• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.61-76
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• 2011

This study was objected to provide suggestions for best management practices to restore the cultural and historical values of the wells in Palaces as well as their water qualities. Water resources in the five Palaces in Seoul Metropolitan, including Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Changgyeonggung, Jongmyo Shrine, and Deoksugung, were surveyed for their physical flows and chemical compositions from April to July in 2010. Ground waters in most wells were found at depths within 5 m from the ground surface, showing typical water-table aquifer systems. Hydraulic gradients indicate water resources in Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, and Changgyeonggung flowing toward south, and toward east in Deoksugung area. Especially, water-level fluctuation data at S-10 in Deoksugung implied the influence of groundwater discharge facility. In Jongmyo Shrine, water was not detected in wells, indicating the water level was lower than the well depth. Based on the water chemistry and stable isotope analyses, water resources and their qualities appeared to be formed by the water-rock interaction along the groundwater paths. S-10 (Deoksugung) and S-14 (Changgyeonggung) samples were contaminated with nitrate ($NO_3$) in levels of higher than Korean drinking water standard, 10 mg/L as $NO_3$-N, but once in four sampling campaigns. In the situation that water resources in Palaces still maintain natural characteristics, the materials that will be used for the restoration and improvement of the Palace water supplies should be carefully selected not to disturb the natural integrity. In addition, because the wells are located in the center of metropolitan area, a systematic monitoring should be applied to detect and to manage the potential impacts of underground construction and various pollution sources.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.1-8
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• 2010

The groundwater level distribution and characteristics of responses to rainfall were examined in the Haean basin of Yangu that has a single stream exit to the east. The groundwater levels showed a circular or elliptical distribution converging the center of the basin with different hydraulic gradients in the north and south regions. The waterlevel elevations exhibited a perfect correlation with topographic elevation ($r^2=0.99$) while the depth to water showed a rather weak correlation ($r^2=0.49$). The water table fluctuation (WTF) method yielded recharge ratios of 6.1~12.65% ($S_y=0.02$) and 15.2~28.5% ($S_y=0.05$). The waterlevels of HG3 well, which is much proximal to a stream, were weakly auto-correlated but they were highly sensitive to direct infiltration from the rainfall event. The shorter regulation times of the HG3 represented a quicker dissipation of the input stress (rainfall).

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.38 no.7 s.156
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• pp.517-526
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• 2005

In Korea, the methods of estimating groundwater recharge can categorized into two groups. One is baseflow separation method by means of groundurater recession curve, the other is water level fluctuation method by using the data from groundwater monitoring wells. Baseflow separation method is based on annual recharge and lumped concept, and water-table fluctuation method is largely dependent on monitoring wells rather than water budget in watershed. However, groundwater recharge rate shows the spatial-temporal variability due to climatic condition, land use and hydrogeological heterogeneity, these methods have various limits to deal with these characteristics. For this purpose, the method of estimating daily recharge rate with spatial variability based on distributed rainfall-runoff model is suggested in this study. Instead of representative recharge rate of large watershed, the subdivided recharge rate with heterogeneous characteristics can be computed in daily base. The estimated daily recharge rate is an advanced quantity reflecting the heterogeneity of hydrogeology, climatic condition, land use as well as physical behaviour of water in soil layers. Therefore, the newly suggested method could be expected to enhance existing methods.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.13-21
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• 2012

This study reports a surfactant-enhanced in-situ remediation treatment at a test site which is located in a hilly terrain. The leakage oils from a storage tank situated on the top of the hill contaminated soils and groundwater in the lower elevation. Sixteen vertical injection wells (11 m deep) were installed at the top of the hill to introduce 0.1-0.5 vol.% of non-ionic Tween-80 surfactant. The contaminated area that required remediation treatment was about $1,650\;m^2$. Two cycles of injecting surfactant solution followed by water were repeated over approximately 7.5 months: first cycle with 0.5 month of surfactant injection followed by 3 months of water injection, and second cycle with 1 month of surfactant followed by 3 months of water injection. The seasonal fluctuation in groundwater table was also considered in the selection of periods for surfactant and water injection. The results showed that the initial Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) concentration of 1,041 mg/kg (maximum 3,605 mg/kg) was reduced significantly down to 76.6 mg/kg in average. After 2nd surfactant injection process finished, average TPH concentration of soils was reduced to 7.5% compared to initial concentration. Also, average BTEX concentration of soils was reduced to 10.8%. This resultes show that the surfactant enhanced in-situ remediation processes can be applicable to LNAPL contaminated site in field scale.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.497-503
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• 2020

