• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.105-112
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• 2008

Human activity has been the major threat to wetlands. Agriculture, industrial development, and urban and suburban sprawl have caused the greatest losses of coastal wetlands. In fact, riceland agriculture, because of the flooding that goes with it, provides some additional wetland habitat not otherwise available. The biggest current source of loss for freshwater coastal wetlands is from urban sprawl. In this study, spatial analysis method such as landscape index were applied to Sihwa area in Ansan city. The SMA (Spectral Mixture Analysis) method using Landsat image showed the change distribution of wetland vegetation from 1996 to 2004. The southern part of Sihwa wetland have been changed with Suda japonica of 24% and reed vegetation of 34% on coastal wetland which were covered with tidal flat.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.179-193
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• 2018

Nitrogen budgets in Sihwa-ho in 2010 were estimated using a mass balance approach. Major nitrogen fluxes sources can be divided into three sections: cities, agricultural area, and forest. Surplus nitrogen 2,030~2,214 ton/yr (2,123 ton/yr in average) was discharged to Sihwa Lake. 20% of the surplus nitrogen is removed from the wetland and 60% is removed tidal flats. Therefore net nitrogen discharge from Sihwa basin is estimated to be 650~708 ton/yr (679 ton/yr in average). Wet and dry nitrogen deposition and load from non-point sources ware estimated to be 97 ton/yr and 69 ton/yr, deposition is using CAMx model. So estimated total nitrogen discharge into Sihwa-ho was 817~875 ton/yr (846 ton/yr in average). The atmospheric load explains 11.1~11.9% (11.5% in average) of the total nitrogen load Sihwa-ho.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.315-324
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• 2016

In this study, we investigated changes in the macrobenthic community in Sihwa tidal flat before and after the operation of a Tidal Power Plant (TPP). In order to investigate changes in the macrobenthic community structure, field surveys were conducted at eighteen stations in 4 transect lines every September from 2011 to 2015. Mean density of macrobenthos decreased to $116ind./m^2$ in 2015 from $1,602ind./m^2$ in 2011. While the mean density of macrobenthos has decreased, species richness and biomass have gradually increased. The species diversity and SEP (Shannon-wiener Evenness Proportion) have also gradually increased over time since the operation of the TPP. The macrobenthic community in Sihwa tidal flat was divided into 4 groups on a yearly base. Before the operation of TPP, opportunistic species such as Neanthes succina and Polydora cornuta largely contributed to the structure of the macrobenthic community, while equilibrium species such as Periserrula leucophryna and Scopimera globosa contributed after the operation. With the operation of TPP, the macrobenthic community has rapidly recovered and this might be related to improvement in the quality of water and sedimentary environments as a result of an increase in water mass volume exchanged through the TPP gate.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.425-437
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• 2007

Flow distribution of water and sedimentation rate were investigated to understand the hydrodynamics and settling characteristics of particulate materials in a constructed wetland for treatment of non-point sources pollutants, the Sihwa constructed wetland, Korea. The Sihwa constructed wetland is divided into three sub-wetlands(the Banwol, the Donghwa and the Samhwa wetlands) to treat the polluted water from three streams, the Banwol stream, the Donghwa stream and the Samhwa stream. From the results of water flow experiment using dye(Rhodamine 50WT Red), it was found that the water flow in the wetland was prevailing at the waterway and open water. Dye was spread slowly in the closed water area planted by plants. The mean hydraulic retention time(HRT) at the upper area of high wetland and lower wetland of Banwol, was found to be 34.1 hr at the upper area and 74.6 hr at the lower area respectively, totaling approximately 108.7 hr(4.5 days). The sedimentation rate was higher at lower area(sites of B, C and D) of the wetland than upper area(site of A which is settling zone). Based on the forecast for 20 years as to the amount of sediment that can be deposited in the open water in the future, the sediment depth of each area would be like this: A: 6.3 cm, B: 8.3 cm, C: 7.0 cm, D: 9.5 cm. The contents of organic materials in the sediment deposited within the sediment trap were found to be higher overly in the first investigation period which had much rainfall, and B, C and D areas were found to have an increased COD accumulation than A area. Also, nitrogen and phosphorus were found to increase in the down-stream of the wetland. The results of this study suggest that a sustainable research and management for the characteristics of water flow pattern and sedimentation changeable as time passes is needs to maintain or improve the efficiency of water treatment in the constructed wetland.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.118-119
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.638-640
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 조력발전소 가동조건을 적용한 발전량 산정 프로그램을 이용하여 시화호 홍수위를 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.94-97
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.164-167
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.61-62
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• 2018

시화호는 1994년에 완공된 인공호수로, 완공 이후 심각한 오염에 직면하여 방조제 건설 후 4년째인 1998년부터 바닷물을 일부 유통하기 시작하여 2001년 10월부터 해수의 상시 유통이 확정되었다. 또한, 시화호 조력발전소는 2011년 11월에 착공되어 본격적인 전력생산에 들어 갔으며, 2018년 1월 현재 전력공급량은 29억kWh를 달성하였다. 시화호는 환경적 오염으로 인하여 많은 문제가 야기된 곳이기 때문에 환경적 또는 재해적인 검토를 통한 기초자료의 분석 및 공개는 필수적이라 판단된다. 이러한 목적 하에 수행된 시화호 수리수문 해석결과, 시화호 수리특성은 시화호 조력발전소 운영조건과 시화화 유입하천에 의해 결정되는데, 시화호 조력발전소 관리수위 조건 하에서 고조위는 -1.5m~-0.94m의 분포를, 제한수위 조건하에서 -0.76~0.48m의 분포를 보인다. 또한, 장기하상변동 결과는 수로 부근은 침식이, 그 외의 구간은 퇴적이 우세하게 나타났다. 이러한 결과로, 시화호는 내측으로 갈수록 재해적 환경적으로 불리한 지역임이 확인하였다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.325-343
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• 2003

In this study, several types of rainfall time distribution of the probabilistic rainfall amount have been applied to the Sihwa Lake, located in Gyounggi Province, Korea and their runoff characteristics, obtained by the Hec-Hms program, according to the rainfall distribution types, were compared and analysed. And then, the influences of the above rainfall distribution types of the highest water level of the reservoir, computed through the reservoir flood routing, were analysed. The tidal variation was considered, performing the flood routing and, in addition, the new program, called “IWSEA”, which can compute the reservoir water level, was developed. To conclude, when the Mononobe type of the rainfall distribution was used, the largest inflow flood discharge into the reservoir was performed and the highest reservoir water level was obtained when the Pilgrim-Cordery type of the rainfall distribution was applied.