• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.439-445
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• 2010

An emergy analysis of the main energy flows driving the economy of humans and life support systems consists of environmental energies, fuels, and imports, all expressed as solar emjoules. Total emergy use (371 E20 sej/yr) of the Western Nakdong River Basin is 97 per cent from imported sources, fuels and goods and services. Emergy flows from the environment such as rain and geological uplift flux accounted for only 2.9 percent of total emergy use. Emergy yield ratio and environment loading ratio were 1.03 and 33.27, respectively. Emergy sustainability index, a ratio of emergy yield ratio to environment loading ratio, is therefore less than one, which is indicative of highly developed consumer oriented economies. It is necessary for an efficient management of Western Nakdong River Basin to reduce pollution load basically and to restructure economic activities into an environmental friendly industrial structure depending on renewable energy and resources.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.149-165
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• 2022

The water consumption data of individual consumers must be analyzed and forecast to establish an effective water demand management plan. A k-mean cluster model that can monitor water use characteristics based on hourly water consumption data measured using automated meter reading devices and demographic factors is developed in this study. In addition, the quantification model that can estimate the daily water consumption is developed. K-mean cluster analysis based on the four clusters shows that the average silhouette coefficient is 0.63, also the silhouette coefficients of each cluster exceed 0.60, thereby verifying the high reliability of the cluster analysis. Furthermore, the clusters are clearly classified based on water usage and water usage patterns. The correlation coefficients of four quantification models for estimating water consumption exceed 0.74, confirming that the models can accurately simulate the investigated demographic data. The statistical significance of the models is considered reasonable, hence, they are applicable to the actual field. Because the use of automated smart water meters has become increasingly popular in recent year, water consumption has been metered remotely in many areas. The proposed methodology and the results obtained in this study are expected to facilitate improvements in the usability of smart water meters in the future.

• 농촌계획
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2005

Proper management of small rural watershed is important since it does affect water quality improvement of larger scale watershed. Therefore, effective small watershed management guideline including participatory program of local people is required to achieve water environment improvement. Feasibility of water quality goal, short and long-term watershed management plan and funding sources were investigated by field monitoring of Hampyungchun watershed which has characteristics of rural stream, and literature review. The relevant parties and their roles fer watershed management were identified and suggested. A hybrid model, that is mixture of government driven model and NGO model, is recommended for watershed management organization in this study.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.511-517
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• 2015

Korea's modern waterworks began with construction of DDukdo water treatment plant in 1908 and has been growing rapidly along with the country's economic development. As a result, water supply rates have reached 98.5% based on 2013. Despite multilateral efforts for high-quality water supply, such as introduction of advanced water treatment process, expansion of waterworks infrastructure and so on, distrust for drinking tap water has been continuing and domestic consumption rate of tap water is in around 5% level and extremely poor comparing to advanced countries such as the United States(56%), Japan(52%), etc. Recently, the water management has been facing the new phase due to water environmental degradation caused by climate change, aging facilities, etc. Therefore, K-water has converted water management paradigm from the "clean and safe water" to the "healthy water" and been pushing the Smart Water City(SWC) Pilot Project in order to develop and spread new water supply models for consumers to believe and drink tap water through systematic water quality and quantity management combining ICT in the whole water supply process. The SWC pilot projects in Pa-ju city and Go-ryeong county were an opportunity to check the likelihood of the "smart water management" as the answer to future water management. It is needed to examine the necessity of smart water management introduction and nationwide SWC expansion in order to improve water welfare for people and resolve domestic & foreign water problems.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.271-276
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• 2014

본 연구는 물재이용 활성화 방안 및 물재이용 정책시행을 위한 기초적인 자료로 제시하기 위해 20세 이상의 수원시민을 대상으로 설문조사하였다. 설문지는 시민들의 물재이용 결정요인을 분석하기 위해 빗물 재이용과 하수처리수 재이용 2개 분야로 구성하였다. 물재이용 결정요인은 요인분석을 실시하여 요인의 신뢰도 Cronbach's Alpha 값이 0.4 이상으로 나타난 19 문항을 이용하였다. 빗물 이용에 영향을 미치는 요인은 환경보호, 수도요금, 단수위험 및 기후변화로 나타났다. 빗물 이용에 관한 모든 변수들의 총 설명력은 39.7%이며 환경보호는 28.1%의 설명력을 보였다. 하수처리수 재이용에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 가장 먼저 환경보호 요인이 투입되었으며 설명력은 24.2%였다. 하수처리수 재이용 결정요인에 수도요금, 물관리 정책, 기후 변화 및 단수위험이 추가적으로 투입된 결과, 각각의 설명력이 4.3%, 2.8%, 3.3%, 1.1% 증가되었다. 따라서 물 재이용을 활성화하기 위해서는 물재이용 정책 개발뿐만 아니라 환경보호에 관한 교육과 재이용수의 수질에 대한 신뢰도 향상이 중요한 요인이라고 생각된다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2023년도 학술발표회
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• pp.169-169
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• 2023

