• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.49-70
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• 2011

The numerous efforts have been made in understanding generation and transportation mechanism of nonpoint source pollutants from agricultural areas. Also, the water quality degradation has been exacerbated over the years in many parts of Korea as well as other countries. Nonpoint source pollutants are transported into waterbodies with direct runoff and baseflow. It has been generally thought that groundwater quality is not that severe compared with surface water quality. However its impacts on groundwater in the vicinity of stream quality is not negligible in agricultural areas. The SWAT model has been widely used in hydrology and water quality studies worldwide because of its flexibilities and accuracies. The spatial property of each HRU, which is the basic computational element, is not presented. Thus, the SWAT HRU mapping module was developed in this study and was applied to the study watershed to evaluate recharge rate and $NO_3-N$ loads in groundwater. The $NO_3-N$ loads in groundwater on agricultural fields were higher than on forests because of commercial fertilizers and manure applied in agricultural fields. The $NO_3-N$ loads were different among various crops because of differences in crop nutrient uptake, amount of fertilizer applied, soil properties in the field. As shown in this study, the SWAT HRU mapping module can be efficiently used to evaluate the pollutant contribution via baseflow in agricultural watershed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2002.09a
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• pp.215-218
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• 2002

The purposes of this research are to identify the source and the extent of contamination of nitrate in groundwater in a typical agricultural area. The study area has many livestock raising facilities, rice paddies and grape farms. In order to identify the hydrogeological character, we sampled groundwater and surface water in 27 locations and performed chemical analyses. Nitrate-nitrogen is the major contaminant in this area. Approximately 32 ~ 42% of groundwater samples are over the drinking water limit(10 mg/L) and 77% estimated to be entered from artificial sources. The nitrogen isotope analysis indicates animal waste being the major source of nitrate in water samples. Not only presently operating livestock facilities but also abandoned ones influence groundwater quality for a long time.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.91-91
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• 2019

아열대 해양성 기후로 변화하고 있는 다우지역인 제주도는 각종개발 등 도시화로 인한 불투수층 증가가 급증하고 있으며 기후 변동에 의한 강우량은 더욱 늘어 홍수 피해가 빈번히 발생하고 있어 저영향개발기법(LID, Low Impact Development)을 통한 빗물을 지하로 침투시켜 지하수 보호 및 확보와 동시에 재해 저감을 할 수 있는 기술개발이 시급한 실정이다. 현재 설치된 재해저감방식 중 침투트렌치에 의한 침투방식은 제주도의 보전자원인 화산석인 현무암을 주 재료로 하고 있어 2차환경 파괴를 야기 시키고 있지만 암을 보전하고 대처할 수 있는 신재료와 신기술 관련 침투방식의 성능 극대화에 대한 연구가 미진하며, 지하수를 주 수원으로 하고 있는 제주도에서 초기 강우 배제 없이 침투시킬 경우 지하수 오염 가능성도 상존하고 있다. 본 연구는 지하수의 제주형 인공함양정과 재해영향평가 지침에서 제시한 암을 충진하는 정형화된 침투식 방법을 개선하여 초기 강우의 수질오염을 억제하면서 지하수 인공함양과 재해저감을 위해 침투와 저류를 동시에 할 수 있는 신기술을 상용화와 침투형 저류지의 설치 초기비용 및 유지비용을 절감하고 부지확보에 따른 사업자의 부담을 경감 할 수 있는 침투트렌치 형식의 침투저류시스템을 개발하여 실용화하는데 있다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 제주도인 경우 일시적 높은 첨두유량으로 인해 지표유실 및 침수범람이 빈번하게 발생하고 도시화에 따른 포장면적 증가로 지표수 유실이 증대 되는 점을 감안하여 이를 저감하기 위한 첨두유량의 해결방안으로 저류용 침투저류조 내 유입수의 신속한 침투기능과 지하수 함양 증대에 기여 등 제주형 집중호우 대비 침투저류조 설치에 따른 효과 및 적용 가능성을 조사하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.106-106
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• 2022

