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The North Korea water supply system investigated using laws and regulations (법령으로 살펴본 북한의 상수도 체계)

  • Kim, Seung-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.209-218
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    • 2022
  • This study has been conducted to investigate the North Korea water supply system. For this purpose, laws and regulations concerning the North Korea water utilities were analyzed. According to this study, the water supply system of North Korea is similar to that of South Korea. The major difference between these two systems lies in the national water supplier: South Korea has the national water supplier as well as the municipal suppliers, while there is no national water supplier in North Korea. It is noted that the North Korean water utilities depend on outside suppliers for resources necessary for water production such as electricity, chemicals, spare parts, etc. This could damage the North Korean water utilities. If required resources were not delivered properly (deficient quantity and/or at delayed timing), the water suppliers would encounter difficulties in water production.

The Regulations and Guidelines for Management of Corrosive Water and Pipe Corrosion in Drinking Water Distribution System in North America (상수원 관망 부식 제어를 위한 부식성 수질 관리: 북미지역 관리 사례 및 국외 현황)

  • Kim, Minhee;Hyun, Seunghun;Lee, Won-Seok;Loretta, Y. Li
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.359-369
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    • 2017
  • Water distribution systems supply drinking water to consumers' taps. Internal corrosion of metallic pipe used in drinking water distribution systems has reduced water quality and led to increased levels of toxic heavy metals such as lead, copper and nickel. These problems have been experienced to varying degrees by water utilities in many countries. North America has successfully managed and controlled pipe corrosion and corrosive water in water distribution system based on various policies, regulations and rules. Practical and engineering guidelines for evaluation of pipe corrosion and determination of treatment options are also provided to assist drinking water supplies. In addition, the corrosion mechanism in water distribution systems, such as the complex effects of physical and chemical parameters on the corrosion pipes has been improved to accurately predict corrosion rates of metallic pipes in actual water distribution systems. This paper reviews various regulations, policy statement, and treatment produces on controlling corrosion in drinking water distribution systems in US and Canada and then offers suggestion for management of corrosive water and pipe corrosion in drinking water distribution system in Korea.

The Research on Activation Plan for Seawater Desalination Plant Application in Korea (국내 해수담수화 플랜트 적용 활성화 방안 연구)

  • Sohn, Jinsik;Yang, Jeong-Seok;Park, Jinseo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.251-255
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    • 2009
  • Foreign and domestic seawater desalination plant market investigation was performed to analyze the worldwide trend of seawater desalination plant market and to establish the activation plan for seawater desalination plant application. Water demand and seawater desalination related laws and regulations were investigated and analyzed for the activation plan. RO type and large scale plants are popular nowadays however there are only small plants in island region in Korea. There will be about $1 million\;m^3/day$ deficit in 2015 according to the water demand forecasting from Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Land, Transportation, and Maritime Affairs in Korea. Therefore, it is necessary to activate the domestic application of seawater desalination plant to secure stable water resources. To activate the domestic application of seawater desalination plant, first, we need to establish regulations, support system in the water service law for seawater desalination plant. Second, related Ministry should increase the support for the operation and management of seawater desalination plant and suggest the construction of seawater desalination plant for water resources security near seaside region.

Basic Research for Reducing Fine Dust in Urban Construction Sites Using Water Fog (미분무수를 활용한 도심지 건설현장 미세먼지 저감을 위한 기초연구)

  • Han, Jae Goo;Kim, Young Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2019.11a
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    • pp.209-210
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    • 2019
  • This paper investigates and analyzes related systems, policies, and research trends that are used to prepare the operating regulations for drone-based fine dust monitoring and water fog injection systems in small-sized construction site. As a result of the study, we have drawn a total of six major items to consider when drafting the drone related operational regulations. It will also be used as a basis for future development system operation regulations.

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A Study on Reform for Subordinate Laws of the Marine Leisure Safety Act (수상레저안전법 하위법령 개정방안)

  • Lee, Yun-Cheol;Yeo, Sook-Kyung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.106-107
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    • 2005
  • Small vessels of less then 20 tonnage and leisure boats such as motor boats, sailing yachts, water motorcycle, etc have been excluded from the rules and regulations such as Marine Leisure Safety Act, Ship Act and Ship Safety Act for a long time in Korea. As a result, these small vessels and leisure boats have remained within the blind area of maritime safety and environment protection. Among these vessels and boats, some leisure boats such as motor boats of 20 horse power or more(excluding motor boats equipped with engine inside the vehicles), water motorcycles and rubber boats of 30 horse power or more are incorporated into the Marine Leisure Safety Act through the registry, safety inspection, insurance early 2005 in Korea. In relation to the scope of application of the national Acts concerned, I consider the conflicts between Acts and suggest the subordinate enforcement ordinance and regulations.

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Evaluation and Improvement Directions of Laws and Regulations Related to Space and Environmental Planning Toward Extended Application of LID in Korea (저영향 개발(LID) 확대 적용을 위한 공간·환경 계획 관련 법·제도 평가 및 개선방향)

  • Son, Cheol Hee;Baek, Jong In;Ban, Yong Un
    • Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.49-60
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    • 2018
  • To restore urban water cycle, it is necessary to improve domestic laws and regulations related to LID(Low Impact Development), which has been successfully applied to foreign countries. Thus, this study has intended to evaluate domestic legal systems related to space and environmental planning and to suggest directions to improve laws and regulations related to space and environmental planning toward extended application of LID in Korea. To reach this goal, this study has analyze the legal and institutional status of the foreign countries where LID has currently been applied, to derive the factors that laws and institutions are required to support LID based on the above analysis, to evaluate domestic laws and regulations related to space and environmental planning, and to suggest directions to improve the laws and regulations. After the evaluation, this study has found the following results. First, it was found that the concept and basic principles of LID and LID planning and associated methods were no longer mirrored in the space planning-related laws and regulations. However, these problems are not confined to LID, and result from thefailurein applying environmental planning to space planning overall. Second, it was revealed that the environmental planning-related laws and regulations defined the terminologies and targets of LID and suggested different measures to improve LID-related policies differently depending on the backgrounds ofenforcing thelaws and regulations and on environmental properties. Finally, this study has suggested the directions to improve laws and regulations related to space and environmental planning as follows. First, it is necessary to enact a law to support the extended application of LID. Second, the law to be enacted should be connected to laws, enforcement ordinances and regulations, and guidelines related to space planning. Third, environmental benefits provided by both structural and non-structural techniques of LID should be quantitatively measured.