• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.38 no.5 s.174
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• pp.547-561
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• 2005

General characteristics of groundwater contamination by As were reviewed with several recent researches, and its occurrence in groundwater of Korea was investigated based on a ffw previous studies and a groundwater quality survey in Nonsan and Geumsan areas. In Bangladesh, which has been known as the most serious arsenic calamity country, about $28\%$ of the shallow groundwaters exceeded the Bangladesh drinking water standard, $50{\mu}g/L$, and it was estimated that about 28 million people were exposed to concentrations greater than the standard. Groundwater was characterized by circum-neutral pH with a moderate to strong reducing conditions. Low concentrations of $SO_4^{2-}$ and $NO_3^-$, and high contents of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and $NH_4^+$ were typical chemical characteristics. Total As concentrations were enriched in the Holocene alluvial aquifers with a dominance of As(III) species. It was generally agreed that reductive dissolution of Fe oxyhydroxides was the main mechanism for the release of As into groundwater coupling with the presence of organic matters and microbial activities as principal factors. A new model has also been suggested to explain how arsenic can naturally contaminate groundwaters far from the ultimate source with transport of As by active tectonic uplift and glaciatiion during Pleistocene, chemical weathering and deposition, and microbial reaction processes. In Korea, it has not been reported to be so serious As contamination, and from the national groundwater quality monitoring survey, only about $1\%$ of grounwaters have concentrations higher than $10{\mu}g/:L.$ However, it was revealed that $19.3\%$ of mineral waters, and $7\%$ of tube-well waters from Nonsan and Geumsan areas contained As concentrations above $10{\mu}g/:L.$. Also, percentages exceeding this value during detailed groundwater quality surveys were $36\%\;and\;22\%$ from Jeonnam and Ulsan areas, respectively, indicating As enrichment possibly by geological factors and local mineralization. Further systematic researches need to proceed in areas potential to As contamination such as mineralized, metasedimentary rock-based, alluvial, and acid sulfate soil areas. Prior to that, it is required to understand various geochemical and microbial processes, and groundwater flow characteristics affecting the behavior of As.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.281-296
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• 2010

방그라데시 북부에 위치한 풀바리 우파질라 지역의 지하수에서 pH, EC, 주요 양이온 ($Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Na^+$, $K^+$, $Zn^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$, $Fe^{3+}$, and $As^{3+}$), 주요 음이온 (${CO_3}^{2-}$, $HCO_3{^-}$, $NO_3{^-}$, ${SO_4}^{2-}$ and $Cl^-$) 그리고 total dissolved solids (TDS) 등의 용존물질 함량을 측정하였다. 또한 sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), soluble sodium percentage (SSP), residual sodium carbonate (RSC), 경도 등의 지표도 계산하였다. 전체적으로 지하수의 pH는 약알칼리성 (6.24 - 8.10)을 띄었으며, 주요 양이온은 $Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$ and $Na^+$ 이었고, 주요 음이온은 $HCO_3{^-}$ and $Cl^-$ 으로서 전형적인 담수의 이온조성을 보였다. $Cu^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$ and $Fe^{3+}$ 의 최대 농도는 각각 1.71, 0.606, 0.125 mg/L 이었다. 방글라데시의 여러 지역에서는 비소에 의한 지하수의 오염이 흔히 나 타나고 있으나 이지역에서 비소의 최대농도가 0.41 mg/L로서 기준치인 0.05 mg/L 보다 낮은 오 염도를 보였다. TDS와 SAR, SSP 등으로 볼 때 이 지역의 지하수는 대부분 양호한 수질을 가지는 담수인 것으로 평가된다. $As^{3+}$, $Zn^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$, $Fe^{3+}$, ${SO_4}^{2-}$, $NO_3{^-}$ and $Cl^-$ 등의 농도는 음용수로 적합한 수준이었으나 일부 항목은 특정 산업용도로는 부적합한 농도를 보였다. 현재로서는 이지역 의 지하수는 대부분 음용이 가능하고 일부 산업용에 대해서만 부적합성을 보였다. 그러나 앞으로 지 하수의 이용과 산업활동이 증가하면 방글라데시의 많은 다른 지역의 지하수에서 발생한 사례와 같 이 용존물질의 농도가 증가하여 물의 용도에 제한을 받게 될 우려가 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2004.09a
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• pp.385-389
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• 2004

