Korea Water Resources Corporation Act.

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to improving citizens' livelihoods and enhancing public welfare by ensuring smooth supply of water through the establishment of the Korea Water Resources Corporation, tasked with comprehensively developing and managing water resources. Article 9 establishes that the Corporation shall implement the following projects: 1) Constructing, operating and managing the following "water resource development facilities" to comprehensively use and develop water resources: a) Multi-purpose dams and dams for supplying residential water (including hydro-power plants); b) Estuary weirs and multi-purpose watercourses; c) Facilities for inland transportation by ship and canal facilities; d) Other facilities for comprehensively developing and using water resources. 2) Following projects concerning development and use of waterworks (excluding local water supply services and village water supply services among general waterworks): a) Constructing waterworks; b) Using, maintaining and managing waterworks; c) Repairing facilities for using, maintaining and managing waterworks; 3) Water quality surveys at dams; 4) Constructing, operating and managing terminal sewage treatment plants to treat sewage in an area having direct influence on water quality of a water source supplied to at least two local : 5) Developing industrial complexes or special areas: Provided, that this shall be limited to any development in a district related to development of any industrial complex or special area implemented or being implemented by the Corporation; 5-2) Establishing, operating and managing new and renewable energy facilities provided for in the Act on the Promotion of the Development, Use and Diffusion of New and Renewable Energy using water resources development facilities, waterworks and land the Corporation has developed and managed; 6) Collecting charges or fees; 7) Creating relocation complexes or reclaiming public waters for implementing certain projects; 8) Investigations, surveys, design, construction supervision, tests, research, technical development and technical diagnosis regarding certain projects; 9) Basic investigations and information management for efficiently developing, using and managing water resources; 10) Technical support for and education about the fields of water resources development facilities, water supply services and other water resources. The text consists of 41 articles.