors are attached to the storage tank containing clean water, and water quality conditions such as concentration and turbidity are displayed on a dedicated app as numerical signals, allowing any resident to check them. If an abnormal situation is detected, the management office is immediately contacted to take emergency measures.

The fire alarm service is also based on detection technology. Notifications about which building and unit the fire occurred in will be sent to residents through a disaster message format via a dedicated app. Even if residents are not at home, they can confirm the fire alarm service and take appropriate action.

Kim Jung-mo, Chairman of DK Urban Development and DK Asia, said, “Apartment IoT environments are becoming increasingly specialized depending on the composition of household members, the number of units in the complex, and the location environment. Taking this MOU with LG Electronics as an opportunity, we will continue to expand business discussions to provide next-generation IoT technology for nine large-scale projects currently being promoted by DK Urban Development, covering a total of 1.48 million pyeong and about 45,000 households.”

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