• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2019

In a highly urbanized area, land availability is limited for the installation of space consuming stormwater systems for best management practices (BMPs), leading to the consideration of underground stormwater treatment devices connected to the stormwater pipe system. The configuration of a stormwater pipe network determines the hydrological and pollutant transport characteristics of the stormwater discharged through the pipe network, and thus should be an important design consideration for effective management of stormwater quantity and quality. This article presents a multi-objective optimization approach for designing a stormwater pipe network with on-line stormwater treatment devices to achieve an optimal trade-off between the total installation cost and the annual removal efficiency of total suspended solids (TSS). The Non-dominated Sorted Genetic Algorithm-II (NSGA-II) was adapted to solve the multi-objective optimization problem. The study site used to demonstrate the developed approach was a commercial area that has an existing pipe network with eight outfalls into an adjacent stream in Yongin City, South Korea. The stormwater management model (SWMM) was calibrated based on the data obtained from a subcatchment within the study area and was further used to simulate the flow rates and TSS discharge rates through a given pipe network for the entire study area. In the simulation, an underground stormwater treatment device was assumed to be installed at each outfall and sized proportional to the average flow rate at the outfall. The total installation cost for the pipes and underground devices was estimated based on empirical formulas using the flow rates and TSS discharge rates simulated by the SWMM. In the demonstration example, the installation cost could be reduced by up to 9% while the annual TSS removal efficiency could be increased by 4% compared to the original pipe network configuration. The annual TSS removal efficiency was relatively insensitive to the total installation cost in the Pareto-optimal solutions of the pipe network design. The results suggested that the installation cost of the pipes and stormwater treatment devices can be substantially reduced without significantly compromising the pollutant removal efficiency when the pipe network is optimally designed.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2022년도 학술발표회
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• pp.139-139
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• 2022

Nature-based solutions (NBS) involved conservation or rehabilitation of natural ecosystems or the creation of natural processes in modified or artificial ecosystems to mimic natural processes for the improved management of water (UN-Water, 2018). This study investigated the relationship between microbial presence and survival to the pollutant treatment performance of seven different stormwater NBS managing urban stormwater runoff. In this study, seven different stormwater nature-based solution (NBS) was investigated to identify the relationship of microbial community to the pollutant removal performance of stormwater NBS. Based on this study, Proteobacteria was found to be the most dominant microorganism for all stormwater NBS and IS followed by Acidobacteria and Actinobacteria. Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Gemmatimonadetes, WS3, and AF234118_p were found to have high positive correlation to most pollutant removal efficiency of different stormwater NBS (r-value: 0.62 to 0.68). Using Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria count in stormwater NBS, equations predicting pollutant removal performance were also developed and may be used in minimizing the cost for stormevent monitoring to identify the pollutant removal performance of stormwater NBS.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제3권2호
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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.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2009

A review of stormwater quantity and quality in the urban environment is presented. The review is presented in three parts. The first part reviews the mathematical methods for stormwater quantity and has been undertaken by examining a number of stormwater models that are in current use. The important feature of models, their applications, and management has been discussed. Different types of stormwater management models are presented in the literatures. Generally, all the models are simplified as conceptual or empirical depending on whether the model is based on physical laws or not. In both cases if any of the variables in the model are regarded as random variables having a probability distribution, then the model is stochastic model. Otherwise the model is deterministic (based on process descriptions). The analytical techniques are presented in this paper.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2019년도 학술발표회
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• pp.412-412
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• 2019

Nature-based solutions (NBS) offer a wide variety of techniques that promote cost-efficient stormwater management practices. In particular, low impact development facilities utilize NBS principles to restore the ecosystem services in a highly-urbanized area. Despite the advancements in these technologies, several considerations should still be addressed to ensure optimum functionality and attainment of desired pollutant removal efficiency a LID facility. This study evaluated the mass flushing characteristics of pollutants in an urban catchment and the efficiency of a small constructed wetland (SCW) in treating urban stormwater runoff. 21 rainfall events from 2010 to 2018 were monitored to determine and quantify stormwater pollutants. The highest pollutant washoff was observed on rainfall depths ranging from 0.1mm to 10mm, whereas events with greater rainfall depths exhibited lower pollutant concentrations due to dilution effect. However, the SCW manifested lower pollutant-removal performance on rainfall depths exceeding 10mm due to the exceedance of the facility's design rainfall. This study is beneficial in assessing the dynamics of pollutant washoff and efficiency of LID facilities subjected under various external factors.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.143-149
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• 2009

In this paper, review of stormwater quality and quantity in the urban environment is presented. The review is presented in three parts. This second part reviews the mathematical techiques used in the stromwater quality modelling and has been undertaken by examining a number of models that are in current use. The important features of models are discussed.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2023

