Water Quality Monitoring Innovation in 2025 | TheWaveTalk
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- Dec 19, 2025
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Updated: Dec 24, 2025
In 2025, TheWaveTalk established a new benchmark in water quality management across drinking water utilities, household water purifiers, swimming pools, and industrial ultrapure water (UPW) environments—driven by maintenance-free turbidimeter and high-speed bacteria detection technologies. Explore how TheWaveTalk is redefining water quality management across drinking water, swimming pools, and industrial applications.
Area 1.
Innovation in Drinking Water Quality Monitoring
Minimal Maintenance Turbidity Monitoring for Water Utilities
In 2025, TheWaveTalk achieved significant milestones in the public water quality monitoring market, centered on its TSC-50 / IQ-50 in-line turbidimeters, designed for deployment in public water treatment facilities.
TheWaveTalk successfully completed the Performance Sharing Program with the Korea Environment Corporation (K-eco) and obtained the first-ever Korean Type Approval for a laser-based continuous in-line turbidimeter (DWMS-TM-2025-6).
In addition, the technology was registered as K-water Approved Technology and received Q-Mark Quality Certification, securing its credibility as a public-infrastructure-grade turbidimeter compatible with water treatment plants and national Water Quality Remote Monitoring Systems (TMS).
Today, TheWaveTalk’s turbidimeters are actively operating across water treatment plants and public monitoring sites nationwide, demonstrating stable, real-time turbidity measurement with minimal maintenance requirements—ensuring continuity and reliability in field-based water quality management.
Treatment2Tap (UK) - Extending Drinking Water Monitoring Across Europe
TheWaveTalk is participating in Treatment2Tap – Water Quality as a Service, a next-generation UK drinking water innovation program focused on validating advanced monitoring technologies across European water infrastructure.
Treatment2Tap is one of Europe’s largest integrated drinking water projects, covering the entire supply chain—from treatment plants and reservoirs to distribution networks and households. The project is led by Northumbrian Water, with participation from Siemens, the University of Sheffield, and other global utilities and technology partners.
TheWaveTalk’s turbidimeters are being tested on a Sheffield pilot pipeline that replicates real-world water distribution networks, demonstrating high-precision, maintenance-free, real-time monitoring even in large-scale drinking water systems.
This project highlights the scalability of TheWaveTalk’s turbidity technology beyond Korea and into European drinking water infrastructure.
Technology Licensing with a Global Home Appliance Leader
TheWaveTalk signed a technology licensing agreement with the world’s leading home appliance manufacturer, accelerating the expansion of its water quality monitoring technology into everyday living environments.
Its ultra-compact turbidity sensor technology successfully completed approximately two years of performance, durability, and reliability testing, officially validating its maintenance-free sensor architecture.
As a result, the technology has been confirmed as suitable for water purifiers, drinking fountains, and other household applications—enabling continuous, real-time turbidity monitoring through compact, high-precision, low-power sensors designed for residential use.
Area 2.
Industrial Turbidity & Bacterial Monitoring Innovation
Ultrapure Water (UPW) Bacterial Monitoring- Selected as an Excellent Performer in LG Display PoC
TheWaveTalk was selected as an excellent-performing company in an 8-month ultrapure water (UPW) PoC with LG Display, validating its technological competitiveness in ultra-high-precision industrial environments.
The solution met the stringent speed, sensitivity, and stability requirements of display manufacturing processes. Based on the evaluation results, follow-up technical collaboration has been officially confirmed.
Building on this outcome, TheWaveTalk is preparing to launch a table-top high-speed bacterial measurement instrument optimized for UPW applications in the first half of next year. Through continued collaboration with LG Display, the company aims to enhance quality and process efficiency across display and semiconductor manufacturing environments.
Expanding into Industrial Process Water
Cooling Water, Cleaning Water, and Beyond
TheWaveTalk is currently conducting sample tests and technical discussions with global top-tier cooling tower manufacturers, major domestic F&B companies, and global flowmeter manufacturers, targeting industrial process water applications such as cooling water and cleaning water.
Notably, the company continues to receive inquiries for applications where turbidity monitoring was previously considered impractical, opening new opportunities for industrial water quality management.
Area 3
Innovation in Swimming Pool Water Quality Monitoring
Joint Product Development w/ a Global Top-tier Pool Equipment Manufacturer
In the swimming pool sector, TheWaveTalk achieved another major milestone by successfully completing performance tests with a global top-tier pool equipment manufacturer and officially entering a joint product development phase.
This collaboration targets a wide range of swimming pool environments—including public, commercial, and private facilities.
By leveraging maintenance-free operation, automatic calibration, and a modular sensor architecture, TheWaveTalk’s turbidity monitoring technology is designed to be broadly applicable across diverse swimming pool settings. While turbidity monitoring has traditionally been limited to public and commercial pools, this development enables reliable water quality monitoring even in smaller-scale and residential swimming pool environments—extending coverage without compromising performance or operational simplicity.
Looking Ahead to 2026
Simpler, Smarter Water Quality Management
From public infrastructure to homes and industrial sites, TheWaveTalk continues to expand its technology into every environment where water quality matters.
In 2025, the company signed an LOI with a global top-tier water company, received two Ministerial Awards from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and won a CES Innovation Award, further validating its leadership in water quality innovation.
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