• Construction of a Preliminary Conceptual Site Model Based on a Site Investigation Report for Area of Concerns about Groundwater Contamination

  • Juhee Kim1,2·Min Seo Bae1,2·Man Jae Kwon1,2·Ho Young Jo1,2·Soonjae Lee1,2*

  • 1SMART-SEM (Subsurface Environment Management) Research Center
    2Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Korea University

  • 지하수 오염우려지역 실태조사 보고서 기반의 사전 부지개념모델 구축

  • 김주희1,2·배민서1,2·권만재1,2·조호영1,2·이순재1,2*

  • 1스마트 지중환경 관리 기술 연구단
    2고려대학교 지구환경과학과

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Abstract

The conceptual site model (CSM) is used as a key tool to support decision making in risk based management of contaminated sites. In this work, CSM was applied in Jeonju Industrial Complex where site investigation for groundwater contamination was conducted. Site background information including facility types, physical conditions, contaminants spill history, receptor exposure, and ecological information were collected and cross-checked with tabulated checklist necessary for CSM application. The CSM for contaminants migration utilized DNAPL transport model and narrative CSMs were constructed for source to receptor pathway, ecological exposure route, and contaminants fate and transport in the form of a diagram or flowchart. The component and uncertainty of preliminary CSM were reviewed using the data gap analysis while taking into account the purpose of the survey and the site management stage at the time of the survey. Through this approach, the potential utility of CSM was demonstrated in the site management process, such as assessing site conditions and planning follow-up survey work.


Keywords: Groundwater contaminant, site management, site investigation, Preliminary conceptual site model, Data Gap

This Article

  • 2022; 27(S1): 64-74

    Published on Jul 31, 2022

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2022.27.S.064
  • Received on Jun 24, 2022
  • Revised on Jun 28, 2022
  • Accepted on Jul 18, 2022

Correspondence to

  • Soonjae Lee

  • 1SMART-SEM (Subsurface Environment Management) Research Center
    2Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Korea University

  • E-mail: soonjam@korea.ac.kr