• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.126-133
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• 2011

The current world wide interest in environmental issues has moved from energy conservation to $CO_2$emission reduction. Recently, according to the increase in demand for water resources, insufficient potable water circumstance is supposed, unless there are corresponding in crease in water conservation and water recycling. This study has attempted to analyze $CO_2$emission reduction by water saving strategies like installation water saving devices, rain water harvesting and grey water system. To do this, this research investigates applicable water conservative strategies by literature review and calculated total water saving. The results show that (1) firstly, the water usage and $CO_2$ emission could be reduced up to 44%, (2) $CO_2$ emission reduction by water saving devices and rainwater harvesting system is about 47.7%, and (3) water usage and $CO_2$ emission reduction by grey water system is about 66%. In the future, this paper will be utilized for water management from the early design stage to maintenance stage of water glutton building.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2017

Drinking water deficiency is prevalent in developing countries due to contamination of surface and ground water, difficulties of water treatment, and lack of water infrastructures. 'Rainwater For Drinking (RFD)' projects are emerging as one of the effective solutions globally since RFD systems provide safe drinking water from rainwater. In RFD projects, perception of local residents toward RFD project is essential as local residents must manage their RFD systems on their own after the project finishes. This research performed survey and interview to 209 local residents, who use RFD systems, and analyzed their general perception, expected effects and feared factors toward RFD projects. Through the research, it was shown that the most of the local residents have positive perception towards RFD projects' effectiveness (41.9%) and are willing to participate (58.9%). The top three expected effect factors of the RFD projects were 'supply of safe water source', 'vitalization of local community', and 'expansion of RFD system'. The top three feared factors were 'quality of rainwater', 'technical factors of RFD system', and 'maintenance of RFD system'. The research findings indicate that development of simple water quality measuring device and education of the local residents about RFD system is necessary for better maintenance of the RFD system after the project finishes.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.53 no.11
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• pp.961-971
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• 2020

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that the amount of precipitation in South Korea would increase regardless of the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Moreover, the temporal and spatial rainfall variation would also increase in the future. Due to the geographic allocation of Korea, more than 80% of the annual precipitation occurs in the wet season from early July to late September. It is expected that the average precipitation in this period will increase from the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) scenario projections. These predictions imply an increased variability of available water resources. Rainwater harvesting system is widely used as an alternative water resources today. This study introduces a RBSN (rain barrel sharing network) as an efficient way to utilize alternative water resources under the RCP scenarios. The concept of RBSN combines individual rainwater harvesting system to a sharing network, which make the whole system more reliable. This study evaluated a RBSN in South Korea composed of four users based on a storage-reliability-yield (SRY) relationship. The study area comprises all 17 provincal areas in South Korea. The result showed a huge benefit from a RBSN in Korea under the historical rainfall condition. Even in the climate change condition, the results showed that a RBSN is still beneficial but the changes in reliability are different depending on provinces in Korea. The results of this study shows that a RBSN is a very effective and alternative measure that can deal with the impacts of climate change in the near future.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.386-386
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• 2022

우리나라에서는 '물의 재이용 촉진 및 지원에 관한 법률 시행규칙' 등 다양한 법률에 따라 특정 규모 이상의 시설에 빗물이용시설을 설치하도록 규정하고 있으며, 지자체에서는 빗물이용시설의 이용을 장려하고자 설치비 및 시설 운영비를 지원하고 있다. 현업에서 빗물이용시설의 설계는 간편식을 이용하여 목표 우수이용률 또는 공급보장률을 만족하는 용량으로 결정하고 있다. 또한, 산정된 빗물이용시설의 용량에 대해서만 경제성 분석을 하고 있으며, 경제성 분석에 포함된 수식에 대한 근거가 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 기 개발된 빗물이용시설 설계 프로그램인 CARAH(capacity design aid for rainwater harvesting)의 추가 기능으로 경제성 분석을 통한 빗물이용시설의 적정 용량 결정 도구 및 사용자 편의 환경 개발 결과를 제시하고자 한다. 본 연구를 통해 개발된 CARAH의 경제성 분석 도구는 빗물이용시설의 용량, 설치비, 유지보수비용, 지자체의 설치비 지원 및 빗물 이용에 따른 요금 감면액 등을 고려하여 빗물이용시설의 비용편익 비율(benefit cost ratio; BCR) 산정 결과를 제시하는 기능이다. 본 연구에서는 개발된 CARAH의 경제성 분석 도구를 이용하여 기 설치된 광교 신도시의 빗물저류조 5호를 대상으로 경제성 분석을 수행하였으며, 경제성을 고려한 적정 저류 용량을 제시하였다. 경제성 분석 기간은 빗물이용시설의 내용 연수인 30년으로 하였으며, 여러 목표 공급보장률에 따른 최소 저류 용량별 BCR 결과를 비교하여 광교 신도시의 빗물저류조 5호의 적정 저류 용량을 결정하였다. 그 결과, 공급보장률이 60%에 해당하는 저류 용량 341 m3의 BCR이 7.28로 가장 경제적인 빗물이용시설의 저류 용량으로 산정되었다.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.62 no.6
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• pp.111-118
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• 2020

