• Removal of Nitrate in Groundwater Using Passive Treatment Systems: Evaluation of Removal Efficiency Through a Long-Term Column Experiment

  • Hye Na Ko1·Jiyoung Kang2·Sung-Wook Jeen2,3*

  • 1School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University
    2Department of Environment and Energy, Jeonbuk National University
    3Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Jeonbuk National University

  • 수동적 처리 시스템을 이용한 지하수 내 질산염 제거: 장기 칼럼 실험을 통한 제거 효율 평가

  • 고혜나1·강지영2·진성욱2,3*

  • 1서울대학교 지구환경과학부
    2전북대학교 환경에너지융합학과
    3전북대학교 지구환경과학과

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This Article

  • 2021; 26(2): 17-27

    Published on Apr 30, 2021

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2021.26.2.017
  • Received on Feb 26, 2021
  • Revised on Mar 12, 2021
  • Accepted on Mar 29, 2021

Correspondence to

  • Sung-Wook Jeen

  • 2Department of Environment and Energy, Jeonbuk National University
    3Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Jeonbuk National University

  • E-mail: sjeen@jbnu.ac.kr