• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.311-321
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• 2009

Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment (L-THIA) was modified to improve runoff and pollutant load prediction for Korean watersheds with changes in land use classification and event mean concentration produced from observed data in Korea. The L-THIA model was linked with SCE-UA, which is one of the global optimization techniques, to automatically calibrate direct runoff. Modified L-THIA model was applied to Gumho River Basins to analyze spatial distribution of nonpoint source pollution. The results of model calibration during 1991~2000 and validation during 1981~1990 for direct runoff represented high model efficiency of 0.76 for calibration and 0.86 for validation. As a results of spatial analysis of nonpoint source pollution, the BOD was mainly loaded from urban area but SS, TN, and TP from agricultural area which is mainly located along the stream. Modified L-THIA model improve its accuracy with minimum imput data and application efforts. From this study, we can find out the L-THIA model is very useful tool to predict direct runoff and pollutant loads from the watershed and spatial analysis of nonpoint source pollution.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.166-180
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• 2015

Pollutant in watersheds comes from two major sources which are NPS (nonpoint source pollution) and PS (point source pollution). Most of the pollutant can be treated by wastewater treatment plants. However, wastewater treatment plants may not be an appropriate practice to improve water quality for the watersheds with large portion of NPS pollutant and NPS pollution from direct runoff and baseflow has different characteristics. Therefore the practices to improve water quality need to be comprehensive for pollutants by both direct runoff and baseflow. Riparian buffer, one of practices to manage pollutant in watershed, has been applied to reduce pollutant not only from direct runoff but also baseflow. In this study, the scenarios for pollutant reduction by wastewater treat plants and the nitrogen reduction by riparian buffer were simulated using SWAT-REMM to suggest an effective plan for pollutant reduction from baseflow. Riparian buffer provided nitrogen reduction of 0.2~75.0% in YbB watershed and 38.0~47.0% in GbA watershed. The result indicates that riparian buffer is effective to reduce the pollutant especially from baseflow, and it suggested as suitable for the a watershed which WWTP discharge is not capable to reduce enough pollutant.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.598-607
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• 2010

One of constraints in the application of unit-load method to estimate non-point pollution loads in the total water pollutant load management system (TWPLMS) is the limited numbers of applicable unit-loads. Since only 7 unit-loads are currently available for total 28 land-use categories in the national land register data, each unit-loads inevitably have to represent several land-use categories regardless of their actual land coverage characteristics. As a way to minimize the problem, this study suggested a nested application of the available unit-loads based on the analysis of high resolution aerial images taken in the Kyeongan watershed. Statistical analysis of three selected land-use categories such as school, apartment complex, and golf course showed that there exit significant (95% confidence level) relationships between the registered land-uses and actual land coverages. The school and apartment complex currently considered as 100% ground have only 65% and 80% of ground characteristics, respectively. Golf course, which is considered as 100% pasture, has about 5% of ground area. This indicates that the unit-load method using in TWPLMS can give over estimated non-point pollutant loads for the school and apartment complex (19.8~54.4%) but under estimation for the golf course (80.9%).

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제45권7호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2003

Nonpoint source pollutant loading from watershed may cause a problem to the water quality of the reservoir and stream. The characteristics of stream flow and water quality were monitored to investigate the runoff loading of the Namdae-cheon watershed from May in 1999 to October in 2003. Stage-discharge rating curve at the stream gauging site was established, and annual stream runoff of the study watershed was estimated as 499.4∼1,330.8mm during four years. The concentrations of total-nitrogen and total-phosphorus of stream water quality ranged from 0.76 to 6.95mg/L and from 0.0010 to 0.2276 mg/L, respectively, where T-N was generally higher than the water quality standard 1.0 mg/L for agricultural water use. The loads by unit generation of pollutant mass with respect to population, livestock, land use in this watershed were calculated. The runoff pollutant loadings by concentrations of total-N and total-P were estimated during study period, where the annual runoff loading of total-P was much less than the load by pollutant mass unit generation. The relations between stream discharge and water quality were analysed, and there was a high correlation for total-N but low for total-P. These results will be used to develop the monitoring techniques and water quality management system of agricultural watershed.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.140-148
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• 2017

