• Advances in environmental research
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.105-117
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• 2015

The groundwater is a very important part of the environment and must be protected for the benefit of the present and future generation. The contamination of soil and groundwater by chemicals has become an increasing concern in the recent past. These chemicals enter the groundwater system by a wide variety of mechanisms, including accidental spills, land disposal of domestic and industrial wastes and application of agricultural fertilizers. Once introduced into an aquifer, these contaminants will be transported by flowing groundwater and may degrade water quality at nearby wells and streams. For improving the management and protection of groundwater resources, it is important to first understand the various processes that control the transport of contaminants in groundwater. Predictions of the fate of groundwater contaminants can be made to assess the effect of these chemicals on local water resources and to evaluate the effectiveness of remedial actions. In this study, an attempt has been made to investigate the behaviour of solute transport through porous media using laboratory experiments. Sodium chloride was used as a conservative chemical in the experiment. During the experiment, pulse boundary condition and continuous boundary conditions were used. Experimental results have been presented for conservative solute transport in the sand. The pattern of the break through curve remains almost same in all the cases of varying flow rate and initial concentration of conservative chemical.

• 지구물리
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2005

울산 도시지역 지하수의 수질 특성을 파악하기 위하여 216개의 일반 수질분석과 168개의 VOCs 분석이 이루어졌으며, 이를 주거․상업지역, 공업지역, 농업지역, 산림지역으로 구분하여 토지이용과 지하수 수질과의 관계를 분석하였다. 전반적으로 보아서 남구 태화강 저지대 일대 주거․상업지역 지하수에서 과거 해수의 영향에 의해서 Na와 Cl의 함량이 높다. NO3는 농업지역, VOCs는 공업지역 지하수에서 높은 함량을 보이기도 하지만, 토지용도별 지하수의 수질오염 특성 구분은 어렵다. 아직까지 연구지역 지하수의 오염은 우려할만한 수준은 아니나, 도시화가 계속 진행되고 있기 때문에 계속적인 관찰이 요구된다.

• 지질공학
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.39-50
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• 2000

강원도 지역은 산악이 많아 농업용수의 개발이 시급하며 연구대상 지역인 춘천시 신북지역은 소양댐 하부지역에 위치하면서 댐의 혜택을 보지 못하고 벼농사를 하고 있다. 특히 고랭지 야채를 개발하고 높은 수익을 올리기 위해서는 지하수와 연관된 지열을 개발하여 추운 겨울에도 보온을 할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하여야 한다. 국내의 지하수는 1960년대부터 농업용수를 위하여 연구되었고 최근에는 지하철, 원자력 발전소와 같은 지하구조물이나 핵폐기물, 유류 지하저장장소와 같은 대단위 지하공사에서도 재해 방지를 위한 지하수맥의 정확한 조사가 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 지하수 탐사를 위하여 전기탐사, 탄성파탐사, 지오레이더 탐사 등 복합탐사법을 적용하였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.9-27
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• 2018

In recent years, the sales of bottled spring water (BSW) have been drastically increasing in Korea and other countries, which accompanied great interests in conservation and reclamation of natural mineral water (NMW). In this study, management and research activities on NMW in Europe, USA, and Codex Alimentarius were reviewed. In each region, NMW is regulated with its own quality standards that differ from ordinary drinking water, and management actions are strictly implemented to protect water resources and to secure quality of NMW. Many studies on NMW were carried out for monitoring inorganic constituents including major and trace elements in national levels for bottled NMW, groundwater, and tap water in other countries. In Korea, NMW became commercialized in 1995 when BSW was legally approved as a drinking water. To further promote utilization of various types of NMW in Korea, regulations and policies for NMW need to be revised in accordance with international NMW management trends. Further, studies of NMW that compile a comprehensive set of physical and chemical parameters of NMW are also needed to properly understand occurrences, hydrogeological and geochemical processes of NMW, as well as to evaluate its potential use as a natural resource.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.97-108
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• 2002

