• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.264-272
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• 2007

Runoff of non-point pollutants has affected bad influence to water quality of river as reaching within short time. For this reason, reducing them prior to reaching aquatic systems or treating them after collection from discharge process of pollutants are desirable for efficient treatment of pollutants. This study was carried out to develop an ecotechnological method to prevent further aggravation of water quality by non-point source through vegetation filter strips. This study has placed a focus on improving infiltration capacity of soil for the optimum condition of vegetation filter strips. Therefore, we used titled soil filter strips instead of vegetation filter strips in this study. The three types of soil tilter strips were used in a bench scale experiment before applying to the field. The reduction efficiency of pollutants in soil filter strips (SS $84.5{\sim}92.5%$, BOD $67.9{\sim}80.6%$, T-N $43.4{\sim}76.6%$, T-P $40.6{\sim}87.4%$, Cu $28.3{\sim}48.1%$ Fe $92.1{\sim}97.7%$, Pb $81.4{\sim}97.3%$) was much higher than that of the controled group. And non-point pollutants reduction efficiency by soil filter strip's forms was estimated to be distinguishing in order of bio material, mixture of sand and gravel and lastly the whole gravel. In the event, the whole reduction efficiency of pollutants on the soil filter strips disclosed good results.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.249-257
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• 2009

Surface runoff and erosion are responsible for extensive losses of top soil and agricultural productivity. In this study, a laboratory experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different polyacrylamides (PAM) on the protection of soil from erosion and turbidity in loamy sand soil. To accomplish this, 10 and 40 kg $ha^{-1}$ of PAM were applied to the soil surface. The effects of rainfall on 10 and 20% slopes were then evaluated in the laboratory using a rainfall simulator. After air drying, the surface was subjected to rain at 30 mm $hr^{-1}$. The silt+clay of the runoff from samples treated with 10 kg PAM $ha^{-1}$ reduced by 43% and 13% when the 10% and 20% slopes were evaluated, respectively, when compared with the tap water without PAM treatment as control. The mean contents of silt+clay were reduced as the amount of PAMs applied increased at both slopes. Specifically, samples treated with 40 kg PAM $ha^{-1}$ showed reductions in the silt+clay of the runoff to 88% and 85% when the 10% and 20% slopes were evaluated, respectively, when compared to control. Furthermore, the mean turbidity of runoff in the 40 kg PAM $ha^{-1}$ treatment was reduced to 94.7% and 84.8% when the samples were subjected to 10% and 20% slopes, respectively, when compared to the control. Taken together, these findings indicate that PAM treatment will improve water pollution and agricultural productivity on sloped land via a reduction in soil erosion.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.47 no.10
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• pp.973-983
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• 2014

This study focused on the selection of appropriate plant species of VFS (vegetative fiter strips) and the assessment of VFS effects for reducing NPS (non-point source) pollution from uplands. The experimental field was constructed with 1 control and 6 treated plots in the upland area of $1,500m^2$ with 5% slope which is located in Gunwi-gun, Gyeongbuk province. Six vegetation including Chufa, Common crabgrass, Barnyard grass, Turf grass, Tall fescue, Kenturky bluegrass, were applied to install VFS systems during the study period from June 2011 to Dec. 2012. The results of this study showed that 6.1~77.8% in runoff and 15.6~90.3% in TS, 49.9~96.6% in T-P, and 6.7~91.1% in T-N were reduced from the VFS treated plots. Generally high reduction effects were observed from TS, T-P, T-N, and SS, while BOD, TOC, and $NO_3^-$ showed low reductions. The best vegetation type was Turf grass showing higher reduction effects of NPS pollutions and having relatively easier maintenance efforts compared to other vegetations selected in this study. Based on these results, VFS technique found to be an effective management practice for reducing agricultural NPS pollutions in Korean upland conditions. Further study needs to be performed through various field experiments with long term monitoring in order to develop a design manual of VFS system for practical applications.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.163-174
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• 2015

Urbanization caused various environmental problems like destruction of natural water cycle and increased urban flood. To solve these problems, LID(Low Impact Development) deserves attention. The main objective of LID is to restore the water circulation to the state before the development. In the previous studies about the LID, the runoff reduction effect is mainly discussed and the effects of each techniques of LID depending on rainfall types have not fully investigated. The objective of this research is to evaluate the effect of LID using the quantitative simulation of rainwater runoff as well as an amount of infiltration according to the rainfall and LID techniques. To evaluate the water circulation of LID on the development area, new land development areas of Hanam in South Korea is decided as the study site. In this research, hydrological model named STORM is used for the simulation of water balance associated with LID. Rainfall types are separated into two categories based on the rainfall intensity. And simulated LID techniques are green roof, permeable pavement and swale. Results of this research indicate that LID is effective on improvement of water balance in case of the low intensity rainfall event rather than the extreme event. The most effective LID technique is permeable pavement in case of the low intensity rainfall event and swale is effective in case of the high intensity rainfall event. The results of this study could be used as a reference when the spatial plan is made considering the water circulation.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.473-479
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• 2008

