The Journal of
the Korean Society on Water Environment

The Journal of
the Korean Society on Water Environment

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  • ISSN : 2289-0971 (Print)
  • ISSN : 2289-098X (Online)
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Title Characteristics of Washed-off Pollutants and Dynamic EMCs in a Parking Lot and a Bridge during Storms
Authors 김이형 ( Lee Hyung Kim ) ; 이선하 ( Seon Ha Lee )
Page pp.248-255
ISSN 2289-0971
Keywords Bridge; Dynamic EMCs; Land use; Nonpoint sources; Parking Lot
Abstract Since the water quality of drinking water sources has been recognized as a big issue, the ministry of Environment in Korea is designing the total maximum daily load (TMDL) program for 4 major large rivers. The TMDL program can be successfully performed as controling the nonpoint pollutants from watershed area near the river. Of the various landuses in nonpoint pollution, parking lots and bridges are stormwater intensive landuses because of high imperviousness and high pollutant mass emissions from vehicular activities. Vehicle emissions from those areas include different pollutants such as heavy metals, oil and grease and particulates from sources such as fuels, brake pad and tire wear, etc. Especially the pollutant washed-off from the landuses are directly affecting to the river water quality. Therefore this research was conducted to understand the magnitude and nature of the stormwater emissions with the goal of quantifying stormwater pollutant concentrations and mass emission rates of pollutants from parking lot and bridges in Korea. In Kongju city areas, two monitoring sites were equipped with an automatic rainfall gages and an automatic flow meter for accumulating the useful data such as rainfall, water quality and runoff flow. This manuscripts will show the concentration changes during storm duration and EMCs to characterize the concentration profiles in different land uses. Also the first flush criteria will be suggested using dynamic EMCs. The definition of dynamic EMC is a new approach explaining the relationship of EMC and first flush effect.