In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the shallower depth of the earth's crust is composed of loose dune or beach sand with soluble salts. The expansive behavior of salt bearing soil, fluctuation of ground water table and extreme environmental conditions offer a variety of geotechnical problems affecting safety and serviceability of the infrastructure built on it. Despite spending money, time and other resources on repair and rehabilitation, no significant attention is paid to explore the root causes of excessive differential settlement and cracking to these facilities. The scientific solution required to ensure safety and serviceability of the constructed infrastructure is to improve the strength and durability properties of the supporting ground. In this study, shredded plastic is employed as a low cost and locally available additive to improve strength characteristics of the desert sand. The study shows a remarkable increase in the shear strength and normal settlement of the soil. A seven (07) degree increase in angle of internal friction is achieved by adding 0.4 percent of the shredded plastic additive. The effect of different proportions and sizes of the plastic strips is also investigated to obtain optimum values. Such a long-lived solution will seek to reduce maintenance and repair costs of the infrastructure facilities laid on problematic soil along with reduction of environmental pollutants.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.74-82
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• 2015

A method to filter out the effect of river stage fluctuations on groundwater level was designed using an artificial neural network-based time series model of groundwater level prediction. The designed method was applied to daily groundwater level data near the Gangjeong-Koryeong Barrage in the Nakdong river. Direct prediction time series models were successfully developed for both cases of before and after the barrage construction using past measurement data of rainfall, river stage, and groundwater level as inputs. The correlation coefficient values between observed and predicted data were over 0.97. Using the time series models the effect of river stage on groundwater level data was filtered out by setting a constant value for river stage inputs. The filtered data were applied to the hybrid water table fluctuation method in order to estimate the groundwater recharge. The calculated ratios of groundwater recharge to precipitation before and after the barrage construction were 11.0% and 4.3%, respectively. It is expected that the proposed method can be a useful tool for groundwater level prediction and recharge estimation in the riverside area.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.377-377
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• 2023

기후변화로 인한 국내 수문기상 환경의 변화는 기존의 강수 패턴의 변화를 야기하고, 이는 수문학적 측면에서 유역 내 지하수 함양량의 변화를 야기할 수 있다. 상시 취수가 가능한 대규모 하천 인근 지역 외의 지역은 가용 수량의 확보를 위하여 생·농·공 용수 확보를 위하여 지하수를 적극적으로 이용하고 있다. 유역의 수자원 관리를 위하여 하천, 저수지, 댐 등으로 대표되는 지표수자원의 관리와 함께 지하수자원 관리의 중요성이 대두되고 있다. 지하수자원의 관리를 위해서는 기존 지하수 이용시설의 지하수 이용량에 대한 정확한 정보를 수집하는 것이 중요하지만 지하수 함양량을 정량적으로 평가하는 것 또한 매우 중요하다. 지하수 함양량을 산정하기 위한 방법으로는 물수지 분석, MIKE, SWAT 등 모형을 이용한 분석 등 다양한 평가 방법이 있으나 유역의 지하수 함양에 영향을 줄수 있는 수문환경에 대한 정확한 정보가 있어야 하기 때문에 권역 내 표준유역 전반에 대한 지하수 함양량을 산정하기 어려운 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 지하수위 관측자료와 강수량 관측자료를 이용한 지하수위 변동법을 적용하여 표준유역 별 지하수 함양량을 산정하였다. 최근 5년간의 자료를 이용하여 표준유역 별 지하수 함양량 산정 결과를 제안함으로써 표준유역 단위 수자원 관리에 기여하고자 하였다. 본 연구 결과는 표준 유역 별 가뭄 대응 방안을 도출하는데 기초 자료로써 활용 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.452-452
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• 2022

