Recently severe drought caused the water shortage around the western parts of Chungcheongnamdo province, South Korea. A Diversion tunnel from the Geum river to the Boryong dam, which is the water supply dam for these areas has been proposed to solve this problem. This study examined hydraulic impacts on the Geum river associated with the diversion plan assuming the severe drought condition of 2015 would persist for the simulation period of 2016. The hydraulic simulation model was verified using hydrologic and hydraulic data including hourly discharges of the Geum river and its 8 tributaries, fluctuation of tidal level at the mouth of the river, withdrawals and return flows and operation records of the Geum river barrage since Feb. 1, 2015 through May 31, 2015. For the upstream boundary condition of the Geum river predicted inflow series using the nonlinear regression equation for 2015 discharge data was used. In order to estimate the effects of uncertainty in inflow prediction to the results total four inflow series consisting of upper limit flow, expected flow, lower limit flow and instream flow were used to examine hydraulic impacts of the diversion plan. The simulation showed that in cases of upper limit and expected flows there would be no problem in taking water from the Geum river mouth with a minimum water surface level of EL(+) 1.44 m. Meanwhile, the simulation also showed that in cases of lower limit flow and instream flow there would be some problems not only in taking water for water supply from the mouth of the Geum river but also operating the diversion facility itself with minimum water surface levels of EL(+) 0.94, 0.72, 0.43, and 0.14 m for the lower limit flow without/with diversion and the instream flow without/with diversion, respectively.

Defects of diversion tunnel have been analyzed by using the precise inspection for safety and diagnosis in 7 dams. Leakage from joint, crack, and material segregation is crucial damage in dam as well as crack, corrosion, and drainage system. Maintenances of diversion tunnel have been suggested with common and unique characteristics of defects.

국내에는 약 18,000여개의 댐이 있는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 이 중에서 대댐으로 분류되는 1,200여 개의 대댐은 비교적 양호하게 운영 관리되고 있으나, 지자체 등에서 관리하는 소규모의 댐들은 대부분 제체를 관통하는 복통을 갖고 있으며, 제도적 장치의 미비와 전문 인력의 부족으로 체계적인 유지관리가 거의 이루어지지 않고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 소규모 댐들에서 자주 발생하는 결함의 유형에 대해서 고찰하고, 결함의 보수보강을 통하여 소규모 댐의 안전을 확보할 수 있는 방법을 제시하고자 한다. 또한, 전기비저항 탐사를 통하여 결함의 진행정도를 파악하고, 보수보강 이후의 보수보강 효과를 판정하는 방법론을 제시하고자 하였다.