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오봉댐 유역의 폐탄광에 의한 오염특성과 감소방안 연구 (Investigation on the Contamination of the Vicinity of Abandoned Coal Mines Located Near the Obong Darn and Preventive Measures)

  • 박선환;장윤영;정정호;손정호;박석효
    • 환경영향평가
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    • 제16권2호
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    • pp.143-156
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    • 2007
  • This study has researched the management status and the pollution level of water, soil, stream sediments of 11 abandoned coal mines out of a total of 12 within Obong-Dam area except Bukyung mine, which was submerged when constructing Obong-Dam, and selected areas which are in needs to have pollution control facilities in the first place. From the results of examination on the runoff at the waste rock pile and mineheads, the runoff from Sueun mine (pH, Fe, Al), Samwon mine (pH, Al), Wangdo mine (pH, Al), Mose mine (pH, Fe, Al) and Daeryeong mine (pH) exceeded the permissible discharge standards of the water quality, but the water at merging point with Obong-Dam after joined with Doma branch satisfied both Water Quality Standards and Drinking Water Quality Standards. In regard to groundwater contamination, it is found that areas where exceeded the Drinking Water Quality Standards are Wangdo mine (pH), Jangjae mine (pH, Zn), Daeryeong mine (pH) whereas all areas satisfied Soil Contamination Warning Standards of Soil Environmental Conservation Law. When comparing a research result on underwater sediments of branches of abandoned mines to the EPA Guidelines for classification of great lakes harbor sediments, Dongguk Gaerim (Fe), Jungwon mine (Fe), Daebo mine (Mn), Samwon mine (Mn) and Daeryeong mine (Mn) showed mid-level of contamination, whereas Sueun (Fe, Mn), Daebo mine (Fe), Woosung mine (Fe, Mn), Wangdo mine (Fe, Mn), Mose mine (Fe) and Daeryeong mine (Fe) showed high-level of contamination. In addition, contamination levels of underwater sediments in Wangsan and Doma branch where abandoned mine's branches merge together, Wangsan branch showed no contamination at all whereas Doma branch shows mid-level of contamination which reflect the Doma branch is affected by waste rock pile and minehead runoff of the abandoned mines in the Doma branch area. It is concluded that Mose mine and Sueun mine required treatment of acid mine drainage. and Wangdo, Jungwon, and Samwon mines were in need of mine tailing and erosion control work. The Samwon mine additionally required a control system for closed minehead runoff. Although the Samwon mine reached a high concentration of Al, Mn $Ca^{2+}$, $SO{_4}^{2-}$ in the runoff, the levels decreased after it was combined with a tributary. It has been concluded that after further monitoring of the cause of pollution, a preventive measure system may be needed to be built.

Fly Ash Application for Reduction of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) as Runoff and Leachate Released from Mine Waste Disposal Sites

  • Oh, Se Jin;Moon, Sung Woo;Oh, Seung Min;Kim, Sung Chul;Ok, Yong Sik;Lee, Bup Yeol;Lee, Sang Hwan;Yang, Jae E.
    • 한국토양비료학회지
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    • 제47권6호
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    • pp.533-539
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    • 2014
  • Mine wastes such as acid mine drainage (AMD) can cause the detrimental effects on surrounding environment, thereby eventually threatening human health. Main objective of this study was to evaluate the neutralizing effect of fly ash (FA) as a stabilizing material AMD. Field plot was constructed in a coal waste depot which has caused aluminium-whitening adjacent to the stream. Different mixing ratios of FA were applied on a top of the soil, and then the physicochemical properties of runoff and soil were monitored. Constructed plots were as following: control (mine waste only (W)), mine waste + 20% ($w\;w^{-1}$)of FA (WC20M), mine waste + 40% ($w\;w^{-1}$)of FA (WC40M), and WC40M dressed with a fresh soil at the top (WC40MD). Result showed that initial pH of runoff in control was 5.09 while that in WC40M (7.81) was significantly increased. For a plot treated with WC40M, the concentration of Al in runoff was decreased to $0.22mg\;L^{-1}$ compared to the W as the control ($4.85mg\;L^{-1}$). Moreover, the concentration of Fe was also decreased to less than half at the WC40M compared to the control. Application of FA can be useful for neutralizing AMD and possibly minimizing adverse effect of AMD in mining area.

