Author(s): Tae-Woong Kim, Kyung-Soo Jun, Joo-Heon Lee, Jae-Hyun Ahn, Minsung Kwon, Dong-Hyeok Park, Hyungsun Cha, Young Ho Shin, Yongho Kang, Jiseon Song
Linked Author(s): Tae-Woong Kim
Keywords: Multi-year drought, response measure, emergency task force team, saving water, water management.
Abstract: This study investigated the recent multi-year drought in South Korea from various perspective of hydro-meteorology and water resources management, and drew lessons for coping with extreme droughts under the changing climate. The 2014-2015 droughts were an unprecedented event that occurred in January 2014 due to lack of precipitation and intensified during August and September over Seoul-Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces. The drought continued and spread across the nation and became most severe during August and November 2015. In the southern provinces of Chungcheong, especially, the Boryung dam which provides waters for residence, industry and agriculture, reached the lowest water level in its history and encountered emergency circumstance to restrict water supplies. In order to cope with the 2014-2015 droughts, the Korean government set up and operated the joint emergency task force team to implement preemptive drought response measures preventing of stopping water supply
Year: 2017