• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.120-131
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• 2011

A pilot-scale experiment of floodplain filtration with a filtration depth of 3.6m was performed employing flood/rest type raw-water supply system in an effort to find ways to improve river water quality by additional treatments of discharged effluent from sewage treatment plant. Soil samples were taken from 3 sites including Gumi, Daegu and Gimhae along the Nakdong river. Reductions of infiltration rates following increases in operating time was investigated in each soil sample, along with the analysis of removal efficiencies of various pollutants according to different depths and infiltration rates. The results show incremental development of clogging on the soil surface with increases in operation time, and illustrate exponential decrease in the infiltration rate. The time required for the removal of the clog from the soil surface was longer than 2 weeks for all soil samples analyzed. The stable infiltration rates for soils were 5 m/day for Gumi and for Daegu and Gimhae was 1 m/day. In unsaturated soils dissolved oxygen levels increased following the increase of filtration depth, suggesting that alternating application of flood and rest for raw-water supply effectively keeps the soil environment aerobic. For all soils, the nature of pollutant removal depending on the depth of filtration remained the same regardless of the infiltration rate. Most of the BOD and turbidity were removed within 1.2 m, about 30% of COD was removed within 3.6m and was expected to be removed further with increases in filtration depth. Nitrification occurred near the surface of all soils; however there was no significant removal of nitrogen in the filtration depths tested in this study. Although removal rate of phosphorus was low for Gumi's soil, it was high enough for other soils, suggesting that the method developed in this study could significantly improve river water quality.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.40 no.2 s.175
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• pp.183-190
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• 2007

Soil layer in vegetation filter strip is one of the very important factor for reduction of non-point pollutants by physical, chemical and biological reactions of it through infiltration process. This study was carried out to prepare more effective vegetation filter strip through modification of soil layer for river water quality improvement. Therefore, the main aims of this study are to compare and evaluate normal (straighten type) and modified (step type) vegetation filter strip, which make artificially change the soil layer to improve infiltration ability, through bench scale experiments. In the results of this study, vegetation filter strip of step type is much more highly reduction effectiveness of pollutants in surface flow compared with normal vegetation filter strip. In case of below effluent, however, it appeared that the vegetation filter strip modified soil layer showed lower reduction effectiveness of pollutants than the general vegetation filter strip. This result was judged because effluent through the vegetation filter strip of step type passed bigger size of aggregate or sand than the vegetation filter strip of straighten type. If we compare it as a definition of pollutant load to estimate total amount of reduced pollutants by vegetation filter strip, reduced pollutants load by step type showed higher than those by straighten type because below effluent amount relied on total effluent amount was higher at step type (4%) than at straighten type (2%). In conclusion, the vegetation filter strip of step type to improve infiltration effect is much more reduction effectiveness of pollutants than vegetation filter strip of straighten type.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.264-272
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• 2007

Runoff of non-point pollutants has affected bad influence to water quality of river as reaching within short time. For this reason, reducing them prior to reaching aquatic systems or treating them after collection from discharge process of pollutants are desirable for efficient treatment of pollutants. This study was carried out to develop an ecotechnological method to prevent further aggravation of water quality by non-point source through vegetation filter strips. This study has placed a focus on improving infiltration capacity of soil for the optimum condition of vegetation filter strips. Therefore, we used titled soil filter strips instead of vegetation filter strips in this study. The three types of soil tilter strips were used in a bench scale experiment before applying to the field. The reduction efficiency of pollutants in soil filter strips (SS $84.5{\sim}92.5%$, BOD $67.9{\sim}80.6%$, T-N $43.4{\sim}76.6%$, T-P $40.6{\sim}87.4%$, Cu $28.3{\sim}48.1%$ Fe $92.1{\sim}97.7%$, Pb $81.4{\sim}97.3%$) was much higher than that of the controled group. And non-point pollutants reduction efficiency by soil filter strip's forms was estimated to be distinguishing in order of bio material, mixture of sand and gravel and lastly the whole gravel. In the event, the whole reduction efficiency of pollutants on the soil filter strips disclosed good results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2002.09a
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• pp.125-128
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• 2002