강우 초기 표면 유출에 의해 지표수로 전달되는 비점오염물질을 저감하기 위하여 고안된 초기우수처리 장치의 효율을 분석하였다. 장치는 파일럿 규모로서 실험실 수준의 분석 결과에 근거하여 설계되었다. 강우시 사전에 설정된 조건들에 따라 실험 장치로 채수를 실시하였으며, 24시간 동안 정치하여 침강에 의해 오염물질을 제거한 상등수의 수질을 측정하여 효과를 분석하였다. 총 9번의 강우에 대하여 평균적인 제거 효율은 총고형물질(Total Suspended Solid, TSS), 총인(Total Phosphorus, TP) 그리고 총질소(Total Nitrogen, TN)에 대하여 각각 87.4%, 75.3% 및 43.6%로 나타났다. 초기 강우 유출수 오염물질의 농도는 강우량과 강우강도가 증가함에 따라 증가되는 것으로 분석되었다. 이는 강우 초기 각 오염물질의 고형물질의 분율이 더 크기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구에서는 초기 강우시 발생하는 유출수에 의한 오염부하의 상당부분을 단순한 침강만으로 효과적으로 제거할 수 있다는 것을 검증하고자 하였으며, 특히 추가의 동력이나 화학물질의 투입 없이도 고형물질 분율이 높은 TSS와 TP의 제거 효율이 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권2B호
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• pp.225-231
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• 2006

최근 들어 오염총량관리제의 시행과 함께 비점오염원 관리의 중요성이 커지고 있다. 오염총량이란 하천수질의 개선을 위하여 도입하였으며 유역이란 개념을 도입하였다. 하천수계로 유입되는 오염물질 부하량은 점오염원 부하량, 비점오염 부하량 및 안전율의 합으로 산정이 되고 있다. 그러나 일반적으로 유역 및 강우 특성에 기인하여 유출되는 비점오염원의 특수성 때문에 안전율을 보통 10% 정도로 두고 있다. 이러한 불확실성은 다양한 요인에 기인하는데, 모니터링을 통한 기초자료의 부족이 가장 원인으로 보고되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 다양한 비점오염원 중에서 포장율이 높아 오염물질의 유출이 높은 고속도로 지역에서의 오염물질 유출 부하 원단위 산정을 위하여 가장 필수적으로 요구되는 오염물질의 EMC 및 유출부하량 산정을 위하여 수행되었다. 고속도로의 경우, 높은 포장율과 많은 자동차의 운행으로 인하여 건조기간 동안 오염물질들의 축적이 높은 지역이며, 강우시 집중적으로 인근 수계로 유입되기에 비점오염원 관리에서 매우 중요한 토지이용으로 고려되고 있다. 그러나 현재 국내에서는 비점오염원에 관한 기초 연구가 미흡하여 고속도로 등을 포함한 각종 토지이용에서의 비점오염원에 관한 기초 자료의 부족이 매우 심각한 상황이다. 본 연구를 수행하기 위하여 국내 5개의 고속도로 지점에서 모니터링이 수행되었으며, 각 지점별 자동 유량 및 강우량 측정계를 설치하여 자료를 수집하였다. 모니터링 자료는 고속도로에서의 비점오염물질 EMC 및 부하량 산정을 위하여 사용되었다. EMC에 관한 95% 신뢰구간을 살펴보면, TSS의 경우 45.52-125.76 mg/L, COD는 52.04-95.48 mg/L, TN은 1.77-4.48 mg/L 그리고 TP의 경우 0.29-0.54 mg/L의 범위로 나타났다. 부하량에 관한 95% 확신범위는 TSS가 $712.7-2,418.4mg/m^2$의 범위를 보였으며, COD의 경우 $684.1-1,779.6mg/m^2$의 범위로 나타났다.

