• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.443-453
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• 2011

This research aims at suggesting the mitigation measures of decreasing pollution by analyzing land cover characteristics according to subwatershed, and non-pollutant load characteristics occurring in each subwatershed. Mushim-cheon is selected as a research area, and HyGIS-SWAT is used as a water quality model. This research analyzed outflow load characteristics by classifying land cover, which has over 50% classified items, into a city area, a farmland area and a forest area. The result shows that the yearly occurrence load quantity represents a farmland area, a forest area and a city area in order. In subwatershed-2, occurrence load quantity is analyzed by setting up a buffer zone in the center of stream, and by changing a farmland area into a natural grass land. Therefore, a farmland area in a subwatershed changes 36.6% into 27.9% and 15.3% comparing to previous land cover change. In the analysis of sediment loads occurrence quantity and nutritive salt load occurrence quantity in subwatershed-2, sediment loads occurrence quantity decreases 52% to about 47%, and nutritive salt load decreases 49% and 34% in compare with previous change. Hereafter, this research will set up the mitigation measures scenario, and find out which is more effective for the mitigation measures.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.463-463
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• 2018

우리나라의 공공용수역에서는 오염배출규제 및 하수도 정비에 의한 점오염원 부하량의 삭감에 의해 수질개선이 진행되어 왔다. 그러나, 비점오염원부하는 상대적으로 증가하는 경향에 있음에도 불구하고 그것을 실증하기 위한 강우시의 오염부하유출의 관측은 충분히 실시되지 않고 있다. 본 연구에서는 영주댐 유입하천을 대상으로 강우시 유입 오염부하량 파악 및 수질변동모의 예측을 위한 기초자료 획득을 위한 강우시 유입부하량 특성 및 수질영향이 분석되었다. 영주댐의 조사지점은 석표교, 멀내교의 총 2개 지점으로 본류인 내성천, 지류인 토일천에 각각 1곳씩 선정하였다. 유입수 샘플링은 자동모니터링 장치를 설치하여 채수하였고, 유랑조사는 교각에 설치된 자동수위측정기를 이용하여 측정하였다. 조사기간은 누적 강우량 133mm가 내린 2017년 7월 2일부터 5일간 실시하였다. 수질 시료 분석결과, 비강우시대비 COD 및 영양염류 부하량이 큰 폭으로 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 토일천에서 채수된 시료의 경우 T-P는 비강우시 유입농도보다 최대 60배 높고, T-N은 비강우시에 비해 약 2.3배 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 강우유출 발생 시의 수질은 비강우시의 수질보다 COD 및 영양염류 부하량이 큰 폭으로 증가하였다. 비 강우시 유입되는 영양염류농도에 비해 강우시에는 강우강도에 비례하여 높은 농도의 인과 질소성분이 유입되고 있었고, 댐 저수량의 많은 부분이 강우시의 유입수량으로 채워지는 점을 고려할 때, 강우시 유입 수질이 댐 저수지 수질변화에 큰 영향을 주고 있을 것으로 판단된다. 영주댐 유역의 강우유출 특성은 강우유출이 시작 된 후, 수 시간 이내에 오염물질 농도가 급격히 증가하였고 유량의 증감속도와 유출량은 비례하였다. COD, 질소 계열 및 인 계열 물질의 유량과 비례한 증감을 확인하였다. 이를 통해 강우시 질소와 인의 유출이 강우량과 영향이 있음을 알 수 있었으나, 계절적인 유출 특성의 유무를 무시 할 수 없기 때문에 이에 대한 보다 상세한 조사 및 검토가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.963-967
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• 2006

어떤 강우사상에 대해서 특정유역으로부터의 오염물질 유출특성은 첨두농도, 산술 평균농도, 첨두 오염물질 부하량, 평균 오염물질 부하량 또는 총 유출 부하량 등으로 나타낼 수 있다(이재수 등, 2001). 그러나, 대부분의 경우 강우시 발생하는 총 부하량이 개개의 농도 또는 첨두 부하량보다 더욱 중요하다. 그 이유는 유출사상이 비교적 짧고, 강우 유출수가 유입되는 수체, 특히 저수지나 댐 내에서는 어느 정도의 혼합 현상이 수반되므로 저수지내의 오염물질 농도는 강우로 인한 유출수(저수지로 유입되는)내 개개의 농도변화보다는 결국 총 부하량의 반응이기 때문이다. 특히, 저수지나 호수에서 질소와 인과 같은 영양염류에 대해서 총 부하량은 가장 중요한 수질영향 및 결정 변수일 수밖에 없다. 이와 같은 이유로 강우사상에 대한 평균농도 또는 유량가중 평균농도(EMC, event mean concentration)는 비점원 오염물질의 유출을 평가하는데 가장 적절한 인자로 인식되고 있으며, 가장 널리 이용되고 있다 (EPA, 1983). 본 연구에서 소하천 유역을 대상으로 유량과 수질농도를 실측하여 대상하천에 대한 수문자료를 구축하고, 오염부하모의 모형을 통해 대상유역에서의 강우사상별 오염부하량을 모의하였는데 모형의 보정은 실측된 유량자료를 활용하였으며, 실측된 수질농도자료와 유량자료로 산정한 오염부하량 자료를 통해 검증하였다. 검증된 모형에 대하여 100개의 강우사상에 대한 무작위 모의를 수행하였고, 결과자료를 활용하여 대상하천에 대한 강우-오염부하량의 상관관계식을 도출하였다.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.70-76
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• 1999

