• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.365-373
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• 1996

A survey was carried out to investigate the contamination of streams by the acid mine drainage originated from the abandoned coal mines and coal refuse piles. The physico-KDICical characteristics such as pH, sulfate and elements concentrations in the water and sediment in streams were analyzed. Microbial activity in the sediment was evaluated by measuring dehydrogenase activities. At sites contaminated by acid mine drainage, the pH of the water and sediment declined to acidic range from neutral due to the accumulation of sulfate. The dehydrogenase activity ranged from 12 to $170{\mu}g-TPF{\cdot}g-dry\;soil^{-1}{\cdot}24h^{-1}$ at the contaminated sites, whereas uncontaminated sites had activities of 1,176~4,259 ${\mu}g-TPF{\cdot}g-dry\;soil^{-1}{\cdot}24h^{-1}$. The dehydrogenase activity was significantly affected by low pH of the sediment, indicating that high concentration of sulfate inhibited microbial activity. The concentrations of heavy metals such as Pb and Fe in contaminated sdeiment (37~46 ppm Pb; 46,000~464,000 ppm Fe) were much higher than those in the uncontaminated sediment. The concentration of Al in the contaminated water acidfied by coal mine drainage was in the range of 11 to 42 ppm. Compared with those in the uncontaminated sediment, the concentrations of Mn, Mg and Ca in contaminated sediment were low because of the leaching from soil to water by the acidfied stream water.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1843-1845
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• 2007

As the preservation law of soil environment has reinforced, several soil remediation projects have been performing for railroad sites. One of the main sources of soil contamination is the leakage of diesel from locomotives or underground storage tank. Also, the lubricant used to maintain turnouts causes railroad soil contamination. The purpose of this study was to develop the analysis and the remediation method for lubricant-contaminated soil. The lubricant in the contaminated soil was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively by TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography) and GC (Gas Chromatography), respectively. The organic pollutants were removed from the soil using microorganisms degrading lubricant. Hereafter it will be necessary to apply this bioremediation method in the railroad field.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.314-317
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• 2003

Plants may enhance the remediation of munitions at contaminated soils using various natural processes. A computer model can be used as a valuable tool for assisting phytoremediation by predicting the transport and fate of target contaminants at remediation sites. For this research, modeling of phytoremediation and bioremediation of soil contaminated with 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) was studied. Indian mallow (Abutilion avicennae) was grown in columns packed with 126mg TNT/kg contaminated soils for 50 days and a simulation model was developed to simulate the transport and fate of TNT and its breakdown products interacting with plant roots in a partially saturated soil. The column test showed the substantially enhanced reduction of TNT and greater soil microbial activity in Indian mallow planted soil compared to unplanted soil. The model successfully simulated the fate of TNT and by-products in phytoremediation. The results suggested that plants could provide favorable environments for reduction of TNT.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.13-17
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• 2017

Over 30% of domestic soil contamination has occurred via petroleum products and complex oil. Moreover, contamination by complex oil is more intense than it is by a single petroleum product species. In this study, we analyzed sectional TPH (total petroleum hydrocarbon) pattern and sectional ratio of current domestically distributed petroleum products, such as kerosene, diesel, bunker C, and lubricant and complex oils, to determine pollution characteristics of the soil. In the TPH pattern, kerosene, which is a light distillate, had an early retention time, and lubricant oil, which is a heavy distillate, had a late retention time in the gas chromatogram. In addition, we obtained a complexly contaminated soil via diesel and lubricant oil from the Navy and inspected it for its ratio of complex oil species. The inspection results showed that this soil was contaminated with 85% diesel and 15% lubricant oil. The method developed in this study could be used to determine complex petroleum sources and ratios at sites with accidentally contaminated soil.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2013

After the law has been enacted for the prevention and recovery of mining damage in 2005, efforts of remediation have been started to recover heavy metal contaminated soils in agricultural land near mining sites. As part of an effort, the upper part of cultivation layer has been treated through covering up with clean soil, but the heavy metal contamination could be still spreaded to the surrounding areas because heavy metals may be remained in the lower part of cultivation layers. In this study, the most frequently occurring arsenic (As) contamination was selected to study in agricultural land nearby an abandoned metal mining site. We applied separation technologies considering the differences in the physical characteristics of soil particles (particle size, density, magnetic properties, hydrophobicity, etc.). Based on physical and chemical properties of arsenic (As) containing particles in agricultural lands nearby mining sites, we applied sieve separation, specific gravity separation, magnetic separation, and flotation separation to remove arsenic (As)-containing particles in the contaminated soil. Results of this study show that the removal efficiency of arsenic (As) were higher in the order of the magnetic separation, flotation separation, specific gravity separation and sieve separation.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2006

본 연구는 토양오염 관련정보를 DB화하고 관리할 수 있는 효율적인 정보관리체계구축 방안을 제시하기 위하여 국 내외 정보관리체계 현황을 분석하고 국내 문제점을 파악한 후 정보관리체계 구축을 위한 정책적 시사점을 도출하고자 하였다. 외국사례 및 국내 현황을 살펴본 결과, 1) 정보관리 및 정보공개에 대한 선언적 조항을 '토양환경보전법'에 추가, 2) 정화단계별 세부규정 및 지침서 개발, 3) 정보의 전자화, 4) 정보관리주체 일원화, 5) 주민참여 및 정보공개제도 개선 등을 법제도적으로 보완할 필요가 있었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 후속연구인 두 번째 연구에서는 국내적용 가능한 정보체계 구축(안)을 설정하고 이를 뒷받침하기 위한 정책적 제안을 제시할 예정이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.704-715
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• 2006

