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Application and Improvement Plan of the Comprehensive Assessment for River Environments - Focusing on Tributary Streams of the Han River in Seoul -

하천환경종합평가의 적용 및 개선방안 - 서울시 한강 지류하천을 중심으로 -

  • Ahn, Hong-Kyu (Department of Land, Water and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Hoon (Department of Land, Water and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
  • 안홍규 (한국건설기술연구원 국토보전연구본부) ;
  • 이상훈 (한국건설기술연구원 국토보전연구본부)
  • Received : 2020.12.02
  • Accepted : 2020.12.14
  • Published : 2020.12.31

Abstract

The assessment of the river environment is widely applied as a method to establish the purpose and direction of river rehabilitation projects. This includes surveying and assessing the current state of the river environment and determining whether a previous river project was properly executed. The city of Seoul executed ecological river rehabilitation activities for the tributaries of the Han River from the 2000s following a masterplan to recover the physical shape and ecological functionality of damaged rivers. After the rehabilitation activities, the river environment had been changed substantially. In this study, physical properties, water quality properties, and ecological properties were assessed for 28 tributaries underthe control of the city of Seoul, and then those 3 properties were synthetically reassessed. From the result of the study on the physical properties, it was found that mostrivers had II-III grades. As for water quality properties, rivers had III-IV grades. The damaged rivers showed low grades of D-E based on the Aquatic Ecosystem Health evaluation. Accordingly, we concluded that all rivers of Seoul City have an unhealthy environment in terms of water quality and Aquatic Ecosystem Health, therefore it is regarded that long-term and systematic improvements are required.

하천환경평가는 현재의 하천환경을 조사하고 평가함으로써 하천복원 사업의 목표와 방향을 설정하고, 사업 직후에는 동일한 방법으로 재평가를 시행함으로써 하천사업이 목표에 맞도록 제대로 이루어졌는지를 판단하기 위한 방법으로 널리 적용되고 있다. 그간 서울시는 훼손된 하천의 물리적 형태 및 생태적 기능을 회복시키는 사업으로 지난 2000년대부터 한강 대부분의 지류에 대하여 생태하천복원이 진행되었으며, 복원이후에 하천환경은 다양하게 변화하였다. 본 연구에서는 서울시 관할 28개 하천을 대상으로 하천별로 물리특성, 수질특성, 생태특성을 평가하고 이를 세가지 특성을 종합적으로 평가하였다. 연구결과, 물리특성은 대부분의 하천이 II-III 등급이며, 수질특성 분석에서 대부분의 하천들은 III-IV 등급, 생물특성인 수생태계건강성평가 결과를 바탕으로 한 훼손하천 등급에서는 모든 하천이 D-E 등급으로 낮게 평가되었다. 따라서 서울시 모든 하천이 수질과 수생태계건강성에 있어서는 건강하지 못한 환경이라는 결과가 도출되었으며, 보다 장기적이며 체계적인 개선이 이루어져야 할 것으로 판단된다.

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