• Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater: Change of Paradigm for Sustainable Use
  • Lee, Jin-Yong;Lee, Kang-Kun;
  • Department of Geology, Kangwon National University;School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University;
Abstract
Groundwater development and use have been increasing in Korea causing frequent occurrences of related hazards such as groundwater level decline, land subsidence, and groundwater contamination. To tackle these groundwater problems, central and local governments have set-up and maintained many groundwater monitoring programs such as the National Groundwater Monitoring Network and the Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network, which collect very valuable data on the overall status of domestic groundwater to aid proper groundwater management. However, several problems mainly related to the remediation of contaminated groundwater remain unresolved. Recently, there have been some incidents related to the contamination of groundwater, and these have drawn the concern of the Korean people. Although groundwater contamination has been investigated in detail, actual groundwater remediation work has not yet been implemented. The remediation of the contaminated groundwater must begin immediately in order to sustain the eco-system service of clean groundwater and enhance the welfare of the Korean people.

Keywords: Groundwater contamination;Remediation;Sustainable use;Eco-service;

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This Article

  • 2013; 18(6): 1-7

    Published on Nov 30, 2013

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2013.18.6.001
  • Received on Sep 11, 2013
  • Revised on Oct 18, 2013
  • Accepted on Oct 18, 2013