• 한국습지학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2021

급속한 산업발전과 인구증가, 생활 수준의 향상으로 영양염류를 포함한 하·폐수 발생량이 매년 증가하고 있다. 증가하는 하·폐수 발생량과 더불어 미처리 연계처리수(분뇨, 가축분뇨, 산업폐수, 침출수, 음폐수)또한 발생량이 증가하고 있고, 연계처리수 상당 수가 인근 하수처리장으로 연계하여 연계처리되고 있다. 연계처리수는 기존 유입하수와 비교했을 때 저유량 고농도의 특징을 가지고 있기때문에 하수처리장에서는 방류수 수질 악화, 처리량 증가, 오염부하 증가, 충격부하 또는 중금속 유입 등과 같은 많은 문제점을 가지게 된다. 이와같은 문제를 해결하기 위해서 하수처리장에 연계 유입되는 연계처리수의 양 및 수질 등의 조사가 필요하고, 하수처리에 미치는 영향등에 관한 연구가 필요하다. 따라서 본 논문은 연계처리수의 영향을 살펴보기 위해 4계절에 따른 수온조건을 고려했을 때 연계처리수의 영향 및 연계처리수 유입 유량 분배 등 영향인자를 고려하여 시나리오를 만들고 최적의 효율을 나타내는 조건을 분석하고자 한다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2014

In this study, the influence of the control and operational parameters within a sewage treatment plant were reviewed by performing multiple regression analysis on the effluent quality of the sewage treatment. The data used for this review are based on the actual data from a sewage treatment plant using the media process within the year 2012. The prediction models of chemical oxygen demand ($COD_{Mn}$) and total nitrogen (T-N) within the effluent of the 2nd settling tank based on the multiple regression analysis yielded the prediction accuracy measurements of 0.93 and 0.84, respectively; and it was concluded that the model was accurately predicting the variances of the actual observed values. If the data on the energy spent on each operating condition can be collected, then the operating parameter that conserves energy without violating the effluent quality standards of COD and T-N can be determined using the regression model and the standardized regression coefficients. These results can provide appropriate operation guidelines to conserve energy to the operators at sewage treatment plants that consume a lot of energy.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2024

In the context of the Ministry of Environment's 2022 Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Public Institutions, public sewage treatment plants are one of the important targets for climate change response aimed at sustainable water management. In this study, it is applied a modified methodology to four water regeneration centers (public sewage treatment facilities) in charge of sewage treatment in Seoul to analyze the impacts and risks of climate change and discuss priorities for adaptation measures. The results of the study showed that heavy rains, heat waves, and droughts will be the key impacts of climate change, and highlighted the need for measures to mitigate these risks, especially for facility managers.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2006

Many small scale Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) are currently being constructed at many rural areas. The STPs in rural area suffer from low concentration and large inflow quantity fluctuation during wet weather mainly due to illicit combined sewer system. Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) is a process effectively coping with these obstacles. The main objective of this study was to evaluate SBR with high hydraulic loading and low inflow concentration. The operating conditions tested were: organic loading rate = $0.17-0.42KgBOD/m^3/d$, hydraulic loadings = $12.1-61.5m^3/m^2/d$, average MLSS concentration = 2500 mg/L, F/M ratio = 0.026-0.17 KgBOD/Kg MLSS, HRT = 9-12 hr HRT, and SRT = 5.6-33.6 days. Organic loading rate on SBR did not impact significantly on BOD and SS removal efficiencies. To increase treatment efficiencies, low hydraulic loading rate with low concentration was required. The results suggested that low influent concentration with high inflow rates during wet weather requires extended time for settling.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.237-245
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• 2017