규사광산 지역의 강우시 비점오염원의 유출분석 (Analysis of NPS Pollution Loads over Rainfall-Runoff Events from the Silica Mine Site)

  • 최용훈;원철희;서지연;신민환;양희정;최중대
    • 한국물환경학회지
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.413-419
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    • 2010
  • A silica mine monitoring was conducted from March to December in 2008 to measure rainfall, runoff amounts and pollution loads. A total of 13 rainfall-runoff events were measured and analyzed with respect to runoff ratio, pollutant concentration and load, and initial flush. Over rainfall-runoff events, 95% confidence range of SS concentration was 942.5~2,056.2 mg/L. Other measured water quality indices also showed relatively large variation. This wide concentration variation was thought to be caused by the bare working ground of the mine that was used to store, process and transport the mined silica. Total pollution load of the 13 rainfall-runoff events was SS 17,901 kg/ha, $COD_{Cr}$ 160.9 kg/ha, $COD_{Mn}$ 111.24 kg/ha, BOD 79.6 kg/ha, T-N 13.8 kg/ha, T-P 3.5 kg/ha, and TOC 39.3 kg/ha. Initial flush was not well observed except SS. Very high SS concentration and load was occurred when rainfall was large. Therefore, it was recommended to manage the bare ground not to discharge excessive pollutants during wet days by covering the ground or constructing runoff treatment systems such as a sediment basin.

가행광산 지역의 비점오염물질 유출특성 (Characteristics of NPS Pollution from a Coal Mining)

  • 서지연;신민환;원철희;최용훈;정명숙;임경재;최중대
    • 한국물환경학회지
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.474-481
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    • 2010
  • This study was conducted to describe the characteristics of Non-point source (NPS) Pollution discharge from a coal mining area in Korea. The study areas is located on the Dogye site, Samchuk, Kangwon Province Coal Corporation and the Jangsung site, Taebaek, Kangwon Province Coal Corporation. The monitoring system was installed at a drainage channel and water samples and rainfall events were collected during March 2008 to February 2009. The collected water samples were analyzed with respect to SS, BOD, $COD_{Cr}$, $COD_{Mn}$, T-N, T-P, and TOC, respectively. It was observed that the runoff and water quality were largely influenced by mine drainage. Also a significant relationship was observed from the correlation between flow and water quality, flow and NPS. And estimated Event Mean Concentration (EMC), NPS pollution loads were Dogey coal mine and Taeback coal mine respectively. As the study progresses in the future, runoff and pollution loads will be updated.

부산석회를 활용한 휴ㆍ폐 석탄광산 폐기물에서 유출된 침출수의 안정화

  • 김휘중;양재의;옥용식;유경열;박병길;이재영;전상호
    • 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지하수토양환경학회 2004년도 임시총회 및 추계학술발표회
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    • pp.48-58
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    • 2004
  • Objectives of this research were to reclaim the coal mine overburdens using the lime waste cake from the soda ash production by stabilizing the overburden slopes, introducing neutralizing the AMD from runoff and leachate in an attempt find the sink to dispose the lime wastes and alleviate the environmental problems caused by the closed coal mines. The pH changes of the runoff and leachate collected in the tanks at the end of the experimental plots, averaged over measurements from April to August, indicated that the runoff pH of the coal overburden was 4.3 but increased significantly to the ranges of 6.7 to 7.1 with treatments of tile calcites and lime wastes. This might be related with the decreases in Fe concentrations in the runoff and leachate from the coal overburdens. The Fe concentrations in tile runoff seemed to increase with the amounts of precipitation. Results demonstrated that the amounts of lime wastes at 25% of the lime requirement were sufficient for neutralizing the acidic coal overburden. Either layering between the coal waste and topsoil or mixing with coal overburdens could be adopted as the lime waste treatment method. The lime wastes from the soda ash production might have a potential to be recycled for the reclamation of the abandoned coal mines to alleviate the environmental problems associated with coal mine waste.

