Due to the global climate change, Korean peninsula is has been experiencing flooding and drought severely. It is hard difficult to manage water resources sustainably, because due to intensive precipitation in short periods and severe drought has increased in Korea. Reused water from the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) could be a sustainable and an alternative water source near the urban areas. In order to understand the patterns of water reuse in Korea, annual water reuses data according to the times and regional governments were investigated from 2008 to 2019. The reused water from WWTP in Korea has been mainly used for river maintenance flow and industrial use, while agricultural use of water reuse has decreased with time. Metropolitan cities in Korea such as Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Ulsan, and Incheon have been mainly used reused reusing water for river maintenance flow. Industrial water reuse has been limitedly applied recently for the planned industrial districts in Pohang, Gumi, Paju, and Asan. By using the collected annual water reuse data from the domestic sewerage statistics of sewerage, the optimistic and pessimistic future estimations of for future annual water reuse were suggested from 2020 to 2040 on a five year interval for every five years.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of sewerage facilities through I/I analysis by rainfall by selecting areas where storm overflow diverging chamber is remained due to the non-maintenance drainage equipment when the sewerage system was reconstructed as a separate sewer system. Research has shown that wet weather flow(WWF) increased from 106.2% to 154.8% compared to dry weather flow(DWF) in intercepting sewers, and that the WWF increased from 122.4% to 257.6% in comparison to DWF in storm overflow diverging chamber. As a result, owing to storm overflow diverging chamber of partially separate sewer system with untreated tributary of sewage treatment plant, rainfall-derived infiltration/inflow(RDII) has been analyzed 2.7 times higher than the areas without storm overflow diverging chamber. Meanwhile, infiltration quantity of this study area was relatively higher than that of other study areas. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce infiltration quantity through sewer pipe maintenance nearby river. Drainage equipment maintenance should be performed not to operate storm overflow diverging chamber in order to handle the appropriate sewage treatment plant capacity for rainfall because it is also expected that RDII due to rain will occur after maintenance. In conclusion, it is necessary to recognize aRDII(allowance of rainfall-derived infiltration/inflow) and to be reflected it on sewage treatment plant capacity because aRDII can occur even after maintenance to the complete separate sewer system.

The objective of this study is to analyze the investment adequacy of the projects implemented according to the master plan on sewerage rehabilitation at Seoul. The planned and actually implemented ratio of invested money on sewage treatment plants (STPs) to sewers were compared in two temporal periods. Though the planned ratio of investment on STPs to sewers was 50:50 (in 2009-2020) , the actual implemented ratio in 2009-2013 was 34:66. Until 2020, the greater investment ratio on STPs to sewers should be made considering the necessity of coping with stricter legal compliance on advanced treatment, stormwater treatment and so on. The priority of the planned and partially implemented projects among four STPs and at each STP was evaluated. Considering only the performance indicator of reduced load of BOD, T-N, T-P per the capacity of each STP facility, the performance among four STPs was shown as Jung-Rang>Tan-Cheon>Seo-Nam>Nan-Ji. The reverse order of the performance results in the past may be considered for future investment priority, but the efficiency of operation implemented at each STP, deteriorated status of each STP, investment in the past and so forth should also be considered. As for the priority of projects conducted within each STP, projects related to legal compliance (such as advanced tertiary treatment, stormwater treatment, etc.) have highest priority. Odor-related project and inhabitant-friendly facility related projects (such as building park on STPs, etc.) has lower priority than water quality related projects but interactivity with end-users of sewerage should also be important.

As sewerage systems have obsolete, as quality and service level standards increase, and as rain characteristics change, the sewerage utility authorities are challenged to develop cost recovery strategies that assure financial sustainability. In this study, we conducted scenario analysis to examine the effect of three alternatives of partial or full sewerage cost recovery in Seoul during 2014-30 periods. It turned out that the alternative 1 is optimal and recommended. According to alternative 1, we had better increase annually sewerage fee by 14.8% until 2020 and thereafter apply only the inflation rate in setting sewerage fee. It would gradually decrease the deficit after 2019. The accumulated deficit of 13 billion Won in 2030 was estimated.We expect that this kind of analysis may provide useful informations to help sewage utility staffs, decision makers, and regulatory authorities understand, develop and implement ultimate full cost recovery strategy for many municipalities.

As sewer flooding frequents due to localized and concentrated stormwater and increased non-permeable surface area after urbanization, building cities with sound water recycle and accordingly efficient management of rainwater is demanded. To do this, the existing sewage (including rainwater) fee imposition system should be philosophically evaluated. This study presents problematic issues of the existing domestic sewage fee imposition system considering the principle of sharing costs on the service of sewage and rainwater collection and treatment. Four methods to improve the existing sewage fee imposition system are suggested: 1) imposing stormwater fee according to Polluter Pays Principle, 2) clarification of the share of public sector, 3) reducing or exempting the sewerage fee for inhabitants reducing urban runoff by constructing their own rainwater management facilities, 4) imposing charge for discharging rainwater to sewers due to new development action. Short, mid, or long term planning for rainwater management is recommended considering the situation of each municipality.

In order to evaluate the fundamental properties of sewerage pipes for ductile properties and allowable deflection ratios, A field tests were conducted on the glass fiber reinforced plastic pipe. Also, Allowable deformation test was carried out to determine the soil-pipe relationship and earth pressure due to the loading of dump truck.

