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Analysis of water demand and alternative effectiveness using climate change scenarios (기후변화에 따른 용수수급분석 및 대안의 효과분석)

  • Jun, Sang Mook;Kang, Hyung Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.594-598
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    • 2016
  • 기후변화는 사회 경제 환경부분에 영향을 미치며 수자원 부문에서는 안정적인 물 공급에 위기가 발생할 것으로 전망되고 있다. 인간이 이용하는 수자원은 강우에 의해 가장 민감하게 반응하므로 지속적이고 안정적인 수자원을 이용하기 위해서는 통합적이고 탄력적인 대응방안이 요구되고 있다. 특히 우리나라와 같은 여름에 집중적 강우가 나타나는 지역에서의 용수수급에 대한 중요성은 더욱더 커질 것이다. 또한 앞으로 1인당 물 수요량의 증가할 것으로 예상됨에 따라 용수수급 관리를 위한 적응전략 수립은 반드시 필요할 것이다. 본 연구에서는 수문모형인 SWAT을 이용하여 자연유량을 산출하기 위해 SWAT-CUP을 이용한 검보정을 수행하여 모형의 적용성을 검토하였다. 기후변화 시나리오인 RCP시나리오를 이용하여 기간별 자연유량을 산정하였다. 유역의 생활용수, 공업용수, 농업용수 및 하천유지유량 데이터를 수집하여 물 분배 모형인 K-MODSIM 모형에 적용하였다. 2011년부터 2100년까지 월별로 유역의 물 수급의 과부족을 산정하였다. 용수의 부족이 나타난 지역에 대한 수요관리와 공급관리 방안을 수립하였고 대안을 적용한 후 용수 공급에 미치는 영향을 다시 분석하였다. 수문모의 결과 RCP 시나리오별로 자연유량을 산정한 결과 시간의 흐름에 따라 물 공급량이 감소할 것으로 분석되었고 계절별로 차이는 더 크게 나타났다. 특히 갈수기인 봄과 겨울철의 유량감소가 나타났다. 모의된 월별 자연유량을 K-MODSIM에 입력하여 월별 모의를 수행한 결과 각 용수별로 부족현상이 나타났다. 생활용수의 부족이 나타난 경우 수요관리를 통해 물 수요량을 줄이는 적응전략을 수립하였고 부족량이 크게 나타나는 농업용수와 하천유지유량의 경우 공급량을 늘리는 공급관리를 통한 적응전략을 수립하여 효과분석을 수행하였다. 단계별로 용수공급에 대한 효과가 나타났다. 하지만 본 연구에서는 경제성 분석을 제외한 용수공급에 중점을 둔 적응전략을 수립하였으므로 이를 포함한 분석이 포함된다면 실제 용수공급 대안 선정을 위한 의사결정에 도움이 될 수 있을 것이다.

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Impact Assessment of Liquid Manure Application on Soil and Shallow Groundwater in Poplar Experimental Site (액비 시비에 따른 포플러시험포 토양수 및 천층지하수 수질 영향 평가)

  • Hong, Eun-Mi;Choi, Jin-Yong;Nam, Won-Ho;Lee, Sang-Hyun;Yoo, Seung-Hwan
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.57 no.1
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    • pp.25-35
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    • 2015
  • As livestock manure treatment is becoming a problem, manure application in forest plantation is recommended as an alternative. In this study, to investigate the impact due to liquid manure application in forest plantation, soil, soil water and shallow groundwater quality had been monitored in poplar experimental site where the liquid manure (LM) was applied. Water samples were collected weekly during growing season (April to October) from 2008 to 2011. From the monitoring results, phosphorus concentration in the soil and soil water had no significant difference between LM and control plots. $NO_3$-N concentration of soil water in LM, however, showed higher concentration (13.6 mg/l at 40 cm, 35.1 mg/l at 80 cm) than control plot (1.5 mg/l at 40 cm, 0.5 mg/l at 80 cm). In case of shallow groundwater quality, pH, heavy metal, etc. were satisfied to the national agricultural water quality standard of groundwater and there were no significant difference between upstream and downstream. The $NO_3$-N concentration of shallow groundwater was also not exceeded the national drinking water standard. However, $NO_3$-N concentration in soil water and downstream of shallow groundwater had increased in 2011 when non-composted LM was applied mostly in non-growing season of tree (September). From the results, it is important to control nitrogen source, application time and decomposed or not when LM is applied. In addition, to investigate nitrate source, further long-term monitoring and modelling could be necessary.