Oil spill was found in 1999 from a diesel storage facility located near the top of Baekun Mountain in Uiwang City. Application of bioremediation techniques was very relevant in removing oil spills in this site, because the geological condition was not amenable for other onsite remediation techniques. For efficient bioremediation, bacterial communities of the contaminated site and the uncontaminated control site were compared using both molecular and cultivation techniques. Soil bacterial populations were observed to be stimulated to grow in the soils contaminated with diesel hydrocarbon, whereas fungal and actinomycetes populations were decreased by diesel contamination. Most of the dieseldegrading bacteria isolated from contaminated forest soils were strains of Pseudomonas, Ralstonia, and Rhodococcus species. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis revealed that the profiles were different among the three contaminated sites, whereas those of the control sites were identical to each other. Analysis of 16S rDNA sequences of dominant isolates and clones showed that the bacterial community was less diverse in the oil-contaminated site than at the control site. Sequence analysis of the alkane hydroxylase genes cloned from soil microbial DNAs indicated that their diversity and distribution were different between the contaminated site and the control site. The results indicated that diesel contamination exerted a strong selection on the indigenous microbial community in the contaminated site, leading to predominance of well-adapted microorganisms in concurrence with decrease of microbial diversity.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2004년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.158-161
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• 2004

Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs) especially perchlorethylene (PCE) and trichlooethylene (TCE) are common groundwater contaminants in Korea. PCE and TCE were often reductively dechiorinated in an aquifer. Several isolates dechlorinate PCE to TCE or cis-1,2 dichloroethylene (c-DCE) were obtained from contaminated and pristine sites in USA and Europe. However in Korea, no information on indigenous microorganism being involved in reductive dechlorination of PCE and TCE is available and different dechlorinating microorganisms might be reside in Korea, since geochemical, and hydrogeological conditions are different, compared to those in the other sites. So we evaluate that: 1) if reductive dechlorinating microorganisms are present in PCE-contaminated site in Korea, 2) if so, what kinds of microorganisms are present; 3) to what extent PCE is reductively dechlorinated. As a results in some PCE-contaminated aquifers in Korea other dechlorinating microorganisms but Dehalococcoides ethenogenes may be responsible for PCE dechlorination. More detailed molecular works are required to evaluate that different dechlorinating microorganisms would reside in Korea.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2005년도 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOIL & GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT
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• pp.22-22
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• 2005

• 자원환경지질
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.457-467
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• 2003

경상북도 군위군에 위치한 고로 폐아연광산에서 폐광산과 연결된 주 하천을 따라 저수댐 건설 예정지까지 직선 길이 약 12km 구간에서 농경지 토양 및 하천 퇴적토에 대한 중금속 오염(비소, 납, 카드뮴, 구리) 토양정밀조사를 실시하였다. 총 조사 면적은 약 950,000$m^2$ 이고 1,500$m^2$ 당 1지점의 조사 밀도를 유지하여, 총 545개 지점에서 표토(0∼10cm 깊이)를 채취하였으며, 192개 지점에서 심토(10∼30cm 깊이)를 채취하였다. 비소를 제외한 구리, 카드뮴, 납 항목은 모든 지점에서 토양오염우려기준 이하를 나타내었으나, 비소는 표토의 경우 토양오염우려기준 이상의 농도를 나타내는 지점이 104지점으로 전체 표토 조사지점의 20.5% 정도이었으며, 토양오염대책기준을 초과하는 지점은 34지점으로 전체 표토 조사지점의 6.7% 이상이어서 조사 지역 중 상당 부분이 비소로 오염되어 있었다. 심토의 경우 토양오염 우려기준 이상 농도를 나타내는 지점이 18지점으로 전체 심토 조사지점의 약 10.4% 정도이었으며, 토양오염대책기준을 초과하는 지점은 1지점으로 전체 심토 조사지점의 약 0.6%를 나타내고 있어 비소오염이 주로 30cm 이내에 집중되어 있는 것으로 나타났다. 조사지점별 비소농도를 기준으로 토양오염대책기준 농도(15mg/kg) 이상 지역, 토양오염우려기준 농도(6mg/kg) 이상 지역, 토양오염우려기준의 40% 농도(2.4 mg/kg) 이상 지역, 주변배경농도(1.23mg/kg) 이상 지역으로 구분하여 하천퇴적토 및 농경지 토양에 대한 오염지도를 자성하였다. 오염지도 결과로부터, 오염 토양을 복원하기 위한 복원 목표를 토양오염우려기준 농도 이상, 우려기준의 40% 농도 (토양오염확인기준 농도)이상, 배경치 농도 이상으로 구분하여 설정하는 경우에 해당되는 토양 복원 면적과 물량을 산출하였다. 토양오염우려 기준 농도 이상의 경우 총 복원 면적과 물량은 264,000$m^2$, 79,200$m^3$이였으며, 우려기준의 40% 농도 이상의 경우 복원 면적과 물량은 779,000$m^2$, 233,700㎥, 배경치 농도 이상의 복원 목표 설정의 경우에는 각각 969,200$m^2$, 290,760$m^3$ 이였다. 토양오염 우려기준 농도의 40%를 복원 목표로 하는 경우와 배경치 농도를 복원 목표로 하는 경우, 복원 물량은 우려기준 농도를 복원 목표로 하는 경우의 3.0배와 3.7배정도 증가하는 것으로 나타나 복원 목표치 설정시 우려기준 농도의 40%와 배경농도의 차이에 다른 복원 물량의 차이는 적어서, 복원 목표 설정시 배경치 농도로 복원계획을 세우는 것이 가장 바람직한 것으로 판단되었다.