In this paper, we present the results of investigations pertaining to the structural behavior of egg-shaped pipe buried underground. Mechanical properties of pvc sample taken from the egg-shaped pipe are tested according to KS M 3006. Test results are used in the finite element simulation for the structural behavior of the egg-shaped pvc pipe buried underground. Maximum stress obtained at the pipe is compared with the maximum strength of pvc pipe material. It was found that the egg-shaped pvc pipe buried underground is safe.

본 논문에서는 시스템 다이내믹스(System Dynamics, SD) 방법론에 입각하여 하수도 시스템의 운영지표들과 이에 영향을 미치는 외부변수들로 구성된 피드백 루프 메커니즘(Feedback Loop Mechanism)을 관로유지관리와 연관하여 규명하고, 외부변수의 변화에 따른 운영지표의 변화를 예측함으로써 하수도 시스템의 효율적인 운영 및 유지관리 방안을 모색할 수 있는 SD 컴퓨터 모의 모형(Computer Simulation Model)을 개발하였다. 개발된 모형에 부산광역시 하수도 시스템의 과거 운영 자료를 적용함으로써 모형을 검증하였고, 미래의 운영 상황을 예측하였다. 그 결과, 하수도보급률은 이미 목표치에 거의 도달하여 큰 변동이 없을 것으로 예측되었으며, 하수처리효율과 하수처리량, 요금현실화율은 점차 증가할 것으로 예측되었다. 또한 정책 지렛대의 발견을 위해 시스템에 큰 영향을 미치는 주요 운영지표를 선정하여 외부변수의 변화에 대한 민감도 분석을 수행하였는데, 그 결과 관로 유지관리와 연관된 외부변수는 하수처리효율의 변화뿐만 아니라 시설이용률, 하수처리량 등의 변화에도 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다.

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of electrochemical (EC) disinfection of artificial wastewater contaminated by Escherichia coli culture. Circulated batch type electrochemical disinfection system using three plates electrodes was used. Also, the several factors (pH, ORP, DO, temperature, current, conductivity) were measured in order to investigate the fundamental design factor in the EC disinfection system. It was demonstrated that the EC process was highly effective for wastewater disinfection. At the constant voltage, the disinfection efficiency was increased according to time. The disinfection efficiency and current increased as the increase of voltage. The variation of conductivity was a little related to the variation of CFU (colony forming units). The differences in disinfection efficiency according to the ice pack and the variation of electrodes were not occurred. The EC disinfection efficiency and current increased according to the increase of circulating flow rate.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are an important group of organic contaminants present in sewage sludge, due to their persistence, toxic, bioaccumulative and long range transfer. These characters make themselves as Persistent Organic Pollutants(POPs) in Long Range Transboundary Air Pollutions convention(LRTAP) of Europe. A method of the gas chromatographicmass spectrometric (GCMS) determination of PAHs present in sewage sludge was developed and applied to analyzed samples from five sewerage treatment plants (SWTPs), having different treatment types. PAHs were extracted from freeze-dried samples by toluene 16 hours in a soxhlet extraction system. The sludge extracts were cleaned-up by an activated silica gel column chromatography. The sum of the 16 US Environmental Protection Agency PAHs sewage sludge samples varied from 2.44 to 4.82 ㎍/ g. Concentration of emission carcinogen PAHs(PAHcarc), such as Benzo(a)anthracene, Benzo(b)fluoran- thene, Benzo(k)fluoranthene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene and Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene ranged from 0.62 to 1.03 ㎍/g. The total amount of PAHs emission from sewage sludge in Korea was calculated as a top-down approach. PAHs and ∑PAHcarc from sewage treatment plants had emitted to environment by several pathway. The highest amount of emission to the environment was remarked in the ocean dumping(PAHs and ∑PAHcarc emissions were 1155.95 kg/year and 5040.32 kg/year, respectively).

An evaluation of the application of SBR and biofilm on small sewerage system was conducted. A newly developed small sewerage system, using SBR, was successfully applied to the nutrient treatment using municipal wastewater. The system was consisted of 6 compartments. Two systems, with SBR (A type) or without SBR (B type), were compared by several parameters (COD, SS, T-N, NH4+-N, NO3--N, NO2--N, alkalinity, pH, DO) in all experimental periods. Also, the time variation of several parameters (DO, pH, NH4+-N, NO3--N, NO2--N) was examined in a SBR applied sewerage system. T-N removal efficiency of B type was higher than that of A type by the effect of nitrification and denitrification even though the COD removal efficiencies were similar. In aeration stage, the pH was decreased from 6.4 to 6.3 within 1 h and increased to 6.65 at the end of aerobic stage, and pH was decreased to 6.2 in non-aeration stage, and these phenomena were explained. The effects of nitrification and denitrification were compared in A type and B type sewerage system, and the typical nitrificaion and denitrification were observed in B type sewerage system.

한수관내 침전물의 퇴적을 방지하기 위하여는 최저유속과 에너지경사, 관경을 산정하여 제시하여야 되는데 이들 수치를 바로 결정하는 양해법 산정식들을 개발하였다. 이를 위하여 토사의 임계전단력과 상용관 마찰계수 산정을 위하여 지수형 산정식들을 도입하였으며, 이들 지수형 산정식들은 기존 실험관측자료를 이용하여 개발되었다. 제시된 수치들의 적합성을 판별하기 위하여 여러 예들을 본 연구에서 개발된 산정식들을 적용하여 검토하였다.