• 분석과학
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.62-72
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 산업용화학, 조립금속, 고무 플라스틱 및 석유정제 등 4개 업종을 정밀조사 대상업종으로 선정하였으며, 선정된 대상업종의 30개 업소에 대하여 원폐수 및 방류수 등의 시료를 채취하여 분석한 결과를 토대로 업종별 미량유기오염물질의 배출특성을 파악하였다. 산업용화학의 경우에는 생산되는 제품의 종류가 매우 다양하기 때문에 폐수중에 함유되어 있는 유기오염물질의 종류 또한 매우 다양하여 산업용화학을 대표할 수 있는 특성미량유기오염물질의 선정이 곤란하였고, 조립금속업 배출 폐수는 유기물 함량이 적고, 반휘발성 화합물의 양은 미비한 정도이며 휘발성 유기화합물은 탈지 및 세척과정에서 사용되는 몇가지 유기용제류가 검출되는 특성을 보인다. 석유정제업은 원유의 상압증류공정중 탈염공정에서 폐수가 다량 발생되며, 이 공정에서 발생되는 폐수에는 휘발성 유기화합물로 benzene, toluene, xylene 등과 반휘발성 유기화합물로는 saturated hydrocarbon, phenol compounds 및 benzene, naphthalene 등의 aromatic compounds들이 배출되었다. 이들 폐수에는 유류가 함유되어있기 때문에 $C_{15}{\sim}C_{35}$의 saturated hydrocarbons이 일정한 간격으로 배출되는 전형적인 유류 패턴을 나타내고 있다. 고무 플라스틱제조업에서는 몇몇 업소를 제외하면 우리나라 대부분의 업소가 중 소규모의 업소로서 주로 원료 및 부원료의 용융 및 성형공정만으로 제품을 생산하는 단순공정으로 이루어져 있기 때문에 폐수발생량 자체가 없거나 있다하더라도 소량이며, 또한 제품의 냉각과정에서 사용되는 냉각수도 대부분 재사용되고 있어 폐수가 크게 문제되지 않는 업종으로 판단되었다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.59-79
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• 2022

Conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) do not fully remove micropollutants. Enhanced treatment of sewage effluents is being considered or implemented in some countries to minimize the discharge of problematic micropollutants from WWTPs. Representative enhanced sewage treatment technologies for micropollutant removal were reviewed, including their current status of research and development. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) such as ozonation and UV/H₂O₂ and adsorption processes using powdered (PAC) and granular activated carbon (GAC) were mainly discussed with focusing on process principles for the micropollutant removal, effect of process operation and water matrix factors, and technical and economic feasibility. Pilot- and full-scale studies have shown that ozonation, PAC, and GAC can achieve significant elimination of various micropollutants at economically feasible costs(0.16-0.29 €/m³). Considering the current status of domestic WWTPs, ozonation and PAC were found to be the most feasible options for the enhanced sewage effluent treatment. Although ozonation and PAC are all mature technologies, a range of technical aspects should be considered for their successful application, such as energy consumption, CO₂ emission, byproduct or waste generation, and ease of system construction/operation/maintenance. More feasibility studies considering domestic wastewater characteristics and WWTP conditions are required to apply ozonation or PAC/GAC adsorption process to enhance sewage effluent treatment in Korea.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2009

PPCP (pharmaceuticals and personal care products) is known as micropollutant that is released from wastewater treatment plant. Research represents that these contaminants have increased in the last 10 years. This study tries to make four different trickling filter systems using plastic fiber media to remove PPCP such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen, caffeine. The results of the experiment that compares the process efficiencies of four different systems (A, B, C and D) using HBC media show that almost all the reactor has around 95% removal efficiency. Slope type HBC reactor has twice higher efficiency rather than submerged type reactor to remove PPCP in water system. In 8 hours, 89% of acetaminophen, ibuprofen, caffeine are removed in slope type reactor while 39% of them in submerged type.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.673-678
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• 2011

Water samples from several wastewater treatment plants and two industry drains in Gyeongsangbukdo were investigated for concentration levels of micropollutants. Samples were taken totally four times from May to November of 2008 and tested for seven factors including pesticide, 1,4-Dioxane and Perchlorate which had been big issues for Nakdong river because of their contaminations. As results, 2,4-D, Alachlor, and BEHA were not detected while BEHP was detected at some sampling sites. 1,4-Dioxane and Perchlorate were also detected in wide ranges from several sampling sites. Therefore, continuous supervising and monitoring systems needed to be invested for proper management for micropollutants since those micropollutants could affect human health and aquatic system with low concentration levels.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.529-534
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• 1994

