This study was focused on estimating instream flow, and its optimal alternative for securing the required total amount of instream flow was also researched in order to restore ecosystems and riverine aesthetics of the Mugeo Stream, the first tributary of the Taewha River flowing through the center of Ulsan. In this study the hydraulic and hydrologic conditions and water quality were investigated at specific channel reaches and representative stations of the Mugeo Stream to determine a proper estimate of instream flow. And riverine functions, such as the minimum flow, water quality conservation, fish habitat, and recreation, were considered to restore the environmental functions of the stream. As a result, the total amount of 11,500㎥/day was set as the target instream flow for the Mugeo Stream. It was chosen as the optimal alternative for securing the total external supply of 10,000㎥/day which have to be transfered from the riverbed flow diverted through the Taewha Main river at upstream of Samho bridge. The water quality throughout the Mugeo Stream channels will be improved considerably to 3-4 mg/l of BOD standard if the target instream flow is supplied and sewage is intercepted by the sanitary sewage system.

In this study, the removal possibility of nutrients of T-P, NH3-N, NO3-N, and T-N is examined through a positive experimental study using submerged biofilter of media packing channel method. From the analysis of nutrients removal efficiency for each run of the collected sample, following results are obtained. Firstly, the result of N/P surveying for inflow shows serious value that excess the limit value of 20 as the values are in the range of 12.0∼42.7 and the average is 25.73. Secondly, the highest concentration of the incoming NH3-N reaches double of the standard since the concentrations of NH3-N, and NO3-N for inflow shows 0.06㎎/ℓ , and 2.5∼3.8㎎/ℓ respectively, and the average removal rate which passed the submerged biofilter adopted in this study is a satisfactory level. Next, the average removal rate of T-P of 51.5% shows the possibility of entrophication removal since the removal rate of T-P of 66.8∼68.8% in relative low temperature period of RUN 1∼2 appeared higher than in RUN 3∼6, and T-N shows relatively poor result with the average removal rate of 34.1%. And it is known that the bigger BOD/P and BOD/N are, the more removal rate increases from the examination result of the relation between BOD/P and BOD/N, and the treatment water T-P and T-N to decide the relation with the concentration of organic matters, and thought that the appropriate proportion is necessary for effective removal of nitrogen and phosphorus.