수문순환의 측면에서 지하수는 지속적인 하천의 흐름을 유지하고, 국내 물 이용의 측면에서 가용수량을 만족할 수 있는 취수량을 확보하기가 어려운 중·소규모 하천 유역에서 필요한 농업 및 생활용수 등 각종 용수를 확보할 수 있는 중요한 수원으로써의 역할을 하고 있다. 기존의 수자원 정책은 하천에서의 취수량 확보를 위한 수공 구조물의 설치 및 운영을 통한 용수 확보의 형태로 입안되었으나, 최근 2012~2018 한반도 가뭄 사태로 대표되는 강수 패턴의 변화로 인하여 하천에서의 취수량 부족 사태에 대응하기 위하여 지표수-지하수 연계를 고려한 수원 확보에 대한 정책적·공학적 관심과 요구가 증가하고 있다. 지하수의 효율적 운영과 안정적 관리를 위해서 지하수 이용에 대한 관리도 중요하나, 강수 사상의 발생 시 지하수 함양량을 정량적으로 평가하는 것 또한 매우 중요하다. 지하수 함양량은 강수량이나 하천유량 및 수위 등과 같이 정확한 양을 관측하기 어렵기 때문에 지하수 함양량을 산정하는 방법은 매우 다양하게 제시되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 지하수 함양량 산정 방법 중 비교적 간단한 방식의 지하수위 변동법(Water Table Fluctuation Method, WTF Method)를 이용하여 전국 행정구역 별 지하수 함양량을 분석하였다. 지하수위 변동법의 경우 신뢰도 있는 지하수위 관측 자료의 확보가 매우 중요한 단계이기 때문에 국가지하수관측망 및 농촌지하수 관측망, 해수침투관측망 등 공공기관에서 제공하고 있는 지하수위 관측 자료를 수집하여 적용하였다. 수집된 자료를 바탕으로 지하수 함양량을 산정하고, 최근 국내의 강수패턴의 변화와의 비교 분석을 통해 강수와 지하수 함양 간의 관계를 정량적으로 제시하였다. 본 연구의 연구 결과는 안정적인 지하수 개발 및 관리를 위한 기초적인 정책적 판단 근거로써 제시될 수 있고, 추후 연구에서 지하수위 회복 및 지하수자원 관리 방안 적용에 따른 효과 분석 연구에 활용 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.238-238
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• 2015

There are demands for water environmental analysis of discharge processes in paddy fields, however, it is not fully understood in nutrients discharge process for watershed modeling. As hydrological processes both surface and ground water and agricultural water managements are so complex in paddy fields, the development of lowland paddy fields watershed model is more difficult than upland watershed model. In this research, the improvement of SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) model for a paddy watershed was conducted. First, modification of surface inundated process was developed in improved pot hole option. Those modification was evaluated by monitoring data. Second, the monitoring data in river and drainage channel in lowland paddy fields from 2012 to 2014 were analyzed to understand discharge characteristics. As a case study, Imbanuma basin, Japan, was chosen as typical land and water use in Asian countries. In this basin, lowland paddy fields are irrigated from river water using small pumps that were located in distribution within the watershed. Daily hydrological fluctuation was too complex to estimate. Then, to understand surface and ground water discharge characteristics in irrigation (Apr-Aug) and non-irrigation (Sep-Mar) period, the water and material balance analysis was conducted. The analysis was composed two parts, watershed and river channel blocks. As results of model simulation, output was satisfactory in NSE, but uncertainty was large. It would be coming from discharge process in return water. The river water and ground water in paddy fields were exchanged each other in 5.7% and 10.8% to river discharge in irrigation and non-irrigation periods, respectively. Through this exchange, nutrient loads were exchanged between river and paddy fields components. It suggested that discharge from paddy fields was not only responded to rainfall but dynamically related with river water table. In general, hydrological models is assumed that a discharge process is one way from watershed to river. However, in lowland paddy fields, discharge process is dynamically changed. This function of paddy fields showed that flood was mitigated and temporally held as storage in ground water. Then, it showed that water quality was changed in mitigated function in the water exchange process in lowland paddy fields. In future, it was expected that hydrological models for lowland paddy fields would be developed with this mitigation function.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.365-374
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• 1999

To obtain informations on vertical movements of water and solute in rice paddy field during the growing season, soil water contents and bulk electrical conductivities (${\sigma}_a$) were monitored using Time Domain Reflectometry. Soil water contents with depth showed ${\varepsilon}$-shaped profiles constituting of partly saturated zones at top and bottom layers and unsaturated zones (20-100cm) between them. Analysis by fitting with a van Genuchten-type model showed that soil water contents at 60cm were affected by both water supplied from surface water and groundwater, but at 80cm mainly affected by groundwater. Water percolation at the rate of 2cm $day^{-1}$ rates were, but large fluctuation from 10 to 38cm $day^{-1}$ in C1 layer (60-90cm). Therefore, it can be said that any water or solute entering C1 layer is very rapidly transported to C2 layer, especially during the period of high groundwater table staying, and retarded to a relatively constant percolation rate in C2 layer. This can be manifested by the fact that rapid decrease and steady increase of electrical conductivities at 50 and 110cm depth respectively, were found around that period.