• Establishment of an Optimal Rehabilitation Process for Agricultural Public Wells by Applying Standardized Diagnostic Functions
  • Lee, Byung Sun;Song, Sung-Ho;Park, Jeong-Keun;Won, Young-Cheon;Kim, Wonsuck;
  • Rural Research Institute, Korea Rural Community Corporation;Rural Research Institute, Korea Rural Community Corporation;C&H Inc;C&H Inc;Department of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Texas at Austin;
  • 농어업용 공공관정 기능진단 표준화(안)을 이용한 최적 사후관리
  • 이병선;송성호;박정근;원용천;김원석;
  • 한국농어촌공사 농어촌연구원;한국농어촌공사 농어촌연구원;씨앤에치아이앤씨(주);씨앤에치아이앤씨(주);텍사스주립대학교 지질학과;
Abstract
Rehabilitation for low-yielding wells resulting in improvement on groundwater quantity and quality is considered to be the most economic and ecofriendly method against the increasing demand to groundwater due to frequent drought and the increase in numbers of agricultural complex for growing horticultural crops. This study suggests standard, stepwise diagnostic fuctions consisting of four steps (Basic inspection, Specific inspection, Rehabilitation, and Management) for an optimal management to the wells. Basic inspection can provide information on current groundwater quantity and quality compared with those on its initial stage. Specific-inspection based on hydrogeology can scientifically demonstrate causes of deterioration on groundwater quantity and quality. Results of specific inspection can suggest an optimal rehabilitation method to solve deteriorating problems including clogging and corrosion for the wells. After rehabiliating the wells, an assessment on groundwater quantity and quality would be conducted to identify the suitability of the applied method and improvement of the wells. A short-term, periodic management to the wells is considered as the key to save a public management budget. Suggested diagnostic functions can possibly induce sustainable supply of agricultural groundwater to the farm land and finally contribute the increase on rural household income.

Keywords: Agricultural groundwater;Public wells;Diagnostic functions;Rehabilitation;Management;

This Article

  • 2016; 21(4): 1-9

    Published on Aug 31, 2016

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2016.21.4.001
  • Received on Jun 10, 2016
  • Revised on Jul 4, 2016
  • Accepted on Jul 7, 2016

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