Environment problem has been arising in many countries. Especially, soil erosion has been deemed as one of the biggest issues because sediment causes muddy water and pollutants, such as agricultural chemicals, flow in the stream with this sediment. Many studies, regarding soil loss and non-point source pollution from watershed, has been performed while serious problem has been known. Soil loss occurred in most agricultural area by rainfall and runoff. It makes hydraulic structure unstable, causes environmental economical problems because muddy water destroys ecosystem and causes intake water deterioration. As revealing serious effects of muddy water by sediment, many researches have been doing with various methods. Hydraulic structures establishments such as soil erosion control dams and grit chamber are common. Vegetative filter strip is investigated in this study because vegetative filter strip is designed for reducing sediment from upland areas of the watershed, and it has many functions, not only sediment reduction but also runoff water quality improvement and wildlife habitat. With these positive functions of the vegetative filter strip, the study about vegetative filter strip has been increasing for reducing sediment because it is more effective than hydraulic structures from an environmental perspective. But the sediment trapping efficiency by vegetative filter strip, needs to be investigated and designed first. Therefore the model, VFSMOD-W, was used in this study as it can estimate sediment trapping efficiency of vegetative filter strip under various field, vegetation, weather condition. Sensitive factors to sediment trapping efficiency are studied with VFSMOD-W, and sediment trapping efficiency equation has been derived using two most sensitive factors. It is thought that the equation suggested in this study can be used in Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), to overcome the limit of SWAT filter strip module, which is based solely on filter strip width.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.49-62
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• 2014

As the Urban area grows and more land is developed both within the city and in surrounding areas, hydrologic functions of the natural water cycle are altered. Urbanization creates impervious areas that negatively impact stormwater runoff characteristics. these changes to the natural hydrologic cycle result in the increased flooding, decreased groundwater recharge, increased urban heat island effects. Finally, the land use and other activities result in accumulation and washoff of pollutants from surface, resulting in water quality degradation. Therefore, in this study, evaluating and quantitative analysis of the percolation effect through infiltration experiment of permeable pavement, which is one of the ways that can reduce the problem of the dry stream. Also the SWMM model is used to study the effect of the hydrologic cycle for permeable pavement block contribution.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.157-157
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• 2017

우리나라에서는 급속도로 진행되고 있는 도시화의 영향으로 토지사용 방법이 변화함에 따라 도심지 내 불투수율이 증가하고 있으며, 불투수면적과 강우유출량 또한 증가하였다. 이러한 변화는 도심홍수, 수질오염 등의 피해를 더욱 심화시킬 뿐 아니라, 도시유역 물순환 체계 및 자연생태계 균형 파괴 등의 심각한 환경문제를 발생시키고 있다. 이에 국내 외에서 도시유역 물순환 체계 관련 다양한 대안이 검토되고 있으며 외국에서는 약 20년 전부터 저영향개발 (Low Impact Development; LID)을 통한 수자원의 활용과 환경 친화적인 개발에 관심을 기울이고 있다. 국내에서 주로 사용되는 LID 기법은 소규모 유출저감 시설과 녹지면을 이용하여 빗물을 분산시키는 분산형 유출저감 시설물이 있다. 분산형 유출저감 시설물은 빗물의 발생원에서 빗물을 침투 저류시켜 저류된 빗물은 조경용수, 청소용수, 하천 유지용수 등으로 이용하는 친환경 빗물관리 방식으로 침투도랑, 측구형 침투시설, 식생수로, 빗물 저류조, 투수성 블록 등의 다양한 시설물이 이에 포함된다. 현재 이와 같이 LID 시설물이 급속도로 증가하고 있으나 시설물의 저감효과 분석을 위한 모니터링관련 연구가 많지 않은 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 LID 시설물의 유출 저감효과를 분석하기 위해 부산대학교 양산캠퍼스 실증실험단지에 설치되어 있는 LID 시설물의 모니터링 계측결과를 바탕으로 다양한 강우사상에 따른 LID 시설물의 유출저감 효과를 분석하였다. 대상지역의 정확한 유출저감 효과를 분석하기 위한 방안으로 자료의 이상치, 결측치 등을 보정하는 방안을 고려하였으며 실험실증단지에 내리는 강우의 지속시간, 총강우량, 선행강우에 따라 강우사상을 분류하여 이를 토대로 강우사상 별 LID 시설물의 유출 저감효과와 유출 지속시간에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.64 no.3
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• pp.33-43
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• 2022