A Study on Adjustment of Operational Factor in A2O process (A2O공정 운전인자 조정에 대한 연구)

  • Yoo, Ho-Sik;Lee, Byonghi
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.33-41
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    • 2015
  • An alternative was investigated to maximize the treatment efficiency of wastewater treatment plant without large scale expansion. 79% of detention time was required for enough nitrogen control. As aeration time was extended, nitrification was processed, but opposite trend was seen in phosphorus. High concentration of $NO_3-N$ interrupted PAOs activity not to absorb phosphorus. An alternative was devised for selective use of anaerobic or anoxic zone. Trisection was suggested for alternative use of center room. The result was relatively successful. The concentration of phosphorus was reduced with reduction of nitrogen. Extended anaerobic condition seemed to stimulate denitrification. Valve connection of internal return from aeration tank will make it possible to use middle room alternatively. This method will be a good alternative for seasonal variation of water temperature.

Analysis on Rainwater Harvesting System as a Source of Non-Potable Water for Flood Mitigation in Metro Manila (마닐라의 홍수저감을 위한 잡용수 대체자원으로서의 가정용우수저류시설 분석)

  • Necesito, Imee V.;Felix, Micah Lourdes A.;Kim, Lee-Hyung;Cheong, Tae Sung;Jeong, Sangman
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.223-231
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    • 2013
  • Excessive precipitation, drought, heat waves, strong typhoons and rising sea levels are just some of the common indicators of climate change. In the Philippines, excessive precipitation never failed to devastate and drown the streets of Metro Manila, a highly urbanized and flood-prone area; such problems are expected to occur frequently. Moreover, the water supply of Metro Manila is dependent only to Angat Reservoir. Rainwater harvesting can serve as an alternative source of raw water and it can mitigate the effects of flooding. The harvested rainwater can be used for: potable consumption if filtered and disinfected; and non-potable consumptions (e.g., irrigation, flushing toilets, carwash, gardening, etc.) if used untreated. The rainfall data were gathered from all 5 rainfall stations located in Metro Manila namely: Science Garden, Port Area, Polo, Nangka and Napindan rain gauge stations. To be able to determine the potential volume of rainwater harvested and the potentiality of rainwater harvesting system as an alternate source of raw water; in this study, three different climatic conditions were considered, the dry, median and wet rainfall years. The frequent occurrence of cyclonic events in the Philippines brought significant amount of rainwater that causes flooding in the highly urbanized region of Metro Manila. Based from the results of this study, the utilization of rainwater harvesting system can serve as an alternative source of non-potable water for the community; and could also reduce the amount of surface runoff that could result to extreme flooding.

Alternatives Development for Basin-wide Flood Mitigation Planning by Determining Economic Optimal Project Size (최적사업규모 결정을 통한 유역치수계획의 대안수립 방안)

  • Yi, Choong-Sung;Shim, Myung-Pil;Lee, Sang-Won
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.43 no.5
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    • pp.495-505
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    • 2010
  • The integrated basin-wide flood mitigation planning has a numerous individual proposals with different characteristics. So, it makes difficult to develop the optimal alternative that combines such elements. To develop the optimal alternative, it's necessary not only to assess the flood damage but also to define a tolerable degree of damage. Such a definition is made in a way, dubbed the 'social consensus' in a broad sense; but initially, it requires the analysis of the economic efficiency within a scope, which is technically achievable. This study aims to propose the alternatives development method so that the combination of the individual proposals could be economically efficient. To this end, this study defined the flood mitigation projects as the economic production activities carried out by inputs and outputs, and proposed the optimal project size as the principle of developing alternatives. This study may have the worth in improving the alternatives development method by considering the optimal project scale from the economic viewpoint while the existing method depending on engineering aspect. Such approach is expected to correspond to the current government's policy that avoids the passive flood mitigation focused on channel-wide planning but pursues the basin-wide flood mitigation planning focusing on damaged area, thereby provide efficient tools to come up with the solution.