Urbanization has been causing such new pollutants as micro-plastic, thus the environmental impact of new pollutants on ecosystem is rapidly increasing. When it comes to micro-plastic, a representative artificial trace pollutant, its risk has been increased at a much faster rate, however the depth study associated with stormwater sediment and wetland was relatively rare. In this research, soil samples from storm water sediment were analyzed for distribution characteristics of micro-plastics in the J wetland (registered as Ramsar wetland, May 2021 and a representative environmental site in South Korea). Analyzed soil samples found approximately 201 ± 93 particle/kg (based on unit weight, Total micro plastic particles / Total Sample weight) micro-plastics in the samples. When considering the total quantitative numbers in stormwater sediment in the entire area of the J wetland, over 15,000 micro-plastics were estimated to be contaminating such area. In addition, in terms of qualitative numbers, micro-plastics were contaminating the J wetland with 94.7 % ratio of styrofoam type (43.9%) and polyethylene type (50.8%). These research results can be used as base data sets for controlling micro-plastics in the J wetland.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.126-135
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• 2015

도시지역의 소하천은 불투수 면적의 증가 및 우수관거의 발달로 인해 유역의 오염물질 및 강우 유출수의 유달률이 증가한 반면 비강우시에 현저하게 유량이 감소되어 하천환경에 심각한 문제를 나타내고 있다. 본 연구에서는 도시 하천의 유량과 수질 문제를 저감하기 위해 개발된 초기강우 저류 및 처리시설을 효율적으로 운영하기 위해 SWMM 도시유역모델 적용 결과와 자동모니터링 시스템을 이용하는 종합관리시스템을 개발하였다. 본 연구의 대상 지역인 관평천 유역의 대부분의 강우사상에서 오염물질은 초기 4시간의 강우 유출수에 집중되어 있는 것으로 관찰되었으며 이는 처리시설의 용량 결정에 있어 가장 중요한 인자로 작용한다. 본 시험 유역에서 유역모델인 SWMM을 이용하여 계산한 결과 처리시설에서 수용할 수 있는 초기우수 유출량은 약 6 mm의 누적강우량으로 산정되었으며 이는 대상지역에서 발생하는 대부분의 소규모 강우에 대해 처리가 가능하다는 것을 의미한다. 본 연구 결과는 강우-유출 모델과 연계한 초기우수 처리시설 운영을 위한 가이드라인을 제시하고 있으며, 하천 수질 모델과 연결할 경우 유입하천에 미치는 영향을 사전에 예측할 수 있으며, 유역의 조건과 연계하여 도시하천의 유역연계 종합 수질관리를 위한 중요한 자료를 제공할 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.159-167
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• 2000

최근 들어 합류식 분류식 하수관의 월류수 (CSOs, SSOs)가 수질오염에 미치는 영향이 상당하다는 인식을 하게되었다. 본 논문의 목적은 CSOs, SSOs에 함유된 입자성 및 용존성 오염물질을 제거할 수 있는 RFS (Rapid Floc Settler) 장치를 개발하여 입자물질과 용존물질의 제거효율을 분석하고 최적의 설계인자와 운전인자를 도출하는데 있다. RFS장치는 물리 화학적 폐수처리장치로 그 구조가 간결하다. Polyacrylamide (PAM)을 응집제로 사용하여 Jar test 결과 PAM이 철염, 황산알루미늄에 비해 우수한 응집특성을 나타내었다. 수면적부하율의 변화를 주어 처리효율 특성을 분석하였다. 유입수는 SS를 기준으로 50~1,000mg/L로 CSOs 의 대표적인 농도를 적용하였다. 수면적부하율이 $130m^3/m^2/day$에서 SS는 90%, COD는 80% 의 처리효율을 나타내었다. 수면적부하율이 기존침전조의 10배 이상 컸다. 또한 입경분석을 실시하여 입경 분포를 분석하였다. RFS장치는 CSOs, SSOs의 처리 이외에도 건설현장 고탁도물질의 제거, 소규모유역 유출수 제어, 하수처리장에서 초과용량의 하수처리, 오염된 소하천의 정화 등 그 적용성이 클 것으로 생각된다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2005

Appropriate removal of pollutants from combined sewer overflows(CSOs) and stormwater runoff is of primary concern to watershed managers trying to meet water quality standards even under a wet weather condition. Harmful substances associated with particles besides TSS and BOD are subjected to removal prior to discharge into the natural waters. Effectiveness of five major hydrodynamic separation technologies, Vortechs, Downstream Defender including Storm King for CSOs control, CDS, Stormceptor, and IHS, were evaluated in this study. There is not sufficient information for accurate evaluation of the removal efficiency for the pollutants from the stormwater runoff and CSOs. Based upon limited engineering data, however, all technologies were found to be effective in separation of heavy particles and floating solids. Technologies utilizing screens seem to have advantage in the treatment capacity than the other technologies relied fully on hydrodynamic behavior. The IHS system seems to have a strong potential in application for control of CSOs because of unique hydrodynamic behavior as well as a flexibility in opening size of the screens. Size of the particulate matter in the CSOs and stormwater runoff is found to be the most important parameter in selection of the type of the hydrodynamic separators. There exists an upper limit in the solids removal efficiency of a hydrodynamic separator, which is strongly dependent upon the particle size distribution of the CSOs and stormwater runoff.