South Korea's agricultural nitrogen balance and phosphorus balance rank first and second, respectively, among OECD countries, and proper nutrient management is required to preserve the water quality of rivers and lakes. This study evaluates the effects of furrow mulching on the reduction of non-point source pollution (NPS) load from a sloped upland. The study site was Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, and the survey period was from 2018 to 2019. The slope of the testbed was 13%, and the soil type was sandy loam. The cropping system consisted of maize-autumn Chinese cabbage rotation. The testbed was composed of bare soil (bare), control (Cont.), furrow vegetation mulching (FVM), and furrow nonwoven fabric mulching (FFM) plots. Runoff was collected for each rainfall event with a 1/100 sampler, and the NPS load was calculated by measuring the concentrations of SS, T-N, and T-P. The NPS load was then analyzed for the entire monitoring and crop cultivation periods. During the monitoring period, the effect of reducing the NPS load was 1.5%~44.5% for FVM and 13.1%~55.2% for FFM. During the crop cultivation period, it was 1.2%~80.5% for FVM and 27.0%~65.1% for FFM, indicating that FFM was more effective than FVM. As the NPS load was fairly high during the crop conversion period, an appropriate management method needs to be implemented during this period.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.285-285
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• 2021

급격한 기후변화의 영향으로 강수량은 증가하는 반면 강수일수는 점차 감소하며, 지속적인 도시화로 인해 불투수 면적이 증가하여 침투량은 감소하고 우수 유출량은 증가하고 있다. 이러한 우수 유출량의 증가로 인한 홍수피해에 대한 대책으로 분산형 유출저감 시설인 저영향개발(LID)이 해결방안으로 제시되고 있다. 기존연구에서는 대부분 LID 시설별 우수 유출 저감 효과를 분석하거나, LID 시설의 설치 비율과 강우빈도를 다양하게 적용하여 유출량과 침투량 등을 분석하였다. 그러나 기후변화로 인하여 미래 호우 패턴은 과거와는 다를 것으로 예상되므로 장기적인 측면에서 기후변화 시나리오에 따른 분석을 수행할 필요가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 대표농도경로(RCP)에 따른 기후변화를 반영한 미래 호우사상에 대하여 LID 적용 면적 대비 최고의 효율을 나타낼 수 있는 LID 적용 비율을 산정하였다. 이를 위해 빈번하게 침수피해가 발생하는 동대문구에 위치한 용두빗물펌프장 유역을 선정하였으며, 다양한 LID 기법 중 설치가 용이한 투수성 포장과 옥상녹화, 그리고 도로와 단지에 적용성이 높고 저류기능과 여과기능 등이 있는 식생 체류지를 대상 LID 기법으로 선정하였다. 과거와 미래의 대표 호우사상에 대한 유출량을 SWMM으로 산정한 결과, 강수량은 110.5 mm에서 319.42 mm로 증가하였고, 지표 유출량은 87.346 mm에서 294.63 mm로 증가하였다. 그리고 LID 기법 중 세 가지를 모두 적용한 경우 지표면 유출량이 294.63 mm에서 100.3 mm로 가장 큰 폭으로 감소하였다. 또한 저감 효율이 가장 좋은 설치 면적 비율을 도출하기 위하여 다양한 LID 설치면적 비율에 대한 분석을 하였으며, 유역전체면적대비 적용면적비에 따른 우수유출 저감율을 저감효율로 정의한 결과, LID 설치비율이 60%인 경우가 지표 유출량은 1.37, 저류량은 0.50으로 가장 큰 효율이 나타났다.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.1437-1442
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• 2009

Recent studies have shown that alum addition to litter results in many environmental and economic advantages, such as reductions in metal runoff, lower ammonia emission and improved poultry performance. However, no research has been conducted to evaluate the effects of different types of alum on soluble metals in poultry litter. The objective of this study was conducted to investigate changes in soluble metal from poultry litter with different types of aluminum sulfate (alum) under laboratory condition. The treatments used in this study, which were mixed in the upper 1 cm of litter or sprayed onto the litter surface, were 4 g alum, 8 g alum, 8.66 g liquid alum, 17.3 g liquid alum, 11.2 g A7 (high acid alum), and 22.4 g A7 (high acid alum)/100 g litter. Applying different types of alum to poultry litter reduced (P<0.05) concentrations of soluble Fe (9 to 54%), Cu (9 to 49%) and Zn (11 to 40%), relative to untreated litter, whereas it increased Ca and Mg (P<0.05). Mean soluble Fe and Cu levels in poultry litter from different types of alum decreased in the order: 22.4 g A7 (54% and 49%) > 17.3 g liquid alum (48% and 42%) > 8 g alum (48% and 31%) > 4 g alum (28% and 10%) > 8.6 g liquid alum (10% and 9%) > 11.2 g A7 (8.6% and 9%). Additionally, the high reduction in soluble Zn concentration was 4 g alum (40%), followed by 8 g alum (26%), 22.4 g A7 (25%), 17.3 g liquid alum (23%), 8.66 g liquid alum (18%), and 11.2 g A7 (11%), respectively. In conclusion, the current studies suggest that treating poultry litter with different types of alum can be applied to reduce soluble metal (Fe, Cu, and Zn) and to develop a production to merchandise for poultry litter that would result in reduction in pollutants from these materials. Furthermore, in order to improve environmental management in the poultry industry, the use of alum, liquid alum and high acid alum all should be provided a valid means of reducing negative environmental impact.