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 A Study on the Water Cycle Improvement Plan of Low Impact Development
Authors 김병성 ( Byungsung Kim ) ; 임석화 ( Seokhwa Lim ) ; 이상진 ( Sangjin Lee ) ; 백종석 ( Jongseok Baek ) ; 김재문 ( Jaemoon Kim )
DOI https://doi.org/10.15681/KSWE.2020.36.2.109
Page pp.109-115
ISSN 2289-0971
Keywords Infiltration; Low impact development(LID); Runoff reduction; SWMM; Water cycle
Abstract Recently, since impervious areas have increased due to urban development, the water cycle system of urban watersheds has been destructed. Hence, researches on LID (Low Impact Development) technique have been conducted to solve such problems environmentally. In order to verify suitability with the scale and arrangement of LID technique, the runoff reduction effect of the LID technique should be analyzed per small watershed unit. In this study, pre-post difference of the runoff by applying the LID was estimated using the rational method and rainwater treatment capacity equation. As a result, the runoff before and after the application of LID were estimated as 22,533.5 m3 and 14,992.1 m3, respectively. In addition, rainfall-runoff simulations were carried out using SWMM to evaluate the efficiency of the LID technique. The SWMM simulation results showed that the runoff before and after the application of LID were 21,174 m3 and 15,664 m3, respectively. Based on the results of the two methods, the scale and arrangement of the LID technique were revised in order to maximize the effect of the water cycle improvement. Rainfall-runoff simulations were carried out using the SWMM with the revised LID techniques. As a result, despite 34.8 % reduction of pervious pavement area, the rate of runoff reduction increased by 2.1 %. These results indicate that designing the scale and arrangement of LID technique, while considering the total amount of inflow entering into each LID techniques, is essential to effectively achieve the goals of runoff reduction in urban development.