This study developed a rainwater harvesting system for the irrigation of upland on sloping area. The assessment of water supply capacity was evaluated in farm field experience. This system consists of a water catchment device and a collapsible storage tank. The water catchment device was designed to collect runoff water in natural channel of 500 mm width into a pipe of 50 mm inner diameter. The device has funnel-shaped plan and cross-section of square. The storage capacity of the collapsible water tank was caculated to meet the water demand for irrigation in 30 a cultivated land for 10-year frequancy drought. The tank has a cuboid shape with a capacity of 30 ㎥, 5 m in width and length, 1.2 m in height. This system can supply 92% of the water required for drop irrigation of red pepper and 88% of the water required for drop irrigation of onions in 30 a cultivation land during the month of May and June. In the case of 16-dry days of 10-years frequency, this system is capable to irrigate 100% of required water for red pepper and onion, 76.7% of required water for Omija (Schisandra chinensis), and 51.5% of required water for autumn kimchi cabbage.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.418-418
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 수문학적 물수지 분석을 통한 물수요-공급 시계열 분석을 수행하여 빗물이용률을 산정하였다. 물수지 분석 도구를 개발하였으며, 이를 통해 빗물이용시설 공급충족률(필요수량 대비 빗물이용량), 빗물보장률(전체일수 대비 빗물이용일수), 빗물이용률(빗물이용시서용량 대비 빗물이용가능량)에 대해 분석을 수행하였다. 업무시설, 학교, 체육시설(공원), 공동주택에 대해 수요처별 수요 시나리오를 작성하였으며, 고수요 75%, 중수요 50%, 저수요 25%를 적용하였다. 시나리오별 실제 용량과 기준용량에 따른 빗물이용률을 비교함으로써 현재 설치된 빗물이용시설이 잘 계획되었는지, 과소 계획되었는지 파악할 수 있다. 빗물이용률 분석을 위해 빗물이용시설 유형별 2개소씩 선정하였으며, 빗물이용시설 실제용량 및 기준용량(집수면적(m²)×0.05 적용)에 따른 수요 시나리오별 빗물이용률을 비교하였다. 이와 같이 물수지 분석 도구를 이용하면 다양한 시나리오 적용에 따른 운영 결과를 향후 설치될 빗물이용시설의 설치 이전에 확인하여 최적 운영방안 도출 및 저류조 용량 계획에 참고할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.111-124
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• 2014

Decentralized water supply systems, treating the water in users'vicinity, cutting down the distribution system, utilizing the alternative water resources(rainwater harvesting, water reclamation and reuse and so on.) and saving energy and other resources, could be categorized into POU(Point-Of-Use), POE(Point-Of-Entry) and community small scale system. From the literature review, we could thought that decentralized water supply system and hybrid system(integrating centralized and decentralized water supply system within urban water management) might have strengthening comparative advantages to centralized system with respect to: (1) water security, (2) sustainability, (3) economical affordability. Even though it is difficult to derive and quantify direct benefit advantages from decentralized and hybrid system in comparison with centralized system, (1) operational cost reduction, (2) assurance for safe and stability water supply and (3) greenhouse gas reduction can be expected from successful establishment of the former.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.501-501
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• 2022