Since high concentrations of N, P, and organic C cause the excessive eutrophication in water systems, the control of nutrient export from agricultural nonpoint sources has become important. This study was conducted to estimate discharges of N, P, and organic C from a small agricultural watershed of the upper Imgo stream in Youngchun, Kyongbuk. Of the total area(1.420ha), 25% was agricultural land including paddy, upland and orchards and most of the remainder was forest. The resident population in the watershed was 194 in 80 households and relatively small numbers of livestocks including cow were raised. Mean concentrations of nutrients in the stream water were 4.95, 0.80, 6.72, 0.07 and 2.52mg/L for $NO_3-N$, $NH_4-N$, Total N, Total P and COD respectively. Annual discharges in 1997 were 28,991kg of $NO_3-N$. 3,010kg of $NH_4-N$, 37,006kg of Total N. 590kg of Total P, and 29,138kg of COD. There was a strong positive relationship between stream flow and precipitation, and also most of the nutrient discharges occurred in the rainy season (May to August). Since there was no any other industries in the watershed, agricultural practices and sewage from the resident households, forest runoff and livestock wastes were the major sources of NPS discharges. A combination of management options, including management of soil erosion and fertilizer application, could lead to reductions in nutrient exports.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.249-256
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• 2009

The amount of nutrients from the effluents of rice culture - free-range ducks (RCFD) paddy fields and the effects of natural wetlands located at downstream of RCFD on water quality and aquatic plants was evaluated. This was carried out in a 61.9 ha paddy fields in Ulsan, Gyeongnam, where downstream is a 5.9 ha natural wetland, 61% of which was covered with well-developed aquatic plants. The amounts of T-N and T-P in the effluent from paddy field with RCFD were 13.7 and $2.5kg\;ha^{-1}$, respectively, which is 1.2~2.5 times higher than those observed in conventional rice culture practice. The amount of runoff from the RCFD area, calculated using the revised TANK model, was $543mm\;ha^{-1}$ with 808 kg of T-N and 130 kg of T-P during rice cultivation period. The dominant aquatic plants in the wetland includes Phragmites communis, Zizania latifolia, Persicaria thunbergii. etc. The nutrient contents of the aquatic plants which amounted to 761 kg of T-N and 103 kg of T-P were almost equivalent to 94% and 79% of the T-N and T-P in RCFD and CRC effluent. Therefore, the use and maintenance of wetlands in RCFDs area could be a good solution to management the non-point pollution from duck feces in RCFD paddy fields.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.406-416
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• 2014

When abnormal taste and odor were detected in the tap water of the North-Han river watershed during the dry season in late 2011, excessive nutrients with algal growth in the Lake Uiam and weather factors were considered to be among its causes. The nutrients, in particular, originated from domestic sewage in the Chuncheon area. This study was conducted to investigate relations between the algal growth in the Lake Uiam and the contribution of nutrients from public sewage treatment works (PSTWs) in Chuncheon city, and based on this to analyze the environmental impact. Nutrients in the Lake Uiam have already been accumulated to the level of eutrophication. Even in winter, the conditions in the lake such as retention time and water temperature were favorable to boost algal growth. After phosphorus treatment processes were introduced, the PSTWs in the Lake Uiam watershed were able to reduce the total phosphorus loads by 43%. The algal concentrations in the Lake Uiam also dropped by about 7%. The nitrogen treatment efficiencies in the PSTWs, on the other hand, remained almost the same after the introduction of the phosphorus treatment processes. To solve these problems more efficiently, it is necessary to develop management strategies for the upstream area of the Lake Uiam and set plans to improve nitrogen treatment operation and management for the PSTWs in Chuncheon.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.209-221
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of climate change on the nonpoint source pollution in a small watershed using a mid-range model. The study area is a basin in a rural area that covers 384 ha with a composition of 50% forest and 19% paddy. The hydrologic and water quality data were monitored from 1996 to 2004, and the feasibility of the GWLF (Generalized Watershed Loading function) model was examined in the agricultural small watershed using the data obtained from the study area. As one of the studies on climate change, KEI (Korea Environment Institute) has presented the monthly variation ratio of rainfall in Korea based on the climate change scenario for rainfall and temperature. These values and observed daily rainfall data of forty-one years from 1964 to 2004 in Suwon were used to generate daily weather data using the stochastic weather generator model (WGEN). Stream runoff was calibrated by the data of $1996{\sim}1999$ and was verified in $2002{\sim}2004$. The results were determination coeff, ($R^2$) of $0.70{\sim}0.91$ and root mean square error (RMSE) of $2.11{\sim}5.71$. Water quality simulation for SS, TN and TP showed $R^2$ values of 0.58, 0.47 and 0.62, respectively, The results for the impact of climate change on nonpoint source pollution show that if the factors of watershed are maintained as in the present circumstances, pollutant TN loads and TP would be expected to increase remarkably for the rainy season in the next fifty years.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.553-562
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• 2017

