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In-situ Treatment for the Attenuation of Phosphorus Release from Sediments of Lakes  

Kim, Seog-Ku (Construction Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
Lee, Mi-Kyung (Construction Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
Ahn, Jae-Hwan (Construction Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
Kang, Sung-Won (Construction Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
Kim, Young-Im (Construction Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
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Abstract
In order to propose optimum in-situ treatment for reducing phosphorous release from sediment of stationary lakes, a series of column tests were performed. The sediment used in experiment was very fine clay with a mean grain site $7.7{\phi}$ and high $C_{org}$ contents(2.4%). Phosphorous releases were evaluated in two ways : in lake water(with microbial effect) and in distilled water(without microbial effect). As in-situ capping material, sand and loess were used while Fe-Gypsum and $SiO_2$-Gypsum were used for in-situ chemical treatment. In case of lake water considering the effect of microorganism, phosphorous concentration rapidly decreased in the early stage of experiment but it was gradually increased after 10 days. Flux of phosphorous release for control was $3.0mg/m^2{\cdot}d$. Whereas, those for sand layer capping(5 cm) and loess layer capping(5 cm) were $2.5mg/m^2{\cdot}d\;and\;1.8mg/m^2{\cdot}d$, respectively because the latter two were not consolidated sufficiently. For Fe-gypsum and $SiO_2$-gypsum the fluxes were $1.4mg/m^2{\cdot}d$ which meant that reduction efficiency of phosphorous release was more than 40% higher than that of control. The case capping with complex layer was $1.0mg/m^2{\cdot}d$, which showed high reduction efficiency over 60%. The addition of gypsum($CaSO_4{\cdot}2H_2O$) into the sediment reduced release of Phosphorus from the sediments. Gypsum acted as a slow-releasing source of sulphate in sediment, which enhanced the activity of SRB(sulfate reducing bacteria) and improved the overall mineralization rate of organic matter.
Keywords
Sediment; Phosphorous Release Reduction; In-situ Treatment; Capping; Gypsum;
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