• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.62-73
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• 2004

The current status and problems of UST management in gas stations were reviewed, and suggestions were made for possible improvement of UST management. Regulations and programs relevant through the whole life cycle of the UST, such as construction, installation, operation, and disclosure are insufficient to prevent oil release. The UST requirements are less stringent compared to those of the U.S. and EU members. Current soil test does not seem to be practically effective in detecting soil contamination caused by oil release. The potential for subsurface contamination due to oil release from the UST is estimated from available data other than soil test results. Much higher following future directions and suggestions are made to improve current unsatisfactory UST management: Firstly, increasing the UST requirements - establishing more stringent standards for new UST facilities, and adding new regulatory requirements for existing UST facilities; secondly, replacing current soil test with the tank and piping tests; thirdly, reinforcing programs for supervising the tank construction and installation; fourthly, constructing a system in which independent gas stations can properly manage the USTs; and lastly, educating UST owners and operators, and constructing DB of UST facilities.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.34-45
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• 2014

A variety of physical, chemical, and microbiological techniques have been developed to deal with soil and groundwater contamination. However, in the presence of the large portion of soil micro-environments, contaminant rebound and/or tailing have been frequently reported. Case study of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) removal by full-scale land farming showed that contaminant rebound and/or tailing occurred in 9 out of total 21 cases and subsequently resulted in problems of a long term operation to satisfy TPH guidelines of contaminated soil and groundwater. The main cause of contaminant rebound and tailing is considered to be the strong interactions between contaminants and micro-environments including micro-particles, micro-pores, and organic matter. Thus, this study reviewed the effects of soil micro-environments of soil and groundwater on the removal efficiency for both heavy metals and petroleum contaminants. In addition, the various methods of sampling, analysis, and assessment of soil micro-environments were evaluated. Thorough understanding of the effects of soil micro-environments on contaminant removal will be essential to achieve a cost-effective and efficient solution to contaminated sites.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.122-127
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• 1996

본 실험은 미국 Washington 주 V 도시에서 1987년과 1908년에 PCP 유출사고로 발생된 PCP 오염토양을 처리하는 연구로 heme과 과산화수소를 이용한 abiotic 기술로 14C-PCP를 이용하여 PCP의 거동조사로 물질수지 연구와 pan 연구를 통하여 오염토양에서 PCP 제거되는 분해능을 조사하였다. $^{14}$ C-PCP를 이용한 오염토양에서 물질수지는 2g 오염토양당 0.035 g heme과 0.11g 과산화수소를 첨가하여 반응 24시간 동안 반응시킨후 완전 산화율은 20%, 토양잔류 27%, 그리고 용매상에는 38%로 총 $^{14}$ C-PCP가 회수율은 85% 이었다. PCP 유출사고로 보관된 오염토양 처리를 위한 pan 연구결과 24시간내 초기 PCP 987 mg/kg soil에서 85%가 제거되고, 서서히 분해되어 33일 에는 95% 분해능을 보여주고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 1998.06a
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• pp.38-42
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• 1998

Soil venting이 오염토양중 가솔린의 용출거동에 미치는 영향을 정량적으로 예측하기 위하여 가솔린의 휘발과 용해거동이 Raoult의 법칙에 의해 설명되어 질 수 있는지를 평가해보았다. 먼저 순수 가솔린의 용해거동과 휘발거동에 대해 검토해 보고 이후 토양중 가솔린의 거동에 적용하여 보았다. 가솔린성분들의 용해거동은 휘발에 의한 성분조성의 변화와 상관없이 Raoult의 법칙에 의해 비교적 정확하게 예측될 수 있었으며 오차범위는 naphthalene을 제외하고는 최고 $\pm$ 100% 이내였다. 오염토양의 형태로 가솔린이 존재하는 경우에도 Raoult의 법칙에 의해 정확히 예측될수 있었으나 토양중 농도가 초기 20,000 mg/kg에서 1,360 mg/kg로 감소한 경우에는 용출농도가 예측치의 50-70% 수준으로 낮은 경향을 보였다. 한편 soil venting시 휘발에 따른 조성변화를 Raoult의 법칙을 이용하여 산정하고 각 성분조성에 대한 개별물질들의 용출잠재성을 결정하는 모델을 이용하여 실험결과와 비교하여 보았다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.27-30
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• 2004

오염토양의 pH는 7.47에서 7.97까지의 범위로 약 알카리성이며, 토성은 80% 이상이 0.425 -2 mm 범위에 분포하는 coarse sand의 성질을 가지고 있다. 토양 입도 분석 및 농도 분포의 결과로 볼 때, 입도 2mm 이하의 토양 중 0.85-2.00 mm 범위에 있는 토양이 약 60% 이상의 오염물질을 포함하고 있다. 세척제로 고려된 용액 중 As 용출효율의 결과를 살펴보면, H$_3$PO$_4$ 및 citric acid가 100% 제거율을 보이고 있어 가장 효과적임을 나타내고 있다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.1-16
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• 2008

There are generally two types of groundwater vulnerability assessments. Intrinsic vulnerability is based on the assessment of natural climatic, geological and hydrogeological attributes and specific vulnerability relates to a specific contaminant, contaminant class, or human activity. Several methods to assess groundwater vulnerability, which are based on hydrogeologic setting and socio-economical environment, have been developed in USA and Europe. A Modified-DRASTIC model including a lineament factor has been developed in South Korea, but it still has some limitations. To develop a solid and applicable method in this country, many data of quality, hydraulic features, GIS data, and pollution source, produced from a Basic Survey based on Article 5 of the Groundwater Act and other research projects, need to be collected, analyzed and verified introducing the previous methods.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.8-17
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• 2006

