Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment (한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경)

Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment (한국지하수토양환경학회)
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Hydrochemical Characteristics of Groundwater in an Area Affected by Pig Carcass Burial: Leakage Detection

돼지사체 매몰지역 지하수의 수지구화학 특성: 침출수 누출 판단

  • Oh, Junseop (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University) ;
  • Kim, Ho-rim (KU-KIST Green School, Korea University) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Ho (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University) ;
  • Kim, Kyoung-ho (Korea Environmental Institute) ;
  • Choi, Kwang-jun (Korea Rural Community Corporation) ;
  • Kim, Hyeon-Koo (Korea National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Yun, Seong-Taek (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University)
  • 오준섭 (고려대학교 지구환경과학과) ;
  • 김호림 (고려대학교 KU-KIST 그린스쿨대학원) ;
  • 이정호 (고려대학교 지구환경과학과) ;
  • 김경호 (한국환경정책평가연구원) ;
  • 최광준 (한국농어촌공사) ;
  • 김현구 (국립환경과학원) ;
  • 윤성택 (고려대학교 지구환경과학과)
  • Received : 2017.11.14
  • Accepted : 2018.01.16
  • Published : 2018.03.31
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Abstract

To evaluate potential impacts of shallow groundwater by the leachate from buried carcass, we investigated hydrochemical characteristics of both leachate and shallow groundwater from monitoring wells and surrounding shallow groundwater wells in an area potentially affected by pig carcass burial. The hydrochemical survey was conducted before and after the relocation of a burial pit. The leachate samples and the groundwater affected by leachate showed the hydrochemistry of $Ca-HCO_3$ type with high $NH_4{^+}$ concentrations, while unaffected groundwater was mostly the $Ca(Na)-Cl+NO_3$ type due to pervasive impacts from agrochemicals. The results of factor analysis on hydrochemical data showed the followings: 1) contamination of groundwater from agro-livestock farming and livestock burial are coexisting in the study area, 2) among ionic species, $HCO_3{^-}$, $NH_4{^+}$, $NO_3{^-}$ and Mn are very useful to differentiate the groundwater contamination from leachate, and 3) groundwater contamination by leachate has been recognized around the monitoring wells even after the relocation of a burial pit, likely due to residual contaminants in surrounding soils. Therefore, it is suggested that continued monitoring of groundwater contamination should be conducted after the relocation of carcass burial pits.

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