강변 여과 취수 방식을 활용한 국내 충적층 지하수의 이용을 위해서는 망간에 대한 수처리가 주요 사항인 것으로 나타났다. 강변 여과 방식 취수 원수의 망간 함량은 먹는 물 수질 기준을 부분적으로 상회하지만, 이러한 망간에 대한 저감 처리는 기존의 지표수를 취수하여 처리하는 수처리 공정에 비해서는 상대적으로 효율적인 것으로 판단된다. 실제로, 국내 최초의 강변 여과 방식 취수를 활용하는 창원시 대산 지구 원수는 공기 포기, 급속 여과, 활성탄 여과를 통해, 먹는 물 수질 기준을 상회하는 망간을 효과적으로 처리하고 있는 것으로 평가되었다. 특히, 활성탄 여과가 망간제거 효과를 보이는 점은 특이한 현상으로, 활성탄 내에서도 철 관련 박테리아에 의한 망간 처리 가능성을 시사하고 있다. 또한 망간과 함께 나타나는 철 성분은 망간의 침전 처리에 긍정적인 면으로 작용하는 것으로 판단된다. 한편, 고령군 다산면에서의 실증 플랜트 실험은 전염소처리와 망간접촉여과를 통해 먹는 물 기준 이하의 망간 함량을 확보하는 데는 성공하였으나, 이러한 처리 기작이 안정화되는데 까지는 약 3개월 내외의 시간이 요구되는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.70-78
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• 2009

Floodplain areas of major South Korean rivers were determined by analyzing topographical maps and hydraulic properties of floodplain soil were measured using disc tension infiltrometer. To assess the possibility of treating secondary effluents of municipal wastewater with floodplain soil, a computer code for the analysis of unsaturated flow in soil was employed along with searches conducted in the literature. Based on the data generated, an estimate of total floodplain filtration capacity in Korea was obtained. The results of our study reveal that Korean floodplains have surface soil that is adequate for treating water. Moreover, the distributions of floodplains are substantial over the entire reaches of the rivers, indicating that the conditions are favorable for floodplain filtration as additional treatment of secondary effluent. The capacity of floodplain filtration in Korea is circa 182,000,000 $m^3$/day and most of the rivers are estimated to have enough capacity of floodplain filtration to meet all the secondary effluent, indicating that this technology may be expected to make further improvements on river water quality. Furthermore, this method may also be applied to better the source-water quality for drinking water.

• Journal of Korea Soil Environment Society
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.99-105
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• 2000

The purpose of this study was to show the application of the Biofilter for treatment of the soil contaminated by lead and to investigates the effect of the biofilter on the retardation of lead with pilotplants that were simulated with different media and the number of bed. and to testify the inoculation by seeding microbes. The ratio of the degradation of soil contaminant was verified as CODcr/TOC in order to find a variation of the stabilization index in soil. The Biofiltration was one of biological processing methods for treatment. The contaminants were transported through the biofilter that was filled with the media. The surface of media formed biofilm which was surrounded by microbes and through its boundary, some materials were exchanged and migrated into the cell of microbes in an orderly manner. To investigate the effect of the Biofiltration, contaminated soil with lead nitrate of 1000mg/kg in dry was made artificially. The tests were simulated such as compost, Bioceramic and compost with bioceramic by 7:3 in weight. The bed consisted of three layers in order to find effect of the number of bed. Aspergillus niger was used as a biosorbent could probe the effect on the retardation of lead.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.436-441
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• 2013

