• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.69-79
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• 2011

Rapid population growth and land use changes have severely degraded streams across the United States. In response, there has been a surge in the number of stream restoration projects, including stream restoration for mitigation purposes. Currently, most projects do not include evaluation and monitoring, which are critical in the success of stream restoration projects. The goal of this study is to review the current status of assessment methodologies and restoration approaches for streams in Virginia, with the aim of assisting the restoration community in making sound decisions. As part of the study, stream restoration projects data from a project in Fairfax County, Virginia was assessed. This review revealed that the stream assessment methodologies currently applied to restoration are visuallybased and do not include biological data collection and/or a method to incorporate watershed information. It was found from the case study that out of the twenty nine restoration projects that had occurred between 1995 and 2003 in Fairfax County, nineteen projects reported bank stabilization as a goal or the only goal, indicating an emphasis on a single physical component rather than on the overall ecological integrity of streams. It also turned out that only seven projects conducted any level of monitoring as part of the restoration, confirming the lack of evaluation and monitoring. However, Fairfax County has recently improved its stream restoration practices by developing and incorporating watershed management plans. This now provides one of the better cases that might be looked upon by stakeholders when planning future stream restoration projects.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.131-144
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• 2019

Climate Change affects the hydrological cycle in agricultural watersheds through rising air temperature and changing rainfall patterns. Agricultural watersheds in Korea are characterized by extensive paddy fields and intensive water use, a resource that is under stress from the changing climate. This study analyzed the effects of climate change on river flows for Geum Cheon and Eun-San Choen watershed using STREAM, a semi-distributed watershed model. In order to evaluate the performance and improve the reliability of the model, calibration and validation of the model was done for one flow observation point and three reservoir water storage ratio points. Climate change scenarios were based on RCP data provided by the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) and bias corrections were done using the Quantile Mapping method to minimize the uncertainties in the results produced by the climate model to the local scale. Because of water mass-balance, evapotranspiration tended to increase steadily with an increase in air temperature, while the increase in RCP 8.5 scenario resulted in higher RCP 4.5 scenario. The increase in evapotranspiration led to a decrease in the river flow, particularly the decrease in the surface runoff. In the paddy agricultural watershed, irrigation water demand is expected to increase despite an increase in rainfall owing to the high evapotranspiration rates occasioned by climate change.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.259-270
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to understand the relation between the land use status in watersheds and stream turbidity. Major water quality components (flow rate, turbidity, SS, BOD, TN, TP, etc.) of two streams (Jaun and Naerin) and the land use status for each correspondent watershed have been analyzed through the field sampling and the geographical overlaying of land use and watershed map. The detailed results of this study showed that; turbidity has been increased rapidly from 1.9 to 13.0 NTU for Jaun Stream, 0.4 to 0.7 NTU for Naerin Stream, due to the increased flow rate during the period of June. The agricultural area of the Jaun watershed was $13.5km^2$ (10.1% of the overall watershed), comparing to $2.0km^2$(1.4%) of upper watershed of Naerin stream. The forest was widely distributed along the 30m buffering zone from the center of Naerin stream, which comprised 64.14% of the whole watershed area. But in case of the Jaun, the ratio of forest was 17.84%, while the ratio of farming field was 30.33%.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.358-363
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• 2009

유역관리 계획이 하천 수질에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위하여 HSPF (Hydrological Simulation Program-Fortran) 모델을 경안천에 적용하였다. BASINS 3.1 GIS 프로그램에 DEM (Digital Elevation Model), 토지이용도, 하천도, 환경기초시설 등을 입력하여 경안천 유역을 총 57개 소유역으로 구분하고 모델 입력 자료를 산출하였다. 먼저 관측된 기상 및 하천 수량 자료를 이용하여 수문 모델의 타당성을 확인한 후 수질 모델을 보정하고 검증하였다. 적용한 수질은 수온, DO, BOD, $NO_3-N$, $NH_3-N$, Org-N, TN 그리고 TP이며, 대부분의 경우 측정치와 예측치가 적절히 일치하였다. 보정 및 검증 완료된 모델을 활용하여 소유역의 수질관리 방안에 따른 경안천 본류의 수질개선 효과를 분석하였다. 적용한 시나리오는 세 가지로, 첫째, 유역관리 활동을 통한 지천 수질개선, 둘째, 환경기초시설의 확충과 처리수질 향상, 그리고 셋째, 이 두 가지를 동시에 적용하는 것이다. 예측결과에 따르면 환경기초시설 확충과 처리수질 향상이 유역관리를 통한 지천 수질개선보다 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 경안천이 만족할 만한 수질로 개선되기 위해서는 두 가지 방안이 모두 적용되어야 하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국농공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농공학회 2003년도 학술발표논문집
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• pp.527-530
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• 2003