In these days, agricultural reservoirs are considered as a useful resource for recreational purposes, tour and cultural amenity for vicinity communities as well as irrigation water supply. However, many of the agricultural reservoirs are showing a eutrophic or hyper-eutrophic state and high level of organic contamination. In particular, about 44.7% of the aged agricultural reservoirs that constructed before 1945 exceed the water quality criteria for irrigational water use. In addition to external loading, internal nutrient loading from bottom sediment may play an important role in the nutrient budget of the aged reservoirs. The objectives of this study were to characterize variations of thermal structure of a shallow M reservoir (mean depth 1.7 m) and examine the potential of internal nutrient loading by continuous monitoring of vertical water temperature and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration profiles in 2015 and 2016. The effect of internal loading on the total loading of the reservoir was evaluated by mass balance analysis. Results showed that a weak thermal stratification and a strong DO stratification were developed in the shallow M Reservoir. And, dynamic temporal variation in DO was observed at the bottom of the reservoir. Persistent hypoxic conditions (DO concentrations less than 2 mg/L) were established for 87 days and 98 days in 2015 and 2016, respectively, during the no-rainy summer periods. The DO concentrations intermittently increased during several events of atmospheric temperature drop and rainfall. According to the mass balance analysis, the amount of internal $PO_4-P$ loading from sediment to the overlying water were 37.9% and 39.7% of total loading during no-rainy season in 2015 and 2016, respectively on August when algae growth is enhanced with increasing water temperature. Consequently, supply of DO to the lower layer of the reservoir could be effective countermeasure to reduce nutrient release under the condition of persistent DO depletion in the bottom of the reservoir.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.7-13
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• 2021

Due to rapid industrial development, population growth, and improvement of living standards, the amount of sewage and wastewater, including nutrients, is increasing every year. In addition to the increasing amount of sewage and wastewater generation, untreated linked treated water (manure, livestock manure, industrial wastewater, leachate, food waste) is also increasing, and many of the linked treated water flows directly into nearby sewage treatment plants. The associated treated water causes many problems because of its own characteristics, low flow rate with high concentration compared to existing inflow sewage. In order to solve this problem, it is necessary to investigate the quantity and quality of the connected treated water whichh is flowed into the sewage treatment plant, and a study the effect on sewage treatment. Therefore, in this paper, we would like to examine the effect of the linked treated water. Seasonal effect associated with water pollution conditions was considered. In addition, a scenario was created through the distribution and inflow of connected treated water along with the water temperature conditions. Through scenario analysis, we intend to optimize the operating conditions of linked processing.

• The Korean Journal of Malacology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.161-169
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• 2003

Seawater and sediment quality analysed was calculated to examinate the present environmental characteristics and pollution load was also calculated to evaluate the effect of farming area on the coastal environment. The measurements for seawater quality demonstrate the coastal environment has relatively eutrophicated with significantly decreased DO (0.2-8.5 mg/l) and elevated COD (9.6-31.2 mg/l) in summer. It was also evident that the water quality in Jindong Bay has been influenced by residues tide from Masan Bay with high metal concentration in August of 2002. Annual total pollution load (land and farm-driven) was estimated at 37,316 ton (SS) /yr: 9,809 ton/yr (26.3%) of land-driven load, 23,576 ton/yr (63.2%) of coastal sedimentation and 3,932 ton/yr (10.5%) of feces of cultural organisms. When all ark shell seedling farms are permitted species conversion to ascidian farm, the pollution load would increase by 196%, which may be another source for accelerating the eutrophication of the environment in Jindong Bay.