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Treatment of Abandoned Coal Mine Discharged Waters Using Lime Wastes

  • Park Joon-Hong;Kim Hee-Joung;Yang Jae-E.;Ok Yong-Sik;Lee Jai-Young;Jun Sang-Ho
    • 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지하수토양환경학회 2005년도 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOIL & GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT
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    • pp.59-61
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    • 2005
  • In Korea, hundreds of abandoned and closed coal and metallic mines are present in the steep mountain valleys due to the depression of the mining industry since the late 1980s. From these mines, enormous amounts of coal waste were dumped on the slopes, which causes sedimentation and acid mine drainage (AMD) to be discharged directly into streams causing detrimental effects on soil and water environments. A limestone slurry by-product (lime cake) is produced from the Solvay process in manufacturing soda ash. It has very fine particles, low hydraulic conductivities ($10^{-8}{\sim}10^{-9}cm/sec$), high pH, high EC due to the presence of CaO, MgO and $CaCl_2$ as major components, and traces of heavy metals. Due to these properties, it has potential to be used as a neutralizer for acid-producing materials. A field plot experiment was used to test the application of lime cake for reclaiming coal wastes. Each plot was 20 x 5 m (L x W) in size on a 56% slope. Treatments included a control (waste only), calcite ($CaCO_3$), and lime cake. The lime requirement (LR) for the coal waste to pH 7.0 was determined and treatments consisted of adding 100%, 50%, and 25% of the LR. The lime cake and calcite were also applied in either a layer between the coal waste and topsoil or mixed into the topsoil and coal waste. Each plot was hydroseeded with grasses and planted with trees. In each plot, surface runoff and subsurface water were collected. The lime cake treatments increased the pH of coal waste from 3.5 to 6, and neutralized the pH of the runoff and leachate of the coal waste from 4.3 to 6.7.

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수피에 의한 삼보광산 폐수의 중금속 흡착 (Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions on Sambo Mine Runoff by Barks)

  • 안병준;고경무;이형;백기현
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • 제29권4호
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    • pp.40-47
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    • 2001
  • 삼보광산 폐수(총 중금속 농도 : 107 ppm) 에 함유되어 있는 중금속 $Zn^{2+}$(42.1 ppm) 과 $Mn^{2+}$(53.1 ppm)을 미처리 상수리나무와 소나무 수피로 정수하기 위하여 현장에서 칼럼 시험을 수행하였다. 수피 각각 6kg을 2단 칼럼(직경 45 cm, 높이 60 cm) 에 나누어 넣고 1 ${\ell}$/min의 유속으로 폐수를 칼럼에 통과시키며 15일간 일정 시간마다 여액의 중금속 농도를 분석하였다. $Zn^{2+}$은 상수리나무 수피로 처리함에 따라 24 hr 동안 10 ppm 이하로 유지되었다. 즉 64%의 흡착율을 보였다. 한편 소나무 수피는 15 hr 동안 20 ppm 정도로 약 53%의 흡착율을 나타내었다. $Mn^{2+}$은 수피에 흡착이 저조하여 10 hr 이내 까지만 20-35%의 흡착율을 나타내었다. 수종 간에 Mn2 + 의 흡착율의 차이는 거의 없었다. 수피를 삼보광산의 폐수에 함유된 중금속 흡착제로 사용할 경우 $Zn^{2+}$에는 효과적이었으나. $Mn^{2+}$의 흡착용으로는 적당하지 않았다.

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거풍 폐광산 폐기물 적치장 지하수 및 침출수 수질의 시기별 변화 (Seasonal Variations of Water Quality within the Waste Impoundments of Geopung Mine)