In this study, physically based SWAT model was applied to estimate the daily stream flows and sediment yields in Gyeongancheon watershed. The calibration and validation of the model outputs have been performed with yearly and daily measured stream flows of the time period 1988-1991 and 2001. The application results showed a good agreement with the simulated and observed stream flows, and similar trend with simulated and observed sediment yields. Overall, SWAT is a reasonable watershed scale model on long-term simulations of stream flows and sediment yields for management purposes.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.107-119
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• 2016

Background: Previous studies on the biological integrity on habitat and landuse patterns demonstrated ecological stream health in the view of regional or macrohabitat scale, thus ignored the mesoscale habitat patterns of pool, riffle, and runs in the stream health analysis. The objective of this study was to analyze influences on the mesohabitat structures of pool, riffle, and run reaches on the fish guilds and biological integrity in Geum-River Watershed. Results: The mesohabitat structures of pool, riffle, and run reaches influenced the ecological stream health along with some close relations on the fish trophic and tolerance guilds. The mesoscale components altered chemical water quality such as nutrients (TN, TP) and BOD and these, then, determined the primary productions, based on the sestonic chlorophyll-a. The riffle-reach had good chemical conditions, but the pool-reach had nutrient enrichments. The riffle-reach had a predominance of insectivores, while the pool-reach has a predominance of omnivores. Also, the riffle-reach had high proportions of sensitive fish and insectivore fish, and the pool-reach had high proportions of tolerant species in the community composition. The intermediate fish species in tolerance and omnivorous fish species in the food linkage dominated the community in the watershed, and the sensitive and insectivorous fishes decreased rapidly with a degradation of the water quality. All the habitat patterns were largely determined by the land-use patterns in the watershed. Conclusions: Trophic guilds and tolerance guilds of fish were determined by land-use pattern and these determined the stream health, based on the Index of Biological Integrity. This study remarks the necessity to include additional variables to consider information provided by mesohabitats and land-use distributions within the selected stream stretch. Overall, our data suggest that land-use pattern and mesohabitat distribution are important factors to be considered for the trophic and tolerance fish compositions and chemical gradients as well as ecological stream health in the watershed.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2008

This study was carried out to investigate the characteristics of the pollutant discharge from non-point source and to estimate the unit loads of the pollutant discharge from the upper watershed of Seomjin Dam during rainy season. The upper watershed of Seomjin Dam is located in the middle of Jeonbuk province is formed two tributaries mainly. A sub-branch stream of those tributaries is Imsil stream of which flow rate is about 13% of the main stream of Seomjin reservoir normally. On the basis of measurement result in this study, the water quality of Imsil stream was fluctuated highly and the quantity of measured pollutant discharge was higher than the value calculated with the proportion of flow rate during dry season. On the contrary, during rainy season the mean values of flow rate and water quality were higher than the quartile according to the statistical analysis. That means rainfall can influence strongly on the water quality of the upper watershed of Seomjin reservoir. Among the several criteria of water quality, SS discharge was most sensitive to the flow rate variation of stream, which was fluctuated in proportion of rainfall, basically. It was evaluated the event mean concentration (EMC) of non-point source pollutants depending on rainfall events as well. Though the pollutant discharge unit of Imsil stream was lower than the main stream of Seomjin reservoir, the EMC value of Imsil stream was higher than the main stream of Seomjin reservoir.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.394-403
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• 2009