해역에 오염을 일으킬 것으로 예상되는 Micropollutants로서 크롬, 구리, 아연, 수은, 카드뮴 및 LAS를 택하여 서해안의 대표적인 유용 어종인 조피볼락, 넙치 및 숭어에 대한 급성독성실험을 행한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 각종 중금속이나 LAS에 대한 넙치, 숭어, 조피볼락의 내성은 일정한 경향이 없었으나 기수성 어류인 숭어가 대체로 약하였고 독성물질 중 수은과 LAS의 독성이 특히 강하였다. 2. 크롬의 어종별 96hr-LC50은 8.4mg/l, 숭어1.14mg/l, 조피볼락 26.65mg/l으로 조피볼락이 타어종에 비해 내성이 훨씬 강하였다. 3. 구리의 어종별 96hr-LC50은 넙치 16.1mg/l, 숭어 2.32mg/l, 조피볼락 0.18mg/l으로 조피볼락의 내성이 타어종에 비해 매우 낮았으며 특히 조피볼락의 MATC는 $0.053{\sim}0.0053mg/l$으로 서해 연안역의 $92{\sim}93$년도 농도가 $0.003{\sim}0.012mg/l$인 점으로 보아 구리 오염에 주의할 필요가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 4. 아연의 어종별 96hr-LC50은 넙치 5.2mg/l, 숭어 13.75mg/l, 조피볼락 6.95mg/l으로 나타났다. 5. 수은의 어종별 96hr-LC50은 넙치 0.28mg/l, 숭어 0.1mg/l, 조피볼락 0.01mg/l으로 조피볼락이 타어종에 비해 내성 낮았으며, 특히 조피볼락의 MATC는 $0.0007{\sim}0.007mg/l$으로 $92{\sim}93$년도의 서해 연안역의 수은 농도가 $0.001{\sim}0.005mg/l$인 점을 고려하여 볼 때 수은 오염에 주의할 필요가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 6. 카드뮴의 어종별 96hr-LC50은 넙치 28.4mg/l, 숭어 2.55mg/l, 조피볼락 28.7mg/l으로 나타났다. 7. LAS의 96hr-LC50은 0.79mg/l이었고, 숭어에 대한 96hr-LC50은 0.06mg/l, 조피볼락 1.08mg/l으로 기수성 어류인 숭어의 내성이 매우 낮은 점이 특이하였다.

• 토지주택연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.167-177
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• 2024

본 연구에서는 하이드로사이클론, 응결/응집, 용존공기부상 단일 공정이 결합한 실 규모 물순환 조합공정(HCFD)의 오염 지표수 처리 성능을 평가하였다. 실 규모 물순환 공정은 수질 변동이 큰 유입 원수를 대상으로 안정적인 수처리 효율을 보였으며, 유입수의 주요 수질 지표가 매우 나쁨(BOD, TP, COD) 혹은 약간 나쁨(SS)이었으나, 방류수는 매우 좋음(BOD, SS, TP) 혹은 좋음(COD) 수준으로 향상되었다. 물순환 시스템 방류수의 후속 고도 처리를 위해 활성탄 기반 흡착 공정의 용존성 유기물 및 미량오염물질(잔류의약물질 APAP 및 산업 화학물질 AO7) 처리 잠재성을 평가하였다. 오염원 흡착 특성은 흡착동역학 및 등온 흡착실험과 관련된 모델링 기법을 이용하여 관찰하였다. 실험 결과, 후처리 활성탄 흡착은 잔류 유기물, APAP, AO7 유기물에 대한 높은 오염원 제거 잠재성이 있음이 확인되었으며, 오염원 흡착속도 및 최대 흡착량 값은 유사 2차 반응속도 모델과 Langmuir 등온흡착 모델에 의해 결정되었다. 본 연구 결과, 활성탄 기반 흡착 공정은 기존의 물순환 조합공정과 연계시 수처리 효율을 상호 보완적으로 높이고, 흡착 공정은 전단의 입자 분리 공정으로 제거가 어려운 용존성 오염원의 후속 처리에 대한 높은 잠재성이 있음을 시사한다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2020

Knowledge of organic micropollutant transfers in barrier seal materials from waste storage facilities is limited to volatile organic compounds and phenolic compounds at ambient temperature. This study focused on the sorption of chlorophenols (CPs) from various geotextiles from clay geosynthetics under the influence of temperature. Also to study the impact of the polarity or the amount of CPs adsorbed on geotextiles with the partition coefficient. The effect of various parameters such as contact time, effect of temperature, initial CPs concentration and adsorbent dosage has been carried out in this study. The result obtained is non-linear and the data was calculated for affinity with Freundlich isotherm model. An important observation is that the amount of CPs sorbed on geotextiles increases with a growing number of chlorine atoms, ie increases with the partition coefficient (log K_ow). During this study, a decrease in adsorbent properties was observed with the rise in temperature from 23℃ to 55℃. The partitioning coefficients for CPs examined range are from 2.4 (R² = 0.86) to 8.4 mL/g (R² = 0.90). Among the CPs studied, the highest adsorbed quantity was observed for pentachlorophenol with 0.052 g/g at 23℃, this quantity will decrease with the increase in temperature.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2004

