• 환경정책연구
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.41-55
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• 2010

댐은 사회전반에 걸쳐 많은 편익을 제공하고 있다. 이를 위해서는 일정수준 이상의 저수용량 확보가 필수적이다. 그러나 상류의 토사 유입으로 인하여 댐의 저수용량은 줄어들고 있는 실정이다. 전 세계적으로 5조 톤의 토사가 매년 댐 뒤에 쌓이는 실정이다. 강이 여러 지역에 걸쳐 흐르는 경우 상류의 농업에서 발생하는 토사는 장시간에 걸쳐서 지속적으로 발생하기 때문에 상류 농업종사자들은 관리를 소홀히 하는 경향이 있다. 특히 토사는 댐의 저수용량을 지속적으로 줄여 궁극적으로는 댐의 경제적 가치를 소멸시키는 효과가 있다. 따라서 상류 지역의 토사저감 노력과 함께 댐의 저수용량 확보가 급선무이다. 실증분석으로 나일강 상류의 수단 농업지역과 하류의 이집트 Aswan High Dam을 분석하였다. 실증분석 결과 상류 농업부문의 토사저감 노력과 댐의 토사제거 방안이 사회전체의 경제적 편익을 극대화하는 것으로 나타났다. 동태적 최적제어이론을 이용한 유역토사관리 모형에서 댐의 경제적 편익을 포함한 사회전체의 편익은 크게는 약 1,510억 달러로 추산되었다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.113-124
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• 2009

Severe sediment-laden problem has been the hot issue in Korea. It was assumed that agricultural activities and landslides were the primary causes of these problems in watersheds. The USLE-based systems have been widely used in soil erosion studies. However the GIS-based USLE modeling system has limitation in USLE L factors. In this study, the SATEEC L module was developed to reflect the slope length segmentations in the fields. The SATEEC L module was applied to the study watershed to analyze the effects of using the SATEEC L module on estimated sediment. As shown in the comparisons between SATEEC estimated sediment with SWAT values, the SATEEC GA-SDR module derives the SDR with reasonably acceptable accuracies. However, it is worthy to note that the soil erosion using the SATEEC L module for the study watershed was lower than that without using the SATEEC L module by 25%, although the SATEEC estimated sediment values with and without using L module match the SWAT sediment values with similar accuracies. This is because the SATEEC GA-SDR module estimates lower SDR in case of greater soil erosion estimation without the L module and greater SDR in case of lower soil erosion estimation with the L module. This indicates that the SATEEC input parameters, especially L factor, need to be prepared with care for accurate estimation of SDR at a watershed scale and for accurate evaluation of BMPs in the watershed.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.36-43
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• 2007

This study was carried out to know how erosion control function of forests varies as forests develop in watersheds. The erosion control function among the forest welfare functions can be estimated by comparing sediment yield in stocked with non-stocked area. Sediment yield of reservoirs in stocked area were collected from farmland improvement associations. The sediment yields in non-stocked area were using USLE (Universal Soil Loss Equation) in the same reservoirs. Forests' erosion control function estimated by differences of the sediment yield between stocked and non-stocked area was static model because of no consideration on forest aging. Dynamic model was developed to consider a forest stand age. The model comprises the relationship between average forest age in watershed and sediment yield. The amount of sediment yield was different depending mother rocks. It decreased exponentially according to the forest's grow up. In case of igneous rock, the volume of sediment yield $Y_{ig}=1.4431e\;^{0.023x}$(x=average forest age), metamorphic rock $Y_{me}=4.7115e\;^{0.0694x}$, and sedimentary rock $Y_{se}=1.2808e\;^{0.028x}$.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.60-70
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• 2022