본 연구는 전라북도 내 하수처리장 방류수를 효율적으로 재이용하기 위해 일일 방류량이 $5,000m^3$ 이상 되는 12개 하수처리장을 대상으로 방류수 수질을 조사하고 처리장 주변 현황을 파악하여 용도별 재이용 가능성을 제안하는데 목적을 두었다. 추가적으로 방류수를 재처리하기 위한 실험실규모의 실험도 수행하였다. 방류수는 7개 용도별 수질기준에 근거하여 중금속 16개 항목을 포함한 총 28개 항목을 수질 분석하였다. 분석결과 부적합 항목은 색도, BOD, TN, SS, 염화물, 전기전도도 등 6개 항목이며, 색도와 TN이 각각 8개소, 5개소로 가장 높았다. 유입원수가 공단폐수 및 음식물처리수가 유입되는 처리장의 경우 염화물과 전기전도도가 높았다. 방류수 재처리없이 직접 재이용수로 가능한 처리장은 4개소였다. 실험실 규모의 실험(Lab test)은 모래여과(SF)-활성탄흡착(GAC)-정밀여과(MF)-역삼투압(RO) 순으로 실험을 수행하였다. 총대장균군, 색도, 부유물질(SS) 제거는 SF와 GAC조합이 경제성과 처리 효율면에서 가장 적절하였으며, 염화물과 전기전도도는 SF, GAC, MF에서는 큰 효과가 없었으며, RO처리 후 90% 이상의 제거효율을 보였다. $UV_{254}$는 원수가 0.3651/cm에서 SF-GAC공정 후 0.0306/cm로 92% 이상의 높은 제거효율을 보였다. 중금속 중 총붕소(B-total)는 SF-GAC-MF-RO 처리 후 0.7054 mg/L에서 0.0854 mg/L로 88% 제거효율을 보였다. 결론적으로 각 처리장은 방류수 수질분석결과와 주변 지형을 고려하여 방류수 재이용 용도를 선택하여야 한다. 또한 재처리가 필요한 경우 처리할 수질 항목과 처리비용을 고려한 처리방법을 결정하는 것이 적절하다고 판단된다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2008

07년 1월부터 11월까지 하수처리장별로 각각의 세균에 대한 계절별 분포도를 조시하였다. 조사에 사용된 미생물은 호기성 및 통성혐기성 종속영양세균으로 대표되는 총 세균과 지표생물군인 대장균, 대장균군, 장내세균군 및 포도상규군과 효모/곰팡이로 구성하였다. 총 세균 및 대장균 대장균군, 장내세균군 등의 지표생물군의 경우엔 대체로 온도가 높은 하절기에 균체수가 증가하고 있는 것으로 나타난 반면, 식중독의 원인균인 황색포도상구균의 경우, 대부분의 하수처리장에서 오히려 11월과 1월에 균체수가 증가하는 등, 계절과 관계없이 출현하는 양상을 나타냈다. 한편, 방류수의 소독처리방법과 균체생성은 큰 상관관계가 없는 것으로 나타났으나, 작은규모의 마을하수의 경우 도시하수와 비교하여 균체수가 감소하고 있는 것으로 조사되었다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.3-13
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• 2016

본 연구는 바이오가스화 처리 유 무에 따라 하수슬러지 처리방법별, 즉 소각, 탄화, 건조, 고형화 등에 대한 환경성 및 경제성 분석을 실시하였다. 추가적으로 혐기 소화효율 45 %, 함수율 95% 등 정부정책 가이드 라인에 때한 경제적 타당성 조사도 실시하여 정책수립의 과학적 근거자료로 제시하고자 하였다. 경제성 분석을 위하여 30개의 혐기소화 소유 시설과 17개 소유하지 않는 시설을 조사하였다. 결과적으로, 환경성 및 경제성을 고려할 때 혐기소화 이후 후처리로 소각 또는 건조하는 경우가 가장 타당한 것으로 분석되었으며, 후처리로 탄화처리하는 경우가 가장 타당성이 적은 것으로 분석되었다. 고형화 처리는 가장 경제적이었으나 환경적 및 운전성이 부족하여 타당성이 부족한 것으로 분석되었다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.318-327
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• 2017