An experiment using a 5 m-long sand column was performed to evaluate the resisting capability against micro-pollutants of the infiltration gallery, multi-purpose filtration pond and riverbank/bed filtration, of which the filtration distance is becoming increasingly shorter in Korea. Results suggested that the Korean riverbed sand contained significant amount of organics, resulting in a relatively vigorous adsorption of chloride ion on the sand surface. Results also indicated that while phenol was not detected in the column filtrate, both 1,4-dioxane and diazinon were exposed to adsorption by the sand as they moved through the column, decreasing their peak concentrations during the movement. It can be expected that the peak concentrations will diminish significantly in the practical scale due to its longer travel distance.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.145-146
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• 2001

본 분석방법은 토양중에 방향성화합물을 함유한 유류 존재를 스크리닝하는 방법으로 ASTM(The American Society for Testing and Materials)에 등록되어 있으며, 수분 제거제를 이용하여 토양수분에 의한 정량 오차를 줄이고 UV-Spectrophotometer로 정량한다. 오염된 유류의 종류를 알고 있으나 동일한 유류를 구하지 못할 경우에는 일반적으로 동일종에서 얻어진 계수로 농도를 추정하며, 오염된 유류의 특성을 모를 경우에는 본 방법으로 오염여부 판단만이 가능하다. 그러나 토양에 오염된 것과 동일한 유류로 검량선을 작성할 경우에는 대략적인 정량도 가능하며, 분석방법을 요약하면 다음과 같다. 일정량의 토양시료에 CaO를 첨가하여 토양수분에 의한 영향을 제거한 뒤 이소프로필알콜(isopropyl alcohol)로 추출하여 여과한다. 여과액을 254nm의 UV파장에서 흡광도를 측정하여 오염된 것과 동일한 유류로 작성된 검량선을 이용하여 정량한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.337-340
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• 2004

강변여과 취수방법을 이용한 광역상수도 시설이 고려되었던 경북 고령군 다산면 지역에 대해 하천수위 및 강우량 변화에 대한 하천유입수 비율 변화를 계산하였다. 1년을 주기로 변화하는 하천수위 및 강우량에 대해 동적순환 초기조건(dynamic cyclic initial conditions)을 고려하여, 10년간을 모사하여 마지막 1년에 대한 지하수위 및 하천유입수 비율변화를 살펴보았다. 하천수 유입비율은 함양 인자인 강우량에도 민감한 반응을 보이며, 또한 경계조건이되는 하천수위 변동에도 크게 변화한다. 그러나, 함양이 증가하면 취수정으로의 지하수 유입비율이 커지나 이와함께 하천수위도 증가하므로 이는 곧 하천유입수 비율의 증가를 유도하는 상반된 결과를 가져온다. 강우량이 많은 경우 일정한 지연시간 이후 하천수위가 최대가 되며, 이로 인한 하천유입수 비율이 수일사이에 크게는 30% 이상의 변화를 보인다. 강변여과 취수지역에서 최적의 수질 및 수량 운영을 위해 실제 강우량과 하천수위변화를 이용한 유입수비율변화 예측이 바람직하다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.561-564
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• 2003

강변여과수 개발 예정지역인 함안군 칠서지역의 수질특성을 알아보기 위해 2003년 4월과 2003년 8월 2회에 걸쳐 강변여과수 양수정, 관측정, 주변지역 지하수 및 낙동강 원수 등 총 38개의 물시료를 채수하여 분석하였다. 용존 이온 분석 결과 연구 지역 지하수의 경우는 Ca-HCO$_3$ 유형 또는 Ca-Cl 유형에 속하며, 조사 지점에 따라 충적층 및 암반 지하수의 특징이 확연히 구분되었다. 조사된 지하수의 경우, 질산성질소와 철, 망간의 농도가 다른 성분에 비해 상대적으로 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 그 외의 중금속의 오염은 미미한 것으로 나타난다. 낙동강 원수의 경우 질산성 질소, 철, 망간은 지하수에 비해 낮은 것으로 나타났으나, 조류의 영향으로 매우 높은 pH 값을 보여주었다. 채수된 전체 시료의 분석 결과, 질산성질소(39.1%), 철(13%), 망간(39.1%)이 주로 먹는 물 수질기준을 초과하는 항목으로 나타났다.