Effects of the Brackish Water Desalination System on Soil Environment and Growth in Squash Greenhouse Cultivation Area (시설재배지에서 기수담수화시스템 적용에 따른 토양 환경 및 애호박의 생육 영향 분석)

  • Kim, Soo-Jin;Bae, Seung-jong;Jeong, Han-Suk;Kim, Hak-Kwan;Park, Seung-Woo
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.60 no.3
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    • pp.113-121
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    • 2018
  • The objectives of the research were 1) to develop the low-cost and high efficient desalination system to treat brackish water having high salt contents for irrigation at greenhouses near coast, and 2) to monitor and assess the effects of the brackish water desalination system on soil environment and growth in squash greenhouse cultivation area. The monitoring site was one of the squash greenhouse cultivation farm at Choengam-ri, Jinsang-myun, Gwangyang-si, Jeonnam-Do Monitoring results for groundwater irrigation water quality, and salinity showed a remarkable difference between control and treatment group. The salinity of soil at treatment group was less than at control group. While, the system made possible to increase the squash quantity from 4.7 ea to 6.3 ea at each and the average weight of the harvested squash was increased from 277.2 g to 295.1 g. The applied brackish water desalination system may be appled to reclaim sea or brackish irrigated area as alternative water resources, although long-term monitoring is needed to get more representative results at different level of salinity.

Analysis of Fouling Propensity due to Scale Formation in the Treatment of Shale Gas Produced Water Using Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD) (직접 접촉식막증발을 이용한 셰일가스 발생수의 처리에서 스케일 형성에 의한 막오염 경향 분석)

  • Shin, Yonghyun;Ko, Younghoon;Choi, Yongjun;Lee, Sangho;Sohn, Jinsik
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.511-519
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    • 2016
  • Shale gas has become increasingly important as a viable alternative to conventional gas resources. However, one of the critical issues in the development of shale gas is the generation of produced water, which contains high concentration of ionic compounds (> TDS of 100,000 mg/L). Accordingly, membrane distillation (MD) was considered to treat such produced water. Experiments were carried out using a laboratory-scale direct contact MD (DCMD). Synthetic produced water was prepared to examine its fouling propensity in MD process. Antiscalants and in-line filtration were applied to control fouling by scale formation. Fouling rates (-dJ/dt) were calculated for in-depth analysis of fouling behaviors. Results showed that severe fouling occurred during the treatment of high range produced water (TDS of 308 g/L). Application of antiscalant was not effective to retard scale formation. On the other hand, in-line filtration increased the induction time and reduced fouling.