2014년 개정된 물의 재이용 촉진 및 지원에 관한법률(이하, 물재이용법)에 따라서 빗물이용시설의 수는 꾸준히 증가하고 있는 추세이나 실제 연간사용량의 경우 연별 증가량은 미미하다. 또한 2016년도 환경부 하수도 통계에 따른 2,043개의 빗물이용시설 중 집수면적 미파악시설의 749개, 여과시설 유무 미파악시설 564개, 연간 운영비 산출 불가능 시설 1,843개, 연강 사용량 미집계 시설 905개로 관리실태가 부실함을 확인할 수 있다. 이에 빗물이용시설의 설치·운영 실태조사 및 문제점을 분석하고 빗물이용이 비교적 활성화 된 시설을 대상은 현장조사를 수행을 통해 빗물이용시설의 현황을 분석하고 현실적인 여건을 반영하여 빗물이용을 활성화할 수 있는 방안을 마련하고자 하였다. 물재이용법에 따른 빗물이용시설 법정의무대상시설의 빗물활용처는 전체의 약 92%가 조경요수로 활용하고 있으며, 다음으로 청소화장실용수(약 3%)로 활용하고 있다. 건축물 용도에 따라서 골프장, 공공기관청사/공공업무시설, 대규모점포, 실내체육관/종합운동장, 학교의 경우 건축물 용도별로 각 30% 정도가, 공동주택의 경우 약 60%가 빗물이용시설을 활용하고 있음에도 빗물을 사용하지 았는 것으로 파악되었다. 이는 빗물을 사용해야하는 시기에 저류조에 저류된 빗물의 양이 부족한 것과 운영비 부담 순으로 조사되었다. 따라서 빗물이용시설의 빗물이용활성화를 위해서는 물수요-공급에 대한 개념을 도입한 물수지 분석이 필요하며, 운영비 부담을 줄일 수 있는 다양한 방안을 탐색하는 것이 적절할 것이다. 현장조사 결과에서도 기술 등의 발달로 빗물이용시설은 잘 구축되고 있으나 활용처에서 필요한 필요수량에 따라 활용률이 상이한 것으로 조사되었다. 이러한 실태조사 및 현장조사를 바탕으로 빗물이용시설의 빗물이용 활성화를 위한 방안에 대하여 기술적 및 제도적 방안에 대해서 제안하였다.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.529-540
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• 2018

Sand dam is a flow barrier commonly built on small or medium size sandy rivers to accumulate sand and store excess water for later use or increase the water table. The effectiveness of sand dam in increasing the water table and the amount of extractable groundwater is tested using numerical models. Two models are developed to test the hypothesis. The first model is to simulate the groundwater flow in a pseudo-natural aquifer system with the hydraulically connected river. The second model, a modified version of the first model, is constructed with a sand dam, which raises the riverbed by 2 m. In both models, the effect of groundwater abstraction is tested by varying the pumping rate. As the model results show the groundwater after the construction of the sand dam has increased significantly and the amount of extractable groundwater is also increased by many folds. Most importantly, in the second model, unlike the pseudo-natural aquifer system, the groundwater abstraction does not have a significant effect on the water table.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.66-78
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• 2011

It is getting difficult to manage water resources in South Korea because more than half of annual precipitation is concentrated in the summer season and its intensity is increasing due to global warming and climate change. Artificial recharge schemes such as well recharge of surface water and roof-top rainwater harvesting can be a useful method to manage water resources in Korea. In this study, potential artificial recharge site is evaluated using geographic information system with hydrogeological and social factors. The hydrogeological factors include annual precipitation, geological classification based on geological map, specific capacity and depth to water level of national groundwater monitoring wells. These factors were selected to evaluate potential artificial recharge site because annual precipitation is closely related to source water availability for artificial recharge, geological features and specific capacity are related to injection capacity and depth to water is related to storage capacity of the subsurface medium. In addition to those hydrogeological factors, social aspect was taken into consideration by selecting the areas that is not serviced by national water works and have been suffered from drought. These factors are graded into five rates and integrated together in the GIS system resulting in spatial distribution of artificial recharge potential. Cheongsong, Yeongdeok in Gyeongsangbuk-do and Hadong in Gyeongsangnam-do, and Suncheon in Jeollanam-do were proven as favorable areas for applying artificial recharge schemes. Although the potential map for artificial recharge in South Korea developed in this study need to be improved by using other scientific factors such as evaporation and topographical features, and other social factors such as water-curtain cultivation area, hot spring resorts and industrial area where groundwater level is severely lowered, it can be used in a rough site-selection, preliminary and/or feasibility study for artificial recharge.