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Fifty years of groundwater science in Korea: a review and perspective

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We present a review of groundwater studies over the past 50 years (1968–2017) in Korea. With economic and agricultural growth, water demand has been expanding, and groundwater development is gradually increasing. Initially, groundwater studies were largely focused on using pumping and slug tests to understand aquifers in Korea. However, the interest has expanded to groundwater monitoring and data analyses, as many national and local networks for monitoring groundwater quantity and quality have been implemented. Frequent severe droughts in recent decades have led to research on the design and pilot tests for managed aquifer recharge, especially on the volcanic island of Jeju and agricultural areas. As groundwater development and its use has increased, groundwater contamination is becoming a public grievance. Thus, effective investigation of contaminated groundwater and its efficient remediation are big issues in the Research and Development (R & D) sector. The recent Gyeongju earthquake posed an additional challenge for Korean groundwater scientists to develop a method to predict earthquakes using groundwater monitoring. Furthermore, changes in precipitation patterns caused by the changing climate aggravate groundwater recharge conditions. The country has seen many academic and technical achievements in groundwater science, but many issues remain to be resolved in the near future.

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    Jin-Yong Lee

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  3. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Korea

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  4. Department of Geological Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Korea

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Lee, JY., Lee, KK., Hamm, SY. et al. Fifty years of groundwater science in Korea: a review and perspective. Geosci J 21, 951–969 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12303-017-0015-7

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