임기납석광산 폐석적치장 상부의 계곡수로부터 폐석적치장 하부인 수영강 합수지점까지 수계를 따라 물시료 12개 지점을 대상으로 수질 및 안정동위원소 분석을 수행하였다. 폐석적치장으로부터 pH가 2.83이고 Fe, Al, Mn 등으로 심하게 오염된 산성배수가 유출되어 계곡수를 오염시키며 수계의 수질은 $Ca^{2＋}$-SO$_{4}$$^{2－}$ 형태로 변화되고 폐석적치장 주변 수로에 적화현상을 유발하고 있다. 또한 안정동위원소 분석결과 임기납석광산 인근 수계에 가장 큰 오염부하를 유발하는 요소인 침출수(산성배수)의 기원은 강수기원으로 판단된다. 이는 폐석침출수 오염원 평가 및 처리에 유용한 자료로 이용 될 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.186-195
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• 2021

In Korea, groundwater quality is monitored through National Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network (NGQMN) administered by Ministry of Environment. For a given contaminant, compliance to groundwater quality standards is assessed on a annual basis by monitoring the number of incidents that concentration exceeds the regulatory limit. However, this approach provides only a fractional information about groundwater quality degradation, and more crucial information such as location and severity of the contamination cannot be obtained. For better groundwater quality management on a watershed, a more spatially informative and intuitive method is required. This study presents two statistical methods to convert point-wise monitoring data into information on groundwater quality status of a watershed by using a proposed grading scale. The proposed grading system is based on readily available reference standards that classify the water quality into 4 grades. The methods were evaluated with NO₃^-, Cl^-, and total coliform data in Geum River basin. The analyses revealed that groundwater in most watersheds of Geum River basin is good for domestic or/and drinking with no treatment. But, there was notable quality degradation in Bunam seawall and So-oak downstream standard watersheds contaminated by NO₃^- and Cl^-, respectively.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.14 no.3 s.40
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• pp.259-272
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of hydrochemical variation of groundwater on the gas tigtness in an unlined oil storage cavern. The groundwater chemistry is greatly influenced by the seawater mixing, the water curtain and the dissolution of grounting cements. The chemical composition of groundwater greatly varies ac-cording to both the location of monitoring wells and the sampling period. Most of groundwater shows alkaline pH and high electrical conductivity. The chemical types of groundwater show the dominant order as follows : Na-Cl type > Ca-Cl type > $Ca-HCO_3(CO_3)$ type. Thermodynamic equilibrium state between chemical composition of groundwater and major minerals indicates that carbonate minerals except clay minerals can be precipitated as a secondary mineral. It means that the secondary precipitates can not greatly exerts the clogging effect into fracture aperture in rock mass around oil storage cavern. The content of total organic carbon (TOC) shows a slightly increasing trend from initial stage to late stage. The $EpCO_2$ was computed so as to assess the gas contribution on the $CO_2$ in groundwater. The $EpCO_2$ of 0$\~$41.3 indicates that the contribution of oil gas on $CO_2$ pressure in groundwater system can be neglected.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.25-33
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• 2010

Most of contaminated groundwater in the study area was contaminated by $NO_3-N$ due to inflow of contaminated shallow surface groundwater inflow into groundwater well. Poor grouting and teared screen have increased contaminated shallow surface groundwater inflow into groundwater well. Contaminated shallow surface groundwater was inflowed into groundwater well throughout faults, joints and fracture zone of ESE-WNW, NNW, NW-SE and NS direction. The objective of this paper is to evaluate an improvement of water quality for contaminated groundwater by $NO_3-N$ using compression packer. For this study groundwater samples collected from 46 groundwater wells were analyzed to clarify $NO_3-N$ contents. Groundwater wells over 10 mg/L in $NO_3-N$ content is 9 wells showing 20% among total samples. $NO_3-N$ contents after compression packer installation showed 26~81% low value compared with before compression packer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.438-442
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• 2004

국가적인 수자원 다변화 정책의 일환으로 충적층을 활용한 강변여과, 지하수댐, 직접 함양 등의 다양한 충적층 지하수 인공함양 활용 가능성이 점차적으로 증대되고 있지만, 국내에서는 이를 구체적으로 활용하기 위하여 필요한 충적층 지하수의 개발 및 관리를 위한 충적층 수문지질도를 찾아보기 힘든 실정이다. 따라서, 본 발표에서는 부여 군수리 지역을 시범 대상 지역으로 선정하여 수자원 개발을 위한 충적층 활용 가능성을 평가하기 위해 기본적으로 필요한 지형적, 지질학적, 수리적 및 환경적 요소들을 포함하는 시범 충적층 수문지질도를 작성하였다. 본 충적층 수문지질도에는 지하수위 및 수질 변화, 지표 토양조건 및 지하 대수층 분포 등를 추정할 수 있는 다양한 자료들을 포함하고 있으며, 대부분의 이들 자료는 직접 현장 조사를 통해 획득되었다. 이러한 시범 충적층 수문지질도의 작성은 향후 충적층 지하수의 개발 및 관리시에 기본 자료로 활용될 것이다. 그러나, 앞으로 보다 정밀하고 효용성 있는 충적층 수문지질도 작성을 위해서는 이번 시범 작성을 참조하여 보다 많은 개선과 표준화가 요구된다.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.189-198
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• 2003