Analysis of Effects on SWAT Estimation of Warm-Up Period

  • Lee, Ji-Won;Moon, Jong-Pil;Woo, Won-Hee;Kum, Dong-Hyuk;Kim, Ki-Sung;Lim, Kyoung-Jae
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.260-260
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    • 2011
  • SWAT is semi-distributed and continuous-time distributed simulation watershed model, which can simulate point and nonpoint source pollutants as well as hydrology and water quality. It was developed to predict the effects of alternative management decisions on water, sediment, and chemical yields with reasonable accuracy. It is able to predict and manage hydrology, sediments, nutrients, and pesticides with Best Management Practices (BMPs) in a watershed. SWAT model also has potential for use in ungauged basins to predict streamflow and baseflow from saturated source area in watersheds. According to various cultivation practices and climate change, SWAT model is available to analyze relative change in hydrology and water quality. In order to establish optimum management of water quality, both monitering and modeling have been conducted actively using SWAT model. As SWAT model is computer program to simulate a lot of natural phenomena, it has limitation to predict and reflect them with on hundred percent accuracy. Thus, it is possible to analyze the effect of BMPs in the watershed where users want to simulate hydrology and water quality only if model accuracy and applicability are assessed first of all and the result of it is well for the study watershed. For assessment of SWAT applicability, most researchers have used $R^2$ and Nash and Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE). $R^2$ and NSE are likely to show different results according to a warm up period and sometimes its results are very different. There have been hardly any studies of whether warm up period can affect simulation results in SWAT model. In this study, how warm up period has a effect on SWAT results was analyzed and a appropriate warm up period was suggested. Lots of SWAT results were compared after using measured data of Soyanggang-dam watershed and applying various warm up period (0 ~ 10 year(s)). As a result of this study, when there was no warm up period, $R^2$ and NSE were 0.645, 0.602 respectively, when warm up period was 2 years, $R^2$ and NSE were 0.648, 0.632, and when warm up period was 4 years, $R^2$ and NSE were 0.663, 0.652 separately. Through this study, sensitive analysis of warm up period in SWAT model was conducted, and this study could give a guideline able to simulate hydrology and water quality for more accuracy than before as users change a lot of warm up periods as well as any simulation parameters.

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Application of Lemongrass Oil-Containing Polylactic Acid Films to the Packaging of Pork Sausages

  • Yang, Hyun-Ju;Song, Kyung Bin
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.421-426
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    • 2016
  • Polylactic acid (PLA) is a biodegradable and renewable polymer, which represents a valuable alternative to plastic packaging films, often associated with environmental problems. In this study, we tested the suitability of PLA as a biodegradable packaging film and assessed the antimicrobial activity of lemongrass oil (LO), incorporated into the PLA film in different concentrations. To obtain the optimal physical properties for PLA films, tensile strength, elongation at break, and water vapor permeability were measured under different preparation conditions. In addition, the antimicrobial activity of the LO contained in the PLA film against Listeria monocytogenes was investigated by disc diffusion and viable cell count. Among all concentrations tested, 2% LO was the most suitable in terms of antimicrobial activity and physical properties of the PLA film. Based on these results, we used the PLA film containing 2% LO to pack pork sausages; after 12 d of storage at 4℃, the population of inoculated L. monocytogenes in the sausage samples wrapped with the PLA film containing 2% LO was reduced by 1.47 Log CFU/g compared with the control samples. Our data indicate that PLA films containing 2% LO represent a valuable means for antimicrobial sausage packaging.

A Study on Stormwater Retention and Infiltration Ponds System for Improvement of Water Circulation and Increase of Bio-diversity (물 순환 개선 및 생물다양성 증진을 위한 우수저류 및 침투연못 시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kwi-Gon;Kim, Hyea-Ju;Lee, Jae-Chul;Kim, Jong-Sub;Jang, Hey-Young;Son, Sam-Gi
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.53-65
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    • 2000
  • The objectives of this study are to develop a stormwater management system that would contribute to improving water circulation, recycling storm water and promoting biodiversity in urban areas, to apply the system in an actual site, and to verify its effectiveness in order to generate a stormwater management system applicable in Korea. This study reviewed former researches and case studies, categorized stormwater management system into pre-treatment, retention and infiltration phases, and analyzed the strength and weakness of the techniques by synthesizing unit techniques of each stage. As a result, the process of the stormwater management system includes the following phases: 1) a rubble filtration layer; 2) a retention pond; 3) a infiltration pond; and 4) a stormwater retention pool (recirculation and recycling). Then, an empirical study to design and create the generated system according to the features of a site and to verify its effectiveness was conducted. The future study direction is to verify the effectiveness of the developed stormwater retention and infiltration ponds. To this end, it is planned to perform hydrological monitoring using automatic measuring equipment and monitoring on habitat bases and the biota living on the base. Based on its outcome, the applied model would be refined and improved to develop an alternative stormwater management system that would allow to achieve the improvement of urban water circulation, increase of biodiversity and efficient use of water resources.

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