Laboratory scale experiments were performed to investigate the removal efficiency of the in-situ chemical oxidation method and the air-sparging method for diesel contaminated soil and groundwater. Two kinds of diesel contaminated soils (TPH concentration : 2,401 mg/kg and 9,551 mg/kg) and groundwater sampled at Busan railroad station were used for the experiments. For batch experiments of chemical oxidation by using 50% hydrogen peroxide solution, TPH concentration of soil decreased to 18% and 15% of initial TPH concentration. For continuous column experiments, more than 70% of initial TPH in soil was removed by using soil flushing with 20% hydrogen peroxide solution, suggesting that most of diesel in soil reacted with hydrogen peroxide and degraded into $CO_2$ or $H_2O$ gases. Batch experiment for the air-sparging method with artificially contaminated groundwater (TPH concentration : 810 mg/L) was performed to evaluate the removal efficiency of the air-sparging method and TPH concentration of groundwater decreased to lower than 5 mg/L (waste water discharge tolerance limit) within 72 hours of air-sparging. For box experiment with diesel contaminated real soil and groundwater, the removal efficiency of air-sparging was very low because of the residual diesel phase existed in soil medium, suggesting that the air-sparging method should be applied to remediate groundwater after the free phase of diesel in soil medium was removed. For the last time, the in-situ box experiment for a unit process mixed the chemical oxidation process with the air-sparging process was performed to remove diesel from soil and groundwater at a time. Soil flushing with 20% hydrogen peroxide solution was applied to diesel contaminated soils in box, and subsequently contaminated groundwater was purified by the air-sparging method. With 23 L of 20% hydrogen peroxide solution and 2,160 L of air-sparging, TPH concentration of soil decreased from 9,551 mg/kg to 390 mg/kg and TPH concentration of groundwater reduced to lower than 5 mg/L. Results suggested that the combination process of the in-situ hydrogen peroxide flushing and the air-sparging has a great possibility to simultaneously remediate fuel contaminated soil and groundwater.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.32-42
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• 2020

오염부지 관리 기조가 매체 중심에서 수용체 중심으로 변화하면서 우리나라에 위해성평가 제도가 도입되었으나, 이를 오염현장에 충분히 활용하기 위한 체계와 관련 기술들은 아직 제대로 확립되어 있지 않다. 특히, 여러 가지 이유로 정화곤란부지로 분류가 되는 오염부지의 정화 및 관리와 그러한 부지에 적용될 수 있는 위해저감기술들에 대한 기술적, 사회적 논의와 합의도 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 그동안 오염토양의 정화에만 초점이 맞추어진 우리나라의 토양환경정책이 오염부지의 관점에서 그와 연결된 수용체를 보호하는 방향으로 나아가기 위해 필요한 위해성기반 오염 부지관리 의사결정체계를 제안하고, 그러한 관리체계가 현장에서 적절히 적용되도록 하기 위해 필요한 위해저감기술들을 조사, 분류하여 위해저감 방식에 따른 위해저감기술의 활용성 및 적용성을 평가하는 방안을 제안하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.336-339
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• 2005

포천지역의 포천천과 그 주변의 8개 소유역을 대상으로 2003년 8월부터 2004년 8월까지 하천 8개 지점과 기존 지하수 관정 66개소를 선정하여 수리지구화학 및 환경동위원소 연구를 실시하였다. 복합적인 토지이용과 관련하여 연구지역 수계에서는 오염물질 유입이 광역적으로 인지되었으며, 일부 지역에서는 지하수계로의 오염물질 유입이 강하게 나타나 인근 하천까지 영향을 줌이 확인되었다. 오염기원으로 해석되는 대표적인 무기이온종인 $NO_3,\;Cl,\;SO_4$의 존재비를 이용하여 연구 지역의 지표수와 충적 지하수를 크게 3개 수질 그룹으로 분류하였다. 이들 그룹들은 각각 특징적인 충진 특성과 용존 이온의 분포/거동 양상을 나타내는 것으로 해석된다. 본 논문에서는 세 유형의 지표수/충적 지하수 외에 암반 지하수를 포함하여 연구지역 자연수의 수리지구화학 진화 경로와 오염물질의 유입 및 거동 양상에 대하여 토의한다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.77-86
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• 2002

Surfactant enhanced in-situ soil flushing was performed to remediate the soil and groundwater at an oil contaminated site, where had been used as a military vehicle repair area for 40 years. A section from the contaminated site (4.5 m $\times$ 4.5 m $\times$ 6.0 m) was selected for the research, which was composed of heterogeneous sandy and silt-sandy soils with average $K_d$ of 2.0$\times$$10^{-4}$cm/sec. Two percent of sorbitan monooleate (POE 20) and 0.07% of iso-prophyl alcohol were mixed for the surfactant solution and 3 pore volumes of surfactant solution were injected to remove oil from the contaminated section. Four injection wells and two extraction wells were built in the section to flush surfactant solution. Water samples taken from extraction wells and the storage tank were analyzed on a gas-chromatography (GC) for TPH concentration in the effluent with different time. Five pore volumes of solution were extracted while TPH concentration in soil and groundwater at the section were below the Waste Water Discharge Limit (WWDL). The effluent TPH concentration from wells with only water flushing was below 10 ppm. However, the effluent concentration using surfactant solution flushing increased to 1751 ppm, which was more than 170 times compared with the concentration with only water flushing. Total 18.5 kg of oil (TPH) was removed from the soil and groundwater at the section. The concentration of heavy metals in the effluent solution also increased with the increase of TPH concentration, suggesting that the surfactant enhanced in-situ flushing be available to remove not only oil but heavy metals from contaminated sites. The removal efficiency of surfactant enhanced in-situ flushing was investigated at the real contaminated site in Korea. Results suggest that in-situ soil flushing could be a successful process to remediate contaminated sites distributed in Korea.