A total of 52 sampling sites were selected in the stream network of the upper Paldang watershed (e.g. Kyonan, Gapyeong, Jojong, Chengmi, Bockha, Yanghwa and Heuk streams). Over the time period of April 2007-February 2008, 1820 samples were collected and analyzed for physico-chemical variables of the upper watershed in order to investigate spatio-temporal water quality variation in particular the relationship with land use. Although temporal variations of water quality in each stream were similar and were significantly influenced by flow, spatial variations in each stream varied as physico-chemical characteristics of upper watershed. As a result of regression analysis, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Nitrogen (T-N), and Total phosphorus (T-P) concentration were the most significantly and positively associated with people population density. It is necessary to manage not only water quality but also land use of upper watershed and flow flux.

• 생태와환경
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.69-81
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• 2010

흑천수계를 구성하는 흑천 6개의 본류 및 14개의 지류 하천을 대상으로 어류군집의 분포특성을 분석한 결과, 총 9과 26종의 서식이 확인되었으며, 이 중 Cyprinidae 어류가 15종으로 다양하게 분포하였다. 흑천수계에서 우점종은 갈겨니 (29%), 피라미 (22%), 버들치 (21%) 등의 순으로나타났다. 또한, 흑천 본류에서 이들 우점종의 분포특성은 최상류역은 버들치, 상류역은 갈겨니, 중-상류역은 갈겨니, 피라미, 중-하류역은 피라미에 의해 하천특성이 결정되는 것으로 나타났다. 서식이 확인된 어류 중 한국고유종은 한강납줄개 등 7과 13종 (50%)로 고유종의 구성비가 높게 나타나 한반도 평균적인 고유종 빈도인 23%에 비해 매우 높은 것으로 나타났다. 하천차수별 어류의 분포특정은 하천차수가 증가할수록 종수 및 개체수가 증가하는 것으로 경향을 보였는데 이는 하천크기의 영향보다는 지점간의 이격거리 및 지류하천의 지리적 위치에 따른 차이가 어류 분포에 있어서 더 많은 영향을 주는 것으로 사료되었다. 또한, 내성도 빛 트로픽 길드를 분석한 결과에서는 하천차수가 증가함에 따라 민감종 및 충식종은 다소 감소하는 경향을 보이는 것으로 분석되였으며, 내성종 빛 잡식종은 하천차수가 증가함에 따라 증가하는 경향을 보이는 것으로 분석되었다. 특히, 민감종 및 충식종 비율이 50% 이상 되는 구간들이 많은 것으로 분석되어 혹천수계가 하천의 자연성 및 서식환경의 보존가치가 높은 수계로 사료된다.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.85-98
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• 2003

최근 물환경에 관련된 광범위한 문제들을 해결하기 위한 대안으로 유역관리의 관심이 증대되고있는 시점에서, 본 연구는 금호강 유역을 모니터링하기 위한 환경정보의 구축과 소유역 단위의 환경특성이 하천 수질에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 소유역 단위의 환경특성을 분석하기 위한 GIS 데이터베이스는 축척 1:25,000의 지형도, 정밀토양도, 토지이용도, 10m 해상도의 DEM, 도로망도, 수계망도, Landsat TM 영상에서 산출된 식생지수(NDVI), 강우량, 그리고 RUSLE 모형에 의한 토양유실량으로 구성되었다. 소유역 단위의 환경특성과 하천 수질간의 상호관련성을 분석한 결과에 따르면, 유역의 도시화 또는 산업화에 관련된 주거 상업지역, 공업지역, 도로지역에 관련된 변수들은 BOD, COD, SS, T-N, T-P의 수질자료와 음(-)의 상관성을 가지는 것으로 분석되었다. 이와는 달리, 자연환경상태와 관련된 산림피복과 식생상태 변수들은 수질자료와 양(+)의 상관성을 가지는 것으로 분석되었다. 그러나, 농업적 토지이용과 농약 및 비료사용량, 토양유실량은 수질자료와 유의한 상관성을 가지지 않는 것으로 나타났다.