• 한국관개배수논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.94-102
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• 2011

The aim of this study was to evaluate the load of non-point sources pollutant at a paddy plot located at the valley watershed during irrigation period. Irrigation, runoff and water quality data in the paddy plot were analyzed periodically from June 1 to October 31 in 2005. The observed amount of precipitation, irrigation, runoff for the experimental paddy plot during the irrigation period was 1,297.8, 223.2, and 825.4mm, respectively. Total-N concentrations ranged from 3.73 to 18.10mg/L, which was generally higher than the quality standard of agricultural water (1.0mg/L). Total-P concentrations ranged from 0.111 to 0.243mg/L and the average was 0.139mg/L. The observed runoff pollutants loadings from the paddy plot were measured as 34.4 kg/ha for T-N, 1.0 kg/ha for T-P and 213.8 kg/ha for SS. The non-point sources pollutant load in drainage water depends on rainfall and surface drainage water amount from the paddy plot. We are considering that these results were affected by rainfall as well as hydrological condition, soil management, whether or not fertilizer application, cropping, rice straw and plowing.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.543-549
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• 2008

Human activities and land-use practices are intensely widening the urban areas. High impervious surface areas cover much of urban landscapes and are the primary pollutant sources which can lead to water quality and habitat degradation in its watershed. As the urban areas expand, transportation land-use such as parking lots, roads, service areas, toll-gates in highways and bridges also increase. These land-uses are significant in urban pollution due to high imperviousness rate and vehicular activities. To regulate the environmental impacts and to improve the water quality of rivers and lakes, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) in Korea developed the Total Pollution Load Management System (TPLMS) program. The main objective is to lead the watershed for a low impact development. On a local scale, some urban land surfaces can be emitting more pollution than others. Consequently, in urban areas, the unit loads are commonly employed to estimate total pollutant loadings emitted from various land-uses including residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, open lands such as parks and golf courses, and other developed land like parking areas as a result of development. In this research, unit pollutant loads derived specifically from transportation land-uses (i.e. branched out from urban areas) will be provided. Monitoring was conducted over 56 storm events at nine monitoring locations during three years. Results for the unit pollutant loads of transportation land-use are determined to be $399.5kg/km^2-day$ for TSS, $12.3kg/km^2-day$ for TN and $2.46kg/km^2-day$ for TP. The values are higher than those of urban areas in Korean MOE and US highways. These results can be used by MOE to separate the pollutant unit load of transportation landuses from urban areas.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.469-482
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• 2021

The recent climate change and urbanization have seen an increase in runoff and pollutant loads, and consequently significant negative water pollution. The characteristics of the pollutant loads vary among the different flow regime depending on their source and transport mechanism, However, pollutant load reduction based on flow regime perspectives has not been investigated thoroughly. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the effects of concentration on pollutant load characteristics and reductions from each flow regime to develop efficient pollution management. As non-point pollutants continuously increase due to the increase in impervious area, efficient management is necessary. Therefore, in this study, 1) the characteristics of pollutant sources were analyzed at the Dalcheon Basin, 2) reduction of nonpoint pollution, and 3) reduction efficiency for flow regimes were analyzed. By analyzing the characteristics of the Dalcheon Basin, a reduction efficiency scenario for each pollutant source was constructed. The efficiency analysis showed 0.06% to 5.62% for the living scenario, 0.09 to 24.62% for the livestock scenario, 0.17% to 12.81% for the industry scenario, 9.45% to 38.45% for the land scenario, and 9.8% to 39.2% for the composite scenario. Therefore, various pollution reduction scenarios, taking into account the characteristics of pollutants and flow regime characteristics, can contribute to the development of efficient measurements to improve water quality at various flow regime perspectives in the Dalcheon Basin.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2009

The objectives of this paper were to estimate cell based pollutant loadings for total maximum daily load (TMDL) programs and to evaluate the applicability of the agricultural nonpoint source (AGNPS) model for an intensive agricultural watershed in Korea. The model was calibrated and validated at a watershed of 384.8 ha of drainage area using the observed data from 1996 through 2000 in terms of runoff, suspended solid, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus on a hourly basis. Analysis of spatial variations of pollutant loadings for rainfall frequencies of various intensities and durations were conducted. In addition, the validated model was applied to estimated the TMDL removal efficiency for best management practices (BMPs) scenarios which were selected by taking into account the pollutant characteristics of the study watershed. The model can help to understand the problems and to find solutions through landuse changes and BMPs. Thus, the method used for this study was able to identify TMDL quantitatively as well as qualitatively for various sources pollution that are spatially dispersed. Also it provides an assessment of the impact of BMPs on the water bodies studied, allowing the TMDL programs to be complemented more effectively.