Background: A typical sewage treatment plant is designed for organic and nutrient removal from municipal sewage water and not targeted to eliminate micropollutants such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and nano-sized metals which become a big concern for sustainable human and ecological system and are mainly discharged from sewage treatment plant. Therefore, despite contaminant removal by wastewater treatment processes, there are still remaining environmental risks by untreated pollutants in STP (sewage treatment plant) effluents. This study performed aquatic toxicity tests of raw wastewater and treated effluents in two sewage treatment plants to evaluate toxicity reduction by wastewater treatment process and analyze concentration of contaminants to reveal potential toxic factors in STP effluents. Methods: Water samples were collected from each treatment steps of two STPs, and acute and chronic toxicity tests were conducted following USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) and OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) guidelines. Endpoints were immobility for mortality and reproduction effect for estrogenicity. Results: Acute $EC_{50}s$ (median effective concentration) of influents for Seungki (SK) and Jungnang (JN) STPs are $54.13{\pm}32.64%$ and $30.38{\pm}24.96%$, respectively, and reduced to $96.49{\pm}7.84%$ and 100%. Acute toxicity reduction was clearly correlated with SS (suspended solids) concentration because of filter feeding characteristics of test organisms. Chronic toxicity tests revealed that lethal effect was reduced and low concentration of influents showed higher number of neonates. However, toxicity reduction was not related to nutrient removal. Fecundity effect positively increased in treated wastewater compared to that in raw wastewater, and no significant differences were observed compared to the control group in JN final effluent implying potential effects of estrogenic compounds in the STP effluents. Conclusions: Conventional wastewater treatment process reduced some organics and nutritional compounds from wastewater, and it results in toxicity reduction in lethal effect and positive reproductive effect but not showing correlation. Unknown estrogenic compounds could be a reason causing the increase of brood size. This study suggests that pharmaceutical residues and nanoparticles in STP effluents are one of the major micropollutants and underline as one of estrogenic effect factors.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.381-389
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• 2009

Confined spaces are inherently dangerous workplace and many fatal and nonfatal accidents have been reported. Even though these accidents occur in various kinds of confined spaces, there has rarely been reported on the health hazard agent, i.e., the types of gases and their concentration ranges. Therefore in this study, we evaluated several toxic and asphyxiating gas concentrations in various confined spaces. We surveyed 57 manholes, 3 sewage treatment plants, 2 yellow radish manufacturing companies and 7 barges to measure the concentrations of oxygen($O_2$), hydrogen sulfide($H_2S$), carbon monoxide(CO), ammonia($NH_3$). Lower Explosion Limits(LEL) and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). Those four types of confined spaces occupies 56% of accidents during last 9 years in Korea. In 57 manholes, the concentration varied according to the types of manholes; rainfall and sewage, and by location; residential and industrial areas. Sewage manhole in industrial area was evaluated as the most hazardous than other types of manhole like rainfall manholes, residential sewage manholes. The highest $H_2S$ concentration and the lowest $O_2$ concentration at sewage manhole in industrial area were 300 ppm, 8.7% respectively. In 3 sewage treatment plants, $H_2S$ and $NH_3$ concentrations were reached up to the 500 ppm and 200 ppm respectively. Two yellow radish manufacturing companies showed the concentrations of 316 ppm, 505.2 ppm, 90 ppm and 15.7% for $H_2S$, CO, VOCs and $O_2$, respectively. Seven barges showed 15.9%~20.9% oxygen concentration. Gas species and concentration ranges varied by the types and location of confined spaces; CO, $H_2S$, $O_2$ could be hazardous in manhole, especially manhole connected to sewage plants. CO, $H_2S$, LEL, $O_2$, $NH_3$ should be controlled in sludge silo and sluge pumping confined spaces in sewage treatment plant. The activity of lifting out radish from the storage tank was evaluated more hazardous rather than the other activities in yellow radish manufacturing industry. The employers must conduct the survey to identify all possible confined spaces in their local workplace prior to performing the tasks. At the national level to reduce the accidents in the confined spaces, we suggest that systemic approach and active education program including possible hazards, standard operation procedures, ventilation plan, and personal protective equipment in confined spaces should be implemented.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.173-181
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• 2010

This study was conducted to investigate the possible installation of small hydro-power plant at the discharge point of Gumi sewage treatment plant (STP) using treated wastewater. Sufficient amount of water to transfer to electric power and the selection of proper location are two essential elements for the construction of small hydro-power facility. Preliminary analysis based on site visit and existing data in Gumi STP were made. Capacity of the small hydro-power plants and exact location were determined by geomorphological condition and flow duration characteristics. Flow duration characteristics and its duration curve were identified using monthly rainfall data in Gumi STP. Relevant facts of small hydro-power system in other STP were referred to adopt to Gumi STP situation. Flowrate of treated effluents and effective head between flow chamber and the location of hydraulic turbine in Gumi STP are found to be $3.70m^3$/sec and 3.5m respectively. Electric generation rate based on this feasibility study was estimated to be 86.3kW/h. Yearly electric generation rate was expected to be 932.4MMh. Proposed small hydro-power plant construction in Gumi STP is to be reasonable.