We evaluated the performance of in-situ capping to prevent the release of phenol, one of hazardous chemicals of concern for their impact on sediment. Sediment near the estuary of Hyeongsan River, Korea, and commercially-available sand were collected to evaluate their physical properties and phenol sorption characteristics. Biodegradation kinetics of phenol spiked into the sediment was evaluated under freshwater and estuarine salinity conditions. These experimental measurements were parameterized and used as input parameters for executing CapSim, a software predicting the performance of in-situ capping. The CapSim simulation demonstrated that capping with 50-cm sand reduced the phenol release by several orders of magnitude over 0.25- and 1-year duration for almost all simulation scenarios. The variables tested, i.e., cap thickness, pore-water movement, and biodegradation rate, showed high correlation to each other to influence the extent of phenol release from sediment to the water column. The findings and the framework employed to evaluate the performance of in-situ capping in this study can be adopted to determine whether in-situ capping is appropriate remedial approach at sediment sites impacted by hazardous chemicals due to accidental spills.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.467-473
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• 2007

Although the dominant land use at the Imha-dam watershed is forest areas, soil erosion has been increasing because of intensive agricultural activities performed at the fields located along the stream for easy-access to water supply and relatively favorable topography. In addition, steep topography at the Imha-dam watershed is also contributing increased soil erosion and sediment loads. At the Imha-dam watershed, outflow has increased sharply by the typhoons Rusa and Maemi in 2002, 2003 respectively. In this study, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was evaluated for simulation of flow and sediment behaviors with long-term temporal and spatial conditions. The precipitation data from eight precipitation observatories, located at Ilwol, Subi and etc., were used. There was no significant difference in monthly rainfall for 8 locations. However, there was slight differences in rainfall amounts and patterns in 2003 and 2004. The topographical map at 1:5000 scale from the National Geographic Information Institute was used to define watershed boundaries, the detailed soil map at 1:25,000 scale from the National Institute of Highland Agriculture and the land cover data from the Korea Institute of Water and Environment were used to simulate the hydrologic response and soil erosion and sediment behaviors. To evaluate hydrologic component of the SWAT model, calibration was performed for the period from Jan. 2002 to Dec. 2003, and validation for Jan. 2004 to Apr. 2005. The $R^2$ value and El value were 0.93 and 0.90 respectively for calibration period, and the $R^2$ value and El value for validation were 0.73 and 0.68 respectively. The $R^2$ value and El value of sediment yield data with the calibrated parameters was 0.89 and 0.84 respectively. The comparisons with the measured data showed that the SWAT model is applicable to simulate hydrology and sediment behaviors at Imha dam watershed. With proper representation of the Best Management Practices (BM Ps) in the SWAT model, the SWAT can be used for pre-evaluation of the cost-effective and sustainable soil erosion BMPs to solve sediment issues at the Imha-dam watershed. In Korea, the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) has been used to estimate the soil loss for over 30 years. However, there are limitations in the field scale mdel, USLE when applied for watershed. Also, the soil loss changes temporarily and spatially, for example, the Imha-dam watershed. Thus, the SW AT model, capable of simulating hydrologic and soil erosion/sediment behaviors temporarily and spatially at watershed scale, should be used to solve the muddy water issues at the Imha-dam watershed to establish more effective muddy water reduction countermeasure.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.111-117
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 강우의 공간분포에 따른 토사유출의 특성을 토조 실험을 통해 탐구하였다. 강우의 공간분포는 강우 집중위치를 사면의 중앙부와 상류부로 각각 설정함으로 조정하였다. 토사유출의 시간적 변동성을 충분히 포착하기 위해 장시간(8 시간)의 실험시간 동안 높은 시간해상도(10 분)로 직접유출량, 지하수유출량, 토사유출량을 측정하였다. 그 결과, 강우를 토조의 상류부에 위치시킬수록 토사유출량곡선의 첨둣값은 감소하고 누적토사유출량은 증가하였다. 누적토사유출량은 시간에 따라 선형적으로 증가하였으나, 그 증가율이 2 시간을 기준으로 급격히 감소하였다. 이러한 점은 현재 총량 위주로 기록되어있는 토사유출 실측자료를 사용함에 있어 고려해야 할 사항이라고 결론지을 수 있다. 본 연구 결과는 또한, 향후의 토사유출량 실측은 높은 시간해상도로 측정될 필요가 있음을 시사한다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.365-373
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• 1996