Most distributed water is not used effectively due to water loss occurring in pipe networks. These water losses are caused by leakage, typically due to high water pressure to ensure adequate water supply. High water pressure can cause the pipe to burst or develop leaks over time, particularly in an aging network. In order to reduce the amount of leakage and ensure proper water distribution, it is important to apply pressure management. Pressure management aims to maintain a steady and uniform pressure level throughout the network, which can be achieved through various operational schemes. The schemes include: (1) installing a variable speed pump (VSP), (2) introducing district metered area (DMA), and (3) operating pressure-reducing valves (PRV). Applying these approaches requires consideration of various hydraulic, economic, and environmental aspects. Due to the different functions of these approaches and related components, an all-together optimization of these schemes is a complicated task. In order to reduce the optimization complexity, this study recommends a sequential optimization method. With three network operation schemes considered (i.e., VSP, DMA, and PRV), the method explores all the possible combinations of pressure management paths. Through sequential optimization, the best pressure management path can be determined using a multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to weigh in factors of cost savings, investment, pressure uniformity, and CO₂ emissions. Additionally, the contribution of each scheme to pressure management was also described in the application results.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.256-267
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• 2022

본 연구는 대청호 상류에 있는 서화천 유역을 대상으로 지난 5년간 측정된 장기간의 수질모니터링 자료를 이용하여 수질 현황 및 추세를 분석하였다. 서화천 유역은 대청호의 녹조 발생 감소 및 수질 개선을 위한 사업이 진행되고 있으며 상수원 수질 관리를 위해서 지속적 관리가 필요하다. 현재 수질 평가는 수질 관리 지점을 파악하는 것이 목적이며 좋은물 등급과 통합수질지수(Water Quality Index, WQI)를 사용하였다. 추세 평가는 Mann-Kendall test와 Sen's Slope를 이용하여 수질 개선사업을 통한 효과를 평가하였다. 평가결과, 현재는 수질지수를 통해 수질 관리가 필요한 유역과 시기를 확인하였으며 추세분석을 통해 개선사업으로 인한 효과를 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 장기 수질모니터링 자료를 이용한 수질 현황 및 개선 효과를 검토할 수 있어 향후 비슷한 유형의 유역에서 적용 가능하리라 판단된다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.279-288
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• 2010

The water quality variations or changes are closely relevant to the characteristics of unit watersheds and have an effect on the attainment of their water quality goal. This study was conducted to analyze the water quality distribution and its change patterns of unit watersheds in Nakdong river basin. It revealed that 25 unit watersheds out of 41 showed the normality in water quality. Most of unit watersheds had a considerable variation in water quality, especially in the season of spring and summer but a little in terms of flow rate. Annual relative differences in water quality ranged from 13.0 to 26.6% with the maximum of 75%. 28 unit watersheds (62%) had the tendency to decrease in water quality as the flow rate increased while 13 (38%) to increase. The extension of standard flow led to considerable differences in water quality depending on its ranges, which meant uncertainties might be included in the process of TMDL development. It is suggested that annual average flow rate should be chosen as a standard flow in the area where the water quality change has little relation to the flow rate.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.84-90
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• 2016

Regionally the lowest average concentration of TOC was observed with 0.66 mg/L in Nakdong river, while the highest concentration of TOC was observed with 0.91 mg/L in Yeongsan river. The average concentration of TOC for national water quality monitoring site showed that the lowest average concentration of TOC was 1.58 mg/L in Han river, while the highest concentration of TOC was 3.37 mg/L in Yeongsan river. Seasonally, the average concentration of TOC at six upstream sites showed 0.77 mg/L and 0.56 mg/L, 0.69 mg/L and 0.63 mg/L, 0.80 mg/L and 0.73 mg/L, and 1.21 mg/L and 0.68 mg/L between wet season and dry season in Han river, Nakdong river, Gem river and Yeongsan river, respectively. For the national water quality site, the average concentration of TOC between wet season and dry season was 1.70 mg/L and 1.45 mg/L in Han river, 2.01 mg/L and 1.75 mg/L in Nakdong river, 2.01 mg/L and 1.60 mg/L in Gem river, and 3.75 mg/L and 3.00 mg/L in Yeongsan river. The distribution of TOC in upstream and national water quality monitoring sites on four major rivers have been influenced by seasonal and regional characteristics in Korea.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제42권별호
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• pp.102-125
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• 2009