This study investigated the micropollutants present in raw water supplied for the several drinking water treatment plants in Seoul. The target sample waters were collected from the several sites, such as Jayang (JY), Kuui (KI), Paldang (PD) and Kangbuk (KB) at the Han-River stream. The analytical method used in this study enable us to detect about 300 kinds of chemicals commonly found in surface water at ppt level by GC-ion trap MS. In this study, the consideration on the analytic results focused on the four hazardous organics, such as benzenes, phenols, phthalates and pesticides. The numbers of each detected micropollutant were 1~8 kinds for benzenes, 1~7 kinds for phenols, 5~7 kinds for phthalates and 1~9 kinds for pesticides. For the pesticides, the higher concentration was detected in the water samples collected from PD and KB adjacent to the farming area, and at June and July, which is the busy farming season. The total concentrations of each micropollutants detected at all the sites were significantly lower than those of drinking water regulation in Korea as well as other advanced countries. However, the frequently detected micropollutants requires the steady and precise monitoring for the effective management of drinking water source.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.318-327
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• 2017

Background: A typical sewage treatment plant is designed for organic and nutrient removal from municipal sewage water and not targeted to eliminate micropollutants such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and nano-sized metals which become a big concern for sustainable human and ecological system and are mainly discharged from sewage treatment plant. Therefore, despite contaminant removal by wastewater treatment processes, there are still remaining environmental risks by untreated pollutants in STP (sewage treatment plant) effluents. This study performed aquatic toxicity tests of raw wastewater and treated effluents in two sewage treatment plants to evaluate toxicity reduction by wastewater treatment process and analyze concentration of contaminants to reveal potential toxic factors in STP effluents. Methods: Water samples were collected from each treatment steps of two STPs, and acute and chronic toxicity tests were conducted following USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) and OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) guidelines. Endpoints were immobility for mortality and reproduction effect for estrogenicity. Results: Acute $EC_{50}s$ (median effective concentration) of influents for Seungki (SK) and Jungnang (JN) STPs are $54.13{\pm}32.64%$ and $30.38{\pm}24.96%$, respectively, and reduced to $96.49{\pm}7.84%$ and 100%. Acute toxicity reduction was clearly correlated with SS (suspended solids) concentration because of filter feeding characteristics of test organisms. Chronic toxicity tests revealed that lethal effect was reduced and low concentration of influents showed higher number of neonates. However, toxicity reduction was not related to nutrient removal. Fecundity effect positively increased in treated wastewater compared to that in raw wastewater, and no significant differences were observed compared to the control group in JN final effluent implying potential effects of estrogenic compounds in the STP effluents. Conclusions: Conventional wastewater treatment process reduced some organics and nutritional compounds from wastewater, and it results in toxicity reduction in lethal effect and positive reproductive effect but not showing correlation. Unknown estrogenic compounds could be a reason causing the increase of brood size. This study suggests that pharmaceutical residues and nanoparticles in STP effluents are one of the major micropollutants and underline as one of estrogenic effect factors.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.391-407
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• 2013

Micropollutants emerge in surface water through untreated discharge from sewage and wastewater treatment plants (STPs and WWTPs). Most micropollutants resist the conventional systems in place at water treatment plants (WTPs) and survive the production of tap water. In particular, pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors (ECDs) are micropollutants frequently detected in drinking water. In this review, we summarized the distribution of micropollutants at WTPs and also scrutinized the effectiveness and mechanisms for their removal at each stage of drinking water production. Micropollutants demonstrated clear concentrations in the final effluents of WTPs. Although chronic exposure to micropollutants in drinking water has unclear adverse effects on humans, peer reviews have argued that continuous accumulation in water environments and inappropriate removal at WTPs has the potential to eventually affect human health. Among the available removal mechanisms for micropollutants at WTPs, coagulation alone is unlikely to eliminate the pollutants, but ionized compounds can be adsorbed to natural particles (e.g. clay and colloidal particles) and metal salts in coagulants. Hydrophobicities of micropollutants are a critical factor in adsorption removal using activated carbon. Disinfection can reduce contaminants through oxidation by disinfectants (e.g. ozone, chlorine and ultraviolet light), but unidentified toxic byproducts may result from such treatments. Overall, the persistence of micropollutants in a treatment system is based on the physico-chemical properties of chemicals and the operating conditions of the processes involved. Therefore, monitoring of WTPs and effective elimination process studies for pharmaceuticals and ECDs are required to control micropollutant contamination of drinking water.