도시화가 빠르게 진행된 부천시 지역의 수질조사 당시 토지이용을 토지이용 변화과정에 의해 세부 분류하고 토지이용과 토지이용기간에 따른 지하수 수질차이 여부를 비모수통계기법으로 검정하였다. 연구지역에서 검출빈도가 높은 7개 성분의 수질자료를 이용하였다. 수질조사 당시 토지이용이 동일한 지역에서 천부지하수 수질은 토지이용기간에 따라 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보인다. 20년 이상 이용된 오래된 주거지역의 과망간칼륨소비량(이하 KMnO$_4$), 경도 등의 농도는 10년 정도 이용된 새로운 주거지역보다 통계적으로 유의한 정도로 높은 경향을 보인다. 천부지하수 수질은 토지이용기간이 유사한 지역에서 토지이용에 따라 유의한 차이를 보인다. 주거지역은 농경지(2~5년 전까지 논으로 이용된 지역)에 비해 NO$_3$-N, 경도, 증발잔류물의 농도가 유의하게 높고 중위수는 2.2~3.8배 크게 나타난다. 공업지역은 농경지에 비해 NO$_3$-N, KMnO$_4$, Cl$^{-}$ 이온의 농도가 유의하게 높고, 중위수는 5.5~18배 정도 크며, 주거지역에 비해 KMnO$_4$의 농도가 유의하게 높고 중위수는 12배 정도 크게 나타난다. 도시화가 빠르게 진행된 지역에서 천부지하수 수질의 공간분포는 토지이용과 함께 이용기간과 관계가 있으며, 이것은 손상된 하수관에서 지하수로 유입되는 오염물질 농도와 하수관의 누수율 차이에 기인한 것으로 판단된다.로 판단된다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.189-198
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• 2003

본 연구는 수지해석(數値解析)을 이용하여 상관우물들의 분포를 갖는 집수역에서 수질을 고려하지 않은 상태의 지하수양수능을 평가하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 연구지역은 일본(日本)의 미야께지마(삼탁도)이며, 미야께지마는 최근에 이르기까지 화산분화(火山噴火)가 계속되고 있는 화산섬으로 수문지질학적(水文地質學的)으로 매우 복잡한 구조를 갖고 있다. 각각의 우물들에 대한 양수능은 개별(個別)양수에 의해서 구해진 IMY(i,t)로써 추정되었으며, 전(全) 연구지역의 양수능은 개별(個別)양수에 의해서 구해진SSMY(i,t)로써 추정되었다. 이러한 결과들은 미야께지마와 같은 화산섬에서 용수(用水)공급을 위한 계획의 수립에 있어서 확실한 공급원의 확보에 이용될 수 있다. 동시양수의 경우, 우물 5와 6에서의 양수는 타이로이께(대로지(大路池))부근에 존재하던 지하수가 연구지역의 내부에 까지 침투하는 것에 대한 장해(障害)우물로써 작용했다. 그러므로, 본 연구는 질적(質的), 양적(量的) 측면에서 용수공급을 위한 지하수의 최적(最適)관리방법으로써 동시양수를 제안한다.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.45-69
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• 2014

The groundwater has been a major source of water supply throughout the ages. Around 50% of the rural as well as urban population in the developing countries like India depends on groundwater for drinking. The groundwater is also an important source in the agriculture and industrial sector. In many parts of the world, groundwater resources are under increasing threat from growing demands, wasteful use and contamination. A good planning and management practices are needed to face this challenge. A key to the management of groundwater is the ability to model the movement of fluids and contaminants in the subsurface environment. It is obvious that the contaminant source activities cannot be completely eliminated and perhaps our water bodies will continue to serve as receptors of vast quantities of waste. In such a scenario, the goal of water quality protection efforts must necessarily be the control and management of these sources to ensure that released pollutants will be sufficiently attenuated within the region of interest and the quality of water at points of withdrawal is not impaired. In order to understand the behaviour of contaminant transport through different types of media, several researchers are carrying out experimental investigations through laboratory and field studies. Many of them are working on the analytical and numerical studies to simulate the movement of contaminants in soil and groundwater of the contaminant transport. With the advent of high power computers especially, a numerical modelling has gained popularity and is indeed of particular relevance in this regard. This paper provides the state of the art of contaminant transport and reviews the allied research works carried out through experimental investigation or using the analytical solution and numerical method. The review involves the investigation in respect of both, saturated and unsaturated, porous media.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.44-57
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• 2024

