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The Korean Society of Water and Wastewater (대한상하수도학회)
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A study on the risk assessment of climate crisis adaptation measures in public sewage treatment facilities

공공하수처리시설의 기후위기 적응대책 위험도 평가 연구

  • Jaekyung Choi (Division of Strategic Research, The Seoul Institute) ;
  • Younsun Lee (Office of Sustainability Research, Division of Climate Change Research Researcher, The Seoul Institute) ;
  • Sunghwan Hwang (Office of Sustainability Research, Division of Climate Change Research Researcher, The Seoul Institute)
  • 최제경 (서울연구원 미래융합전략실) ;
  • 이연선 (서울연구원 기후변화연구실) ;
  • 황성환 (서울연구원 기후변화연구실)
  • Received : 2024.01.24
  • Accepted : 2024.02.29
  • Published : 2024.04.15
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Abstract

In the context of the Ministry of Environment's 2022 Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Public Institutions, public sewage treatment plants are one of the important targets for climate change response aimed at sustainable water management. In this study, it is applied a modified methodology to four water regeneration centers (public sewage treatment facilities) in charge of sewage treatment in Seoul to analyze the impacts and risks of climate change and discuss priorities for adaptation measures. The results of the study showed that heavy rains, heat waves, and droughts will be the key impacts of climate change, and highlighted the need for measures to mitigate these risks, especially for facility managers.

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Acknowledgement

이 연구는 서울기술연구원 2022년 연구과제 ｢서울시 물재생센터 기후위기 적응대책 수립 연구(2022-AC-012)｣의 지원으로 수행되었습니다.

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