댐 유역의 수문자료는 댐의 효율적인 운영, 중장기 댐 운영 계획, 수자원 관리, 댐 저수량 예보 등을 위해 사용되며, 최근 기후변화로 인해 정밀한 댐 운영에 필요한 유량자료의 필요성은 더욱 커지고 있다. 일반적으로 댐의 주요 수문자료에는 유입량의 요소, 저수량 요소, 유출량의 요소로 구분된다. 현재까지 강수량, 저수위, 방류량 자료는 지속적인 계측 및 품질관리 기술의 발전으로 인해 신뢰도가 점차 향상되고 있으나, 반면 증발량과 침투량 자료는 여전히 정확한 계측에 많은 어려움이 있다. 따라서 우리나라의 댐 유입량은 직접측정의 현실적 제약사항으로 인해, 방류량과 저수위 변화에 따른 저류량의 차를 이용하여 간접적으로 측정하고 있어, 증발량 및 지하수 유출량 등과 같은 복잡한 자연현상을 고려하지 못한 채 저수지 수위의 변화에 따른 민감도가 크게 발생하는 문제로 이어지게 된다. 본 연구에서는 소양강댐 유역의 증발을 고려하는 개선된 물수지 방정식을 제안하였다. 그 결과, 기존의 댐 유입량 자료에서 발생하는 문제점은 증발을 고려한 물수지법 적용을 통해 어느 정도 개선이 가능하다. 즉, 기존의 댐 유입량 산정 시 고려하지 않는 다양한 유출 요인에 대한 과도한 누락은 음유입량 발생문제를 야기하며, 실제 복잡한 자연현상을 설명하기 위해서는 추가적인 유출 요소(증발량)를 물수지 방정식에 포함할 필요가 있다. 이처럼 개선된 물수지법을 적용할 경우, 직접적인 가용수자원을 구성하는 직접 유출량과 간접 유출량이 전체 유입량에 기여하는 정도를 파악할 수 있다. 다만, 여기에서의 증발량은 유역 내 실측자료가 아님과 동시에 수면 증발량을 고려하지 못한 한계가 있으며, 향후 연구에서는 보다 정확도 높은 수문자료의 생산 및 확보를 위한 지속적인 노력이 필요하다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.45 no.10
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• pp.1051-1067
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• 2012

Increased use of water curtain facilities to keep green house warm during winter cultivation has been known to cause excessive groundwater ion which might lead to decline of groundwater level, resulting in streamflow depletion. Therefore it is required to quantitatively assess the effects of groundwater ion on the streamflow depletion such as magnitude and extent. The objective of this study is to assess the change of stream-aquifer interaction according to groundwater ion near stream. To this end, a green house cultivation land in Sooha-ri, Sindun-myun, Icheon-si, Gyonggi-do was selected as a field experimental site, and monitoring wells were established near and within stream to observe the water level and temperature changes over a long period of time. From the observed water level and temperature data, it was found that the river reach of interest changed to a losing stream pattern during the winter cultivation season due to groundwater level decline around pumping wells near the stream. The continuous exchange rates between stream and aquifer were estimated by plugging the observed water level data series into the experimental relation between head difference and exchange rate, showing the streamflow depletion by 16% of the groundwater pumping rate in Feb, 2011.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.28 no.7
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• pp.925-935
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• 2007

Water sources in volcanic Jeju Island are almost entirely dependent on groundwater because there are actually no perennial streams or rivers due to the permeable nature of surface soils derived from basaltic or trachytic rocks. Uncontrolled development of groundwater resulted in substantial water-level decline, groundwater pollution, and seawater intrusion in several places of the island. To maintain its sustainable groundwater, the provincial government has declared some parts of the island as the Special Groundwater Conservation/Management Area since 1994. Hence, all the activities for the groundwater development in the area should obtain official permit from relevant authorities. Furthermore, to acquire information on groundwater status, a network of groundwater monitoring was established to cover most of the low land and coastal areas with the installation of automatic monitoring systems since 2001. The analysis of the groundwater monitoring data indicated that the water levels had decreased at coastal area, especially in northern part of the island. Moreover, very high electrical conductivity (EC) levels and their increasing trends were observed in the eastern part, which was ascribable to seawater intrusion by intensive pumping in recent years. Water level decline and EC rise in the coastal area are expected to continue despite the present strict control on additional groundwater development.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.68-76
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• 2006

