• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.109-114
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• 2013

In Cukhe, a village located in the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam, people suffer from a shortage of high-quality water due to an arsenic contaminated supply water resource. We installed catchments, filters and settled tanks in the existing rainwater harvesting facility to improve water quality, and ten portable rainwater tanks to provide good-quality drinking water to the poor households and kindergartens in the dry season. The triple bottom line considerations, as well as the environmental, economic, and social impacts of the rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems are examined. RWH is a sustainable method to obtain good-quality drinking water at low cost and with little energy expenditure. Education of the system also encourages that continuation of the system and expansion can lead into economic prosperity, as the safe drinking water can be sold to the community. Hence, RWH is a unique proposal as sustainable drinking supply water for improving the lives and health of residents in Cukhe and other sites where water supply sources are contaminated.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.41-49
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• 1994

Water- borne infectious diseases can be acquired by contact with contaminated water or by ingestion of contaminated water. There are many water- borne infectious agents such as bacteria, virus, and parasite. Among many of water- borne infectious diseases, health authorities of Korean government has particularly intensified to prevent and control typhoid fever(class I ), shigellosis(class I ), cholera(class I ), paratyphoid fever(class I), amebiasis(class II ) and leptospirosis(euivalent to class II ) under the communicable disease control law. Water- borne disease Prevention and control guideline itself has been also well provided by the health authorities. However, in practical public health point of view, there are still many problems remained to be solved out; no prospective investigation project to survey water borne infectious diseases under the national disease prevention and control programmes, incredible statistic data of annual notifiable disease report frequent appearance and varieties of drug resistance water- borne infectious agents, little cooperation and information- exchange system in between the related government authorities( the health authorities, the environment sanitation authorities and the food hygiene authorities) which should be closely collaborated, lack of health consciousness of the people, necessity of evaluation and Hndification on to the outcomes of performed health activities and programmes, neglect activities for water quality investigation, shortage of expertise and human resources in the related field, and poor investment of the government budget to develope and improve public health and sanitation field. In order to prevent and control water- borne infectious diseases effectively, it is emphasized that all the above indicated should be considered and performed to improve under the national health and sanitation development programmes.

• 에너지공학
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.17-20
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• 2014

수중에서 인, 질소의 함유농도는 부유고형물의 농도에 비례하여 증가하기 때문에 부유고형물의 제거는 유기물과 함께 질소, 인을 동시에 제거할 수 있다. 부유고형물은 수중에 미분체를 투입하면 투입된 미분체와 부유고형물 사이에는 반데르발스 힘과 같은 인력이 작용하여 응집이 형성되고 이 응집덩어리는 자성을 띠게 된다. 이와 같은 자성응집덩어리를 자력에 의해 형성된 자성 매트릭스에 직접 부착시켜 분리 제거함으로써 오수를 세정할 수 있다. 본 자료는 자성분리기술과 관련하여 오수 내의 부유고형물의 제거특성에 대한 것을 실험적으로 평가하고 부유물의 제거효율에 대하여 규명하고자 한다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 세계 도시지반공학 심포지엄
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• pp.1455-1471
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• 2009

In order to investigate on the effect of stabilization methods for rice paddies contaminated by heavy metals, a series of lab-scale model test was carried out by applying the characteristics of submerged Paddy soil. To perform the lab-scale model test, columns were made by acrylic with the dimension of diameter=10cm, thickness=0.5cm and were filled with soils which was contaminated were mixed with stabilization agents(lime stone 5% and steel refining slag 5% respectively). To manipulate the reduction condition, soils in the columns were submerged with distilled water. And then soil water and subsurface water in each column were sampled in the regular term and analysed the various physical and chemical properties.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.699-706
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• 2007

Many lakes or irrigative reservoirs in Korea are rapidly contaminated due to the ever increasing pollutants. Although lots of treatment processes have been recommended and practiced, economical and technical improvement is currently needed. In this study, contaminated irrigation reservoir was treated using the proposed process which is consisted of fine air bubbles, coagulation and flotation. Fine bubbles, approximate diameter of 3 to $10{\mu}m$, were generated using cavitation in the pressurized tank and polyaluminum chloride was used as coagulants. This fine bubbles, coagulation and flotation effectively controlled the low density algae, for example, Chlorophyll-a was removed more than 97 %. Removal efficiency of COD, SS, T-N and T-P were 80.7%, 94.3%, 64.1 % and 92.4%, respectively. Pollutants released from the sediments was removed more than 80% of organics and 60-70 % of nutrients. Consequently, fine bubbles coagulation and flotation process could be effectively used as an alternative treatment method for the purpose of control of lake water quality.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.4204-4212
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• 2023

