Emperor Gojong granted two American businessmen, Henry Collbran and Harry Bostwick, the rights to establish the water delivery system in 1903. The two guys were also responsible for the nation’s initial power supply. Their patent rights were given to Korea Waterworks Co., which began construction in August 1906. The nation’s first waterworks facility, the Gyeongseong Water Pumping Plant, was built two years later, in August 1908, at the Ttukdo Reservoir in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, ushering in the era of modern water supply. Beginning in September, 1, it began supplying purified water to residents …