Anaerobic reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) to ethylene was investigated by performing laboratory experiments using semi-continuous flow two-in-series soil columns. The columns were packed with soils obtained from TCE-contaminated site in Korea. Site ground water containing lactate (as electron donor and/or carbon source) and PCE was pumped into the soil columns. During the first operation with a period of 50 days, injected mass ratio of lactate and PCE was 620:1 and incomplete reductive dechlorination of PCE to cis-DCE was observed in the columns. However, complete dechlorination of PCE to ethylene was observed when the mass ratio increased to 5,050:1 in the second operation, suggesting that the electron donor might be limited during the first operation period. Dechlorination rate of PCE to cis-DCE was $0.62{\sim}1.94\;{\mu}mol$ PCE/L pore volume/d and $2.76\;{\mu}mol$ cis-DCE/ L pore volume/d for that for cis-DCE to ethylene, resulting that net dechlorination rate in the system was 1.43 umol PCE/L pore volume/d. During the degradation of cis-DCE to ethylene, the concentration of hydrogen in column groundwater was $22{\sim}29\;mM$ and $10{\sim}64\;mM$ for the degradation of PCE to cis-DCE. These positive results indicate that the TCE-contaminated groundwater investigated in this study could be remediated through in-situ biological anaerobic reductive dechlorination processes.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.1-17
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• 2013

It is sometimes necessary to change the location of the collection conduit, which is constructed in shallow sediments in a stream, if the concentrations of $Fe^{2+}$ and $Mn^{2+}$ become too high for water treatment. A total of nine wells, including four shallow wells with a depth of 3 m and five deeper wells with a depth of 6 m, were installed in the study area at Naeseong-cheon in Yecheon-gun. The change in hydrogeochemical features of groundwater and the concentrations of $Fe^{2+}$ and $Mn^{2+}$ were examined at the wells during 5 hours of pumping. As pumping was performed, the velocity of groundwater flow was increased around the pumping well and aeration conditions were developed to precipitate iron and manganese oxides in an oxidizing environment. In addition, the concentrations of $Ca^{2+}$ and $Cl^-$ at the pumping well were increased following the mixing of surface water and groundwater. It is suggested that the center region of the stream would be more suitable for a new collection conduit, considering the concentrations of $Fe^{2+}$ and $Mn^{2+}$ in groundwater and their reducing effect during pumping. The installation of a collection conduit based on field tests performed to ensure water quality enables a reduction in the construction and management costs at water treatment facilities.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.51 no.6
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• pp.553-566
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• 2018

The occurrence of natural radionuclides like uranium and radon in groundwater was hydrochemically examined based on 40 well groundwaters in Mungyeong area. The range of electrical conductivity (EC) value in the study area was $68{\sim}574{\mu}S/cm$. In addition to the increase of EC value, the content of cations and anions also tends to increase. Uranium concentrations ranged from $0.03{\sim}169{\mu}g/L$ (median value, $0.82{\mu}g/L$) and radon concentrations ranged from 70~30,700 pCi/L (median value, 955 pCi/L). Only 1 out of 40 wells (2.5%) showed uranium concentration exceeding the maximum contaminant level (MCL; $30{\mu}g/L$) proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Radon concentrations of eight wells (20%) exceeded AMCL(Alternative maximum contaminant level) of the US EPA (4,000 pCi/L). Four out of those eight wells even exceeded Finland's guideline level (8,100 pCi/L). When concentrations of uranium and radon were investigated in terms of geology, the highest values are generally associated with granite. The uranium and radon levels observed in this study are low in comparison to those of other countries with similar geological settings. It is likely that the measured value was lower than the actual content due to the inflow of shallow groundwater by the lack of casing and grouting.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.245-261
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• 2019

Radioactive contaminant from a nuclear facility moves to the ecosystem by run-off or groundwater flow. Among the two mechanisms, contaminant plume through a river can be easily detected through a surface water monitoring system, but radioactive contaminant transport in groundwater is difficult to monitor because of lack of information on flow path. To understand the contaminant flow in groundwater, understanding of the geo-environment is needed. We suggest a method to decide on monitoring location and points around an imaginary nuclear facility by using the results of site characterization in the study area. To decide the location of a monitoring well, groundwater flow modeling around the study area was conducted. The results show that, taking account of groundwater flow direction, the monitoring well should be located at the downstream area. Also, monitoring sections in the monitoring well were selected, points at which groundwater moves fast through the flow path. The method suggested in the study will be widely used to detect potential groundwater contamination in the field of oil storage caverns, pollution by agricultural use, as well as nuclear use facilities including nuclear power plants.