Evaluation of hydrologic data obtained from a local groundwater monitoring network in a metropolitan city, Korea Export

@article{Lee:2005, abstract = {In the late 1980s, dramatic increases in water use caused over-exploitation of groundwater resources and deterioration of water quality in Seoul metropolitan city. To monitor changes in quantity of groundwater resources and their quality, the metropolitan government established a local groundwater monitoring network in 1997 consisting of 119 monitoring wells. Groundwater resources in the urban area were affected by various human activities, including underground construction such as subways, pumping for public or private water use, leaky sewer systems and pavements. The variation patterns of the groundwater levels were mainly classified into four types, reflecting natural recharge due to rainfall events during the wet season, artificial recharge from leaky sewer or water supply systems, and heavy groundwater pumping for drainage or flood control purposes at underground construction sites. Significantly decreasing trends of groundwater levels in the suburbs of Seoul indicate groundwater use for various agricultural activities. Subway construction lowered the water level by an average of 25 m. Electrical conductivity values showed a wide range, from 100 to 1800 µS/cm (mean 470 µS/cm). Groundwater temperature generally showed a stable pattern, except for some sensitive increases at relatively shallow monitoring wells. Detailed analysis of the monitored groundwater data would provide some helpful implications for optimal and efficient management of groundwater resources in this metropolitan city. Copyright {\copyright} 2005 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.}, address = {GeoGreen21 Co., Ltd, Suite 519, Main Building, Research Park, Seoul National University, San4-8, Pongchon7-dong, Seoul 151-818, Korea; Institute of Industrial Management, Chung-Ang University, Ansung 456-756, Korea; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea}, author = {Lee, Jin-Yong and Choi, Mi-Jung and Kim, Yoon-Young and Lee, Kang-Kun}, citeulike-article-id = {763818}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.5689}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/110430052/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/hyp.5689}, journal = {Hydrological Processes}, keywords = {groundwater, hydrology, korea}, number = {13}, pages = {2525--2537}, posted-at = {2006-07-19 02:55:00}, priority = {2}, title = {Evaluation of hydrologic data obtained from a local groundwater monitoring network in a metropolitan city, Korea}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.5689}, volume = {19}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - Lee:2005 L3 - citeulike-article-id:763818 N2 - In the late 1980s, dramatic increases in water use caused over-exploitation of groundwater resources and deterioration of water quality in Seoul metropolitan city. To monitor changes in quantity of groundwater resources and their quality, the metropolitan government established a local groundwater monitoring network in 1997 consisting of 119 monitoring wells. Groundwater resources in the urban area were affected by various human activities, including underground construction such as subways, pumping for public or private water use, leaky sewer systems and pavements. The variation patterns of the groundwater levels were mainly classified into four types, reflecting natural recharge due to rainfall events during the wet season, artificial recharge from leaky sewer or water supply systems, and heavy groundwater pumping for drainage or flood control purposes at underground construction sites. Significantly decreasing trends of groundwater levels in the suburbs of Seoul indicate groundwater use for various agricultural activities. Subway construction lowered the water level by an average of 25 m. Electrical conductivity values showed a wide range, from 100 to 1800 µS/cm (mean 470 µS/cm). Groundwater temperature generally showed a stable pattern, except for some sensitive increases at relatively shallow monitoring wells. Detailed analysis of the monitored groundwater data would provide some helpful implications for optimal and efficient management of groundwater resources in this metropolitan city. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. IS - 13 JF - Hydrological Processes AD - GeoGreen21 Co., Ltd, Suite 519, Main Building, Research Park, Seoul National University, San4-8, Pongchon7-dong, Seoul 151-818, Korea; Institute of Industrial Management, Chung-Ang University, Ansung 456-756, Korea; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea EP - 2537 TI - Evaluation of hydrologic data obtained from a local groundwater monitoring network in a metropolitan city, Korea VL - 19 SP - 2525 KW - groundwater KW - hydrology KW - korea AU - Lee, Jin-Yong AU - Choi, Mi-Jung AU - Kim, Yoon-Young AU - Lee, Kang-Kun PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.5689 ER -