  • 안주성;임길재;정영욱
    • 자원환경지질
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    • 제42권3호
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    • pp.207-216
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    • 2009
  • 폐광지역 광산폐기물 적치장에서 발생하는 산성 침출수 및 이의 영향을 직접적으로 받는 하부 지하수의 수질변화 양상을 자동계측자료 및 시기별 시료 분석으로 평가하였다. 연구지역은 충북 옥천군의 폐광산인 거풍광산이며 한차례 복토작업이 이루어졌으나 산성배수 발생은 지속되었다. 건기의 지하수 시료는 강산성(pH 3.3${\sim}$4.6) 및 높은 총용존고형물질 함량(338${\sim}$3330 mg/L)으로서 전형적인 산성배수의 특성을 보였으며 우기에 중금속 함량 증가(TDS 414${\sim}$4890 mg/L)와 pH 2.7${\sim}$3.6으로 보다 강한 산성을 나타내었다. 지표침출수 시료도 유사한 수질변화양상을 보이며 강우시 지표 유거수는 폐석과의 직접 반응으로 강산성(pH 3.0${\sim}$3.4)을 나타내었다. 시료내 주성분 및 중금속원소들 간의 상관성이 전반적으로 높게 나타났으며 개별 성분들의 건우기 함량 증감양상 외에 전체 시기별 수질조성의 큰 변화는 보이지 않았다. 연구지역 광산폐기물 표면에는 금속 수화황산염 등의 다양한 2차 염류가 풍부하게 생성되어있으며 이들의 강우에 용해되어 침출수 및 하부 지하수의 수질에 직접적으로 영향을 주는 것으로 판단한다. 향후 보다 심각한 기후조건에서도 우수한 효율을 나타낼 수 있는 복토 및 처리기법이 요구된다.

규사광산의 유출특성 및 EMC산정 (Calculate of EMC and Runoff Characteristic of Silica Mine)

  • 최용훈;원철희;신민환;양희정;최중대
    • 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국수자원학회 2009년도 학술발표회 초록집
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    • pp.1042-1046
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    • 2009
  • 강원도 홍천군 북방면 능평리에 위치한 규사광산을 2008년 3월부터 12월까지 발생한 강우사상에 대하여 모니터링을 실시하였다. 모니터링 지점은 채광작업과 가공작업이 이루어지는 계곡의 하류로 평시 $500m^2$/day의 유량이 흐르는 작은 소하천이다. 관측된 13회의 총 강우량은 712.6 mm가 발생하였다. 강우강도는 0.5 ${\sim}$ 4.7 mm/hr, 선행무강우일수는 1.2 ${\sim}$ 9.8일로 나타났다. 유출률은 28.0 $^{\sim}$ 98.0 %로 나타났으며, 유출율 98.0 %는 168.0 mm의 많은 양의 강우가 발생한 7월 24일부터 25일까지의 강우사상에서 발생하였다. 채석과 가공작업등의 영향으로 인하여 강우시 다른 오염 물질보다 SS 농도와 EMC가 매우 높고, 범위가 가장 큰 것으로 나타났다. 또한 SS는 강우량과 건기일수에 민감한 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 규사광산지역은 다른 오염 물질보다 SS를 저감 시킬 수 있는 비점오염저감시설이 필요할 것으로 사료된다. 기상조건에 따른 오염부하와 EMC의 정확한 산정하기 위해서는 장기간의 모니터링을 통한 많은 자료의 수집이 동반되어야 할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서 조사된 자료와 분석된 결과는 토지이용별 비점오염부하의 산정과 저감기술의 개발에 활용할 수 있으며, 수질오염총량제의 신뢰성을 향상시킬 것으로 판단된다.

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질소 및 인에 대한 흡착특성이 다른 여재를 사용한 지하흐름형 인공습지 효율 평가 (Performance Evaluation of Subsurface-flow Wetland with Media Possessing Different Adsorption Capacities for Nitrogen and Phosphorus)

  • 서준원;장형석;강기훈
    • 한국물환경학회지
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.155-160
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    • 2007
  • Constructed wetland has been widely used for the treatment of sewage, stormwater runoff, industrial wastewater, agricultural runoff, acid mine drainage and landfill leachate. For the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus, uptake by plants and adsorption to media material are the major processes, and, therefore, the selection of media with specific adsorption capacity is the critical factor for the optimal design of wetland along with the selection of appropriate plant species. In this study, two media materials (loess bead and mixed media) possessing different adsorption characteristics for ammonium and phosphate were selected, and their adsorption characteristics were evaluated. In addition, the performance of subsurface-flow wetland systems employing these media was evaluated in both batch and continuous flow systems. With LB medium, beter phosphorus removal was observed, while better ammonia removal was obtained with MM medium. In addition, enhanced removal efficiencies were observed in the wetland systems employing both media and aquatic plants, mainly due to the better environment for microbial growth. As a result, appropriate selection or combination of media with respect to the inflow water quality maybe important factors for the successful design and operation of wetland systems.