The Trend and Assessment of Water Pollution from Midstream to Downstream of the Kum River

금강 중 ${\cdot}$ 하류의 오염 양상과 수질평가

  • Rim, Chang-Soo (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chungwoon University) ;
  • Cho, Kyung-Je (Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Inje University) ;
  • Shin, Jae-Ki (Water Resources Research Institute, KOWACO)
  • 임창수 (청운대학교 토목환경공학과) ;
  • 조경제 (인제대학교 환경시스템학부) ;
  • 신재기 (한국수자원공사 수자원연구소)
  • Published : 2000.03.31

Abstract

In order to understand the trend and assessment of water pollution, seasonal water quality was determined in the main river and the tributaries from midstream to downstream of the Kum River from March 1998 to June 1999. Among environmental factors, the variation of nitrogen, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a was distinctive on an aspect of increase and decrease relatively to others, and particularly the impact of inorganic N ${\cdot}$ P inflowing into the main river was observed to be more significant at the Kapchon, Mihochon and Soksongchon among the tributaries. Water quality was highly related to hydrologic factor, and it was more deteriorated when water discharge maintains for a long time below normal flow or relatively at low condition of minimum and drought flow. These phenomena were remarkablee from December to March of the next year. $NH_4$ and SRP were decreased dramatically flowing toward the lower part of the river and chl-a was increased exponentially. While, the variations of $NO_3$ and $BOD_5$ were regular from midstream to downstream and there was no significant difference between the stations. Limiting nutrient for Phytoplankton growth seemed to be P than N because the ratio of TN/TP or DIN/SRP was relatively high as 42 or 544 in the main river, respectively. The main river and tributaries were ranked to be third grade, based on the assessment of BOD as an indirect indicator of organics, but particularly Kapchon was ranked to be over fifth grade. In addition, the inflow of high N ${\cdot}$ P nutrients from tributaries including Kapchon and Mihochon seemed to be major factor of the development of water pollution of the Kum River. On the other hand, persistent bloom of phytoplankton in lower part of the river was observed. As a conclusion, management of water quality for main source of pollution is urgent.

금강 중${\cdot}$하류의 본류와 지류에서 수질오염의 특성과 변동양상을 파악하기 위하여 1998년 3월부터 1999년 6월까지 총 8회 조사하였다. 환경요인 중 질소, 인 및 chl-a의 변동이 다른 요인에 비해 증감양상이 뚜렷하였고 특히 무기 N${\cdot}$P의 영향은 지류 중 갑천, 미호천 및 석성천이 가장 큰 것으로 관찰되었다. 수질은 수문요인과도 관련성이 높아 평수량이하의 유량이 장기화되거나 비교적 유량이 적은 저수기${\sim}$갈수기에 급격하게 악화되었고 계절적으로 12월${\sim}$3월에 현저하였다. 중${\cdot}$하류에서 $NH_{4}$와 SRP는 하류로 유하하면서 급격하게 감소(1,476${\to}$577 ${\mu}g$ N/l, 117${\to}$11 ${\mu}g$ P/l)하였고 chl-a는 지수적으로 증가(9.0${\to}$64.4 ${\mu}g/l$하는 경향이 뚜렷하였다. 반면에 $NO_{3}$$BOD_{5}$는 정점간에 큰 차이가 없었고 일정하였다. 식물플랑크톤의 생장에 대한 제한영양염은 N${\cdot}$P 농도의 변화 뿐만 아니라 TN/TP 또는 DIN/SRP비가 본류에서 각각 42와 544로서 비교적 높아 N보다는 P가 제한인자로 볼 수 있었다. 유기물의 간접적인 지표인 $BOD_{5}$ 평가에서 본류 및 지류가 III급수로 판정되었으나 특히 갑천의 경우는 V급수 이상이었다. 그 외 chl-a, 투명도, TN 및 TP로서 수질을 평가한 결과 전반적으로 부영양 수준을 초과한 것으로 나타났다. 금강 중 중${\cdot}$하류에서 수질오염의 전개양상은 갑천과 미호천을 포함한 지류로부터 높은 N${\cdot}$P 영양염의 유입 영향이 주된 요인으로 볼 수 있었고 반면에 하류에는 만성적인 식물플랑크톤의 번무가 관찰되어 이에 대한 주요 오염원의 수질관리가 시급하였다.

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