A survey was carried out to investigate the contamination of streams by the acid mine drainage originated from the abandoned coal mines and coal refuse piles. The physico-KDICical characteristics such as pH, sulfate and elements concentrations in the water and sediment in streams were analyzed. Microbial activity in the sediment was evaluated by measuring dehydrogenase activities. At sites contaminated by acid mine drainage, the pH of the water and sediment declined to acidic range from neutral due to the accumulation of sulfate. The dehydrogenase activity ranged from 12 to $170{\mu}g-TPF{\cdot}g-dry\;soil^{-1}{\cdot}24h^{-1}$ at the contaminated sites, whereas uncontaminated sites had activities of 1,176~4,259 ${\mu}g-TPF{\cdot}g-dry\;soil^{-1}{\cdot}24h^{-1}$. The dehydrogenase activity was significantly affected by low pH of the sediment, indicating that high concentration of sulfate inhibited microbial activity. The concentrations of heavy metals such as Pb and Fe in contaminated sdeiment (37~46 ppm Pb; 46,000~464,000 ppm Fe) were much higher than those in the uncontaminated sediment. The concentration of Al in the contaminated water acidfied by coal mine drainage was in the range of 11 to 42 ppm. Compared with those in the uncontaminated sediment, the concentrations of Mn, Mg and Ca in contaminated sediment were low because of the leaching from soil to water by the acidfied stream water.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.1059-1068
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• 2003

본 연구는 아산만으로 유입되는 유사량을 추정하기 위하여 Landsat-5 TM 위성영상과 NGIS 수치자료를 이용하여 대상유역의 기본도와 USLE 주제도를 구축하고, 범용토양유실공식(USLE)을 이용하여 아산만 유역의 토양유실량을 추정하였다. 유사운송비와 포착률을 이용하여 아산만으로 유입되는 유사량을 추정하였으며, 이를 농업기반공사의 배수갑문 관리자료와 환경부의 담수호 부유물 측정자료로부터 구한 실측 유사량과 비교하였다. USLE와 유사운송비, 포착률을 이용해 추정된 값과 실측 유입유사량을 비교한 결과, 아산호의 경우 연평균 추정치는 5,665tonnes/yr, 실측치는 12,937tonnes/yr, 삽교호의 경우 추정치는 6,765tonnes/yr, 실측치는 12,395 tonnes/yr 으로 나타났다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2014

Sediment-laden water is problematic in aquatic ecosystem and for hydraulic structures in a watershed, and agriculture area in a watershed is one of source areas of nonpoint source (NPS), since soil surface typically exposures due to agricultural activities. Especially, severe sediment might flow into stream when agricultural area is located near stream like the Imha-dam watershed. Soil erosion is affected by precipitation, therefore there is a need to consider precipitation characteristics in soil erosion and best management practices (BMPs) simulation. The Web-based Spreadsheet Tool for the Estimation of Pollutant Load (STEPL WEB) allows estimating long-term sediment loads and the impact of best management practices to reduce sediment loads. STEPL WEB and predicted precipitation data by MIROC-ESM model was used to estimate sediment loads and its reduction by filter strip and conversion of agricultural area to forest in the future 30 years. The result indicates that approximately 70 % of agricultural area requires filter strip installation or that approximately 50 % of agricultural area needs to be converted to forest, for 41 % of sediment load reduction.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1413-1419
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• 1968

Yochon reservoir was consturcted with an original storage capacity of 202.7 chung-meters. This reservoir receives the water from watershed area of 933.0 chungbo and has irrigated area of 478.0 chungbo. In 1967 a detailed capacity survey of this reservoir was carried out by a new depth-recorder under the scheme of reservoir sedimentation of Agricultural Engineering Research Center. Significant findings are 1. The capacity of the reservoir for the water storage has been reduced by 8.9%(18.066 chung-meters out of the 202.7 chung-meters) since its construction, a period of just 39.0 years. 2. The sediment accumulation in the reservoir represents an average annual soil loss of 0.496mm depth(0.463 chung-meters) of soil from the watershed area of 933.0 chungbo. Eventually the capacity of the reservoir for the water storage will be reducing by about 25%(50.7 chung-meters out of the 202.7 chung-meters)in one hundred years since its construction. We have to set up controlling projects for those reservoir protections from the sediment, soil loss, and other failures. The depth recorder is very useful, convenient, and accurate machine for surveys of reservoir capacity and other river surveys.