Runoff Characteristics of Non-point Pollutant Sources in an Agricultural Area Watershed

농촌지역 비점오염물질의 유출 특성

  • Ryu, Kwang-Hyun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Lee, Geon-Jik (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Seong, Jin-Uk (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Sup (K-water Institute, Korea Water Resources Corporation) ;
  • Park, Jae-Chul (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
  • 유광현 (금오공과대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 이건직 (금오공과대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 성진욱 (금오공과대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 김동섭 (한국수자원공사 K-water 연구원) ;
  • 박제철 (금오공과대학교 환경공학과)
  • Received : 2011.03.04
  • Accepted : 2011.05.11
  • Published : 2011.06.30

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate runoff characteristics of non-point pollutant sources in an agricultural area watershed in Boeun area, Chungbuk Province. The monitoring site represented 1.56 $km^2$, about 44.4% of which was covered with paddy fields. The monitoring was conducted for six events in a period of 5 month. Event Mean Concentration (EMC) and Site Mean Concentration (SMC) of suspended solids (SS), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (T-N) and total phosphorus (T-P) were calculated using the results of the water quality parameters. A comparison between arithmetic mean concentration and EMC revealed that nearly all EMCs were higher than the corresponding arithmetic mean concentrations. First-flushing effects were exhibited for SS, BOD, and T-P, with relatively high concentrations in early-stage storm events.

본 연구는 강우 시 농촌지역에서 강우유출수와 함께 하천으로 유입되는 비점오염물질의 유출특성을 파악하기 위해 수행되었다. 유량의 증감에 따른 수질항목의 상관관계는 SS, T-P, $COD_{Mn}$, BOD, TN의 순으로 상관성이 높은 것으로 나타났고, 강우량, 강우강도, 선행무강우일수에 따라 다양한 유출 특성을 보였다. 분석된 결과를 바탕으로 EMC와 SMC를 산정한 결과 SS, T-P는 강우사상에 따라 높은 EMC 농도변화를 보였고 산술평균농도와 EMC를 비교하였는데 대체적으로 EMC가 더 높은 것으로 나타나 유량의 증감에 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났으나 T-N의 경우 영향이 없는 것으로 보였다. 또, 초기유출 특성을 살펴보면 강우 후반부의 강한 강우강도로 인해 초기세척 개념을 적용시키기 어려운 3차 이벤트와 강우량이 적고 강우강도도 약했던 5차 이벤트를 제외한 다른 이벤트에서 초기세척효과가 관찰되었고 SS > T-P > BOD > $COD_{Mn}$ > T-N 순으로 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 그리고 초기세척비율 계산 결과, 초기 유출수의 30%에 가장 많은 오염부하가 발생하고 대부분 입자형태 즉, SS, T-P의 유출이 뚜렷하므로 저류지를 통해 초기 강우유출수의 비점오염물질을 제거하는 것이 바람직하다고 판단된다. 본 연구를 통해 분석된 결과를 바탕으로 비점오염물질의 유출특성에 대한 다양한 데이터베이스를 구축하여 향후 비점오염원을 체계적으로 관리함으로써 하천 수질을 개선하려는 노력이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

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