Calcium chloride (CaCl₂) and industrial sodium chloride (NaCl) are commonly used as deicing agents in Korea, which are expected to release dissolved chloride ions into the road surfaces following their application. This study aimed to comprehensively assess the usage of deicing agents and variations in groundwater quality between 2016 and 2022 by analyzing public data provided by various domestic institutions. Additionally, the study sought to identify factors contributing to deteriorating road conditions by comparing the amount of CaCl₂ appied and the incidence of potholes. Pothole occurrences during the study period were primarily reported during heavy rainfall periods without application of deicing agents. In 2022, chloride ion concentrations in groundwater in the southeastern Korean Peninsula were significantly higher than in previous years, coinciding with severe cold waves and heavy snowfall that resulted in increased deicing agent use. However, further data collection and verification are needed to distinguish between the effects of seawater intrusion and deicing agents. Despite limitations in the completeness and consistency of public data, the research highlighted the urgent need for improved data quality and further field verification to fully understand and mitigate the environmental impacts of deicing agents.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.33-51
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• 2013

Spatial and temporal characteristics of nitrate contamination and hydrogeochemical parameters were investigated for springs and surficial and bedrock groundwaters in northeastern part of Hongseong. Two field investigations were conducted at dry and wet seasons in 2011 for 120 sites including measurement of field parameters with chemical analyses of major dissolved constituents. Nitrate concentrations were at background levels in springs while 45% of bedrock groundwater and 49% of surficial groundwater exceeded the drinking water standard of nitrate (10 mg/L as $NO_3$-N). The difference in nitrate concentrations between surficial and bedrock groundwater was statistically insignificant. Cumulative frequency distribution of nitrate concentrations revealed two inflection points of 2 and 16 mg/L as $NO_3$-N. Correlation analysis of hydrogeochemical parameters showed that nitrate had higher correlations with Sr, Mg, Cl, Na, and Ca, in surficial groundwater in both dry and wet season. In contrast, nitrate had much weaker correlations with other hydrogeochemical parameters in bedrock groundwater compared to surficial groundwater and had significant correlations only in wet season. Temporally, nitrate and chloride concentrations decreased and dissolved oxygen (DO) increased from dry season to wet season, which indicates that increased recharge during the wet season affected groundwater quality. Aerobic conditions were predominant for both surficial and bedrock groundwater indicating low natural attenuation potential of nitrate in the aquifers of the study area.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2023년도 학술발표회
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• pp.247-247
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• 2023

Coastal lagoons play a crucial role in water exchange, water quality, and biodiversity. It is essential to monitor and understand the dynamics of hydrogeochemistry in lagoon water and its groundwater to preserve and sustainably manage the groundwater-dependent ecosystems like coastal lagoons. This study investigated the spatial and temporal hydrogeochemical characteristics of coastal lagoon (Songjiho) and groundwater on the east coast of Korea. The concentrations of major ions, water isotopes, and nutrients (nitrogen and dissolved organic carbon) in lagoon water and groundwater were periodically monitored for one year. The study revealed that major ions and total dissolved solids (TDS) concentration were higher at deeper depths of aquifers and closer to the coastal area. The hydrogeochemical characteristics of coastal lagoon and groundwater chemistry were classified into two types, Ca-Mg-HCO₃ and Na-Cl, based on their spatial location from inland to coastal area. Moreover, the hydrogeochemical characteristics of coastal lagoons and groundwater varied significantly depending on the season. During the wet season, the increased precipitation and evaporation lead to changes in water chemistry. As a result, the total organic carbon (TOC) of coastal lagoons increases during this season, likely due to increased runoff by rainfall whereas the variation of chemical compositions in the lagoon and groundwater were not significant because there is reduced precipitation, resulting in stable water levels and during the dry season. The study emphasizes the impact of spatial distribution and seasonal changes in precipitation, evaporation, and river discharge on the hydrogeochemical characteristics of the coastal aquifer and lagoon system. Understanding these impacts is crucial for managing and protecting coastal lagoons and groundwater resources.