Background: Storage reservoirs of radioactive waste could be the source of atmospheric pollution due to the efflux of aqueous aerosol from their water areas. The main mechanism of formation of aqueous aerosols is the collapse of gas bubbles at the water surface. In this paper, we discuss the potential influence of biological factors on gas ebullition in the water areas of the radioactively contaminated industrial reservoirs R-9 (Lake Karachay) and R-4 (Metlinsky pond) of the Mayak PA. The emission of the released non-dissolved gases captured with gas traps in reservoir R-9 was (88-290) ml/m² per day (2015) and in reservoir R-4 (270-460) ml/m² per day (2016). The analysis of gas composition in reservoir R-4 (60% methane, 35% nitrogen, 2.4% oxygen, 1.5% carbon dioxide) confirms their biological origin. It is associated with the processes of organic matter destruction in bottom sediments. The major source of organic matter in bottom sediments is the dying phytoplankton developing in these reservoirs. Conclusion: The obtained results form the basis to set a task to quantify the relationship between the phytoplankton development, gases ebullition and radioactive atmosphere contamination.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.31-39
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• 1997

Between 40,000 and 60,000 liters of light oil were spilled when an underground pipe broke at a newly constructed landfill site in coastal area, Korea. Methods were presented to examine the subsurface distribution of the contaminants in hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. As results, large quantities of oil and grease were found to have migrated horizontally at the site. Oil and grease plume at concentrations of 38-88 mg/kg was formed horizontally through silty sand with gravel fill and the vertical movement of the contaminants was thought to be limited to groundwater level between 2 and 4 m corresponding to sea water level. Right after finding the leakage area, the early action of excavation and pumping out the mixture of groundwater and oil was taken and it was proved to be very effective for preventing further contamination. Two months after the leakage, oil and grease in sea water sample near contaminated area was not detectable.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.13-21
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• 1993

Vibrio septicemia,, resulting in high mortality, has been caused by Vibrio vulnificus. Ingestion of marine products or contact with sea water contaminated with Vibrio vulnificus can cause septicemia. Vibrio vulnificus has been detected world wide and west sea area of Korea, Kum river estuary in particular, showed high detection rate. Higher detection rate of Vibrio vulnificus were reported in the bottom deposit with low depth of water, low salinity, and high COD. Man with the liver disease can easily come down with Vibrio septicemia and the main source is the sliced raw fish dish. The preventive measure for this disease is to wash raw fish material thoroughly with tap water and handle in sanitary conditions. Washing with sea water is strictly prohibited . It may be necessary to forbid the small-scale businessmen from selling the sliced ray fish dish in the vicinity of seashore. Man with the liver disease of diabetes should not swim or consume the raw fish dish in the contaminated area during summer.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.243-256
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• 1970

Halogen contents of the river water of Seoul city and of municipal reservoirs were investigated from June in 1969 to February in 1970. Bromine contents were ranging from 0.006 to 0.048 mg/1 of the reservoirs, 0.021 to 0.048 mg/1 of Han River, 0.051 to 0.540 mg/1 of rivers running through residential areas and 0.083 to 0.920 mg/1 of rivers running through industrial areas. Bromine contents increased as the river water became contaminated. Most of Br/Cl of Han River and the reservoirs were higher than $3.4{\times}10^{-3}$ of sea water. Bromine contents at 17 different places were the largest in November. The contents of chlorine, iodine and COD (chemical oxygen demand) were nearly correlated with that of bromine. Bromine contents of the river waters in Seoul chiefly originated from consumption of domestic and industrial salt.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.565-571
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• 2010

계면활성제를 이용하여 대수층의 특정층에 존재하는 휘발성 오염물질을 선택적으로 제거할 수 있는 새로운 지하수 폭기기술을 개발하였다. 모래가 충진된 실험설 규모의 물리적 모델을 이용하여 이 폭기기술의 효율성을 검증하였다. 모델의 특정깊이(바닥으로부터 약 22 cm)에 일정한 두께로 존재하는 용해된 상태의 톨루엔 플룸을 제거하는 실험을 실시하였으며, 오염물질이 존재하는 영역의 표면장력을 저감하기 위하여 음이온계 계면활성제인 SDBS(Sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate)를 주입하였다. 또한 비교를 위하여 동일한 조건에서 계면활성제가 주입되지 않은 실험도 실시하였다. 오염영역의 하부로부터 공기로서 폭기한 결과, 계면활성제에 의하여 저감된 표면장력의 효과에 의하여 오염영역에 대한 폭기영향권의 크기가 현저히 증가하였으며 그 결과 70%이상의 톨루엔이 제거되었다. 반면 계면활성제가 주입되지 않은 조건에서는 20%이하의 톨루엔만 제거되었다. 이는 계면활성제에 의하여 표면장력이 낮아져 폭기 과정에서 플룸에 대한 공기주입이 매우 효율적으로 이루어졌으며, 따라서 톨루엔을 포함하는 대수층의 지하수가 공기와의 접촉이 보다 용이해졌음을 의미한다. 이 새로운 방법은 휘발성 유기물질로 오염된 대수층을 복원하는데 유용하게 이용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.