A voltammetric investigation of Au assay was conducted at a low cost, using Nafion and DNA immobilized on a graphite Pencil working electrode (NDP) with a black lead counter and reference. The following optimal parameters were found: 0.4 V amplitude, 500 Hz frequency, -0.7 V initial potential, and 0.015 V increment potential. These optimal conditions were also applied to sand obtained from the river site. The aforementioned technique is simpler and less costly compared to the common voltammetry and spectrophotometric methods.

A field research at Sudokwon landfill was carried to analyse the effect of leachate and organic waste water injection on decomposition characteristics of landfill waste. The moisture content after leachate (79,783 m3) addition into block 3A for 1 year increased from 27.4% to 34.1%. As a result of moisture increasement, Cellulose and Lignin proportions as indicators of waste degradability changed from 1.45 to 1.18. It is also illustrated that TOC as an indicator of CH4 production potential reduced from 22.0% to 19.5%. Comparison results of TOC after 4 months of each leachate, digested waste water, food waste water injection into block 4A shows reduction of 3.5%, 4.7% and 3.7%, respectively. Hence, it is indicated that injection of leachate and organic waste water into landfill enhances the rate of CH4 production as well as the speed of landfill stabilization.

This study has been conducted to develop a new recycling technology of sewage sludge using a carbonization process. The carbonizing yield, the calorific value and EC(electric conductivity) of carbonized sewage sludge had a tendency to be decreased with increase of the carbonizing temperature and time, but pH and the C/N were increased with increase the carbonizing temperature and time. The whole pore volume of carbonized sludge processed in the carbonizing furnace was 0.032㎤/g, which was smaller than that in the electric furnace. But, the rates of mesopore and macropore were found to account for 100% therein. Rate of color and organic materials removal for dyeing wastewater were determined 70～97%, 78～83% on cotton yarn, 88～96%, 69～80% on wool wastewater and 77～89%, 77～87% on towel compared with powder activated carbon. Effect of carbonized sludge on chrysanthemum growth was investigated. Plant height and number of leaves was better mixture of carbonized sludge than comparison.

Currently in Korea, standard operating procedure for the analyses of phenolic compounds in water is the spectrometric comparison of colors developed by 4-amino antipyrin with phenolic compounds. It is however that this method cannot identify individual compound and that some phenolic compounds do not react with 4-amino antipyrin. Spectrometric determinations of phenolic compounds were compared with chromatographic analyses of gas chromatography (GC) and high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) of various phenolic compounds. Individual phenolic compounds could be determined by both chromatographic methods but HPLC methods were more precise with lower detection levels in general.