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the groundwater pumping capadty at a catchment area containing interrelated wells without considering their qualities by using numerical simulation in Miyake Island, young volcanic island with very complicated hydro-geological formations. The groundwater pumping capadties of each well and over entire study area were estimated as the IMY(i,t) by individual withdrawals and the SSMY(t) by simultaneous withdrawals. These results can be used to secure a sure source for taking a plan for supplying water use in young volcanic island as Miyake Island. In simultaneous withdrawals, the withdrawals from well no. 5 and 6 should have the roles as the barrier wells against the intrusion of the groundwater of the part adjacent to Tairo Pond into the inner part of study area. Therefore, it can be suggested to adopt the simultaneous withdrawals as the optimal approach of groundwater management for supplying water use with respect to quantity and quality.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.1310-1314
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• 2008

수도권 지역의 신도시 개발에 따른 유역의 도시화와 인구 증가는 유역의 피복상태를 변화시키고, 생태계에 영향을 미치는 수문학적 과정과 하천수질의 변화를 초래하게 된다. 지표면의 침투, 침루 및 토양함수량을 변화시키고, 차단저류량과 요지저류량(depression storage) 등을 변화시킴으로서 유출량과 수질을 변화시키게 되는 것이다. 이와 같은 수문학적과정을 평가하기 위해서는 수문모형을 사용하는데 본 연구에서는 미국 농림부에서 개발한 SWAT모형을 이용하였다. SWAT-K모형은 SWAT(Soil and Water Assessment Tool) 모형에 인위적, 자연적인 물순환 구조변화와 지표수-지하수 연계 해석 등을 개선하여, 강우 증발산 토양수분 지표수 지하수 등의 시, 공간적 분포를 정량적으로 산정하는 장기유출 해석 모형이다. 또한, 본 모형의 적용을 위하여 GIS를 이용한 공간정보를 처리하여 수문모형의 매개변수를 결정하는 방법이 널리 사용되고 있는데, 본 연구에서는 ArcView GIS를 이용하여 입력자료를 구축하였다. 대상유역은 판교유역으로서 신도시 개발이 한창 진행되고 있는 지역으로서, 개발 과정에 따라 수문특성, 유출특성, 수질변화 특성 등이 계속하여 변화되고 있으며, 개발이 완전히 종료된 이후의 특성을 예측할 필요가 있는 유역이다. 본 연구에서는 SWAT-K모형을 이용하여 판교 신도시 개발에 따른 장기유출량을 예측하였고 모델의 매개변수를 최적화하였으며, 그 결과 본 모델이 장기 유출량 해석 및 판교유역의 수문변화를 평가하는데 유용하게 적용될 수 있을 것으로 판단되었다.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.81-99
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• 2018

Excessive groundwater discharge by tunneling and tunnel operation can lead to groundwater exhaustion and ground subsidence. Therefore, it is very important to evaluate environmental impact and to establish mitigation measures of the impact related to tunnel excavation based on hydrogeological and modeling approaches. This study examined the depletion of surface reservoirs and valley water due to tunnel excavation through field survey, water quality analysis, tracer test, and groundwater modeling. As a result of field water quality test, the concentration of chemical constituents in groundwater discharge into the tunnel is slightly higher than that of valley water. By the result of laboratory water analysis, both valley water and the groundwater belong to $Ca^{2+}+HCO_3{^-}$ type. Tracer test that was conducted between the valley at the injection point and the tunnel, indicates valley water infiltration into the ground and flowing out to the tunnel, with maximum electrical conductance changes of $70{\mu}S/cm$ in the first test and of $40{\mu}S/cm$ in the second test. By groundwater modeling, the groundwater discharge rate into the tunnel during tunnel construction is estimated as $4,942m^3/day$ and groundwater level recovers in 3 years from the tunnel completion. As a result of particle tracking modeling, the nearest particle reaches the tunnel after 6 hours and the farthest particle reaches the tunnel after 9 hours, similarly to the case of the field trace test.