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http://dx.doi.org/10.17663/JWR.2012.14.1.011

The Basic Study for the Roof-Harvested Rainwater Quality Characteristics as a Function of Rainfall Duration  

Kim, Sung-Pyo (고려대학교.환경공학과)
Kim, Doo-Cheol (고려대학교.환경공학과)
Oh, Jun-Sik (고려대학교.환경공학과)
Kim, Lee-Hyung (공주대학교.건설환경공학과)
Min, Kyung-Suk (경북대학교.환경공학과)
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Journal of Wetlands Research / v.14, no.1, 2012 , pp. 11-20 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study is to accumulate the data about the roof-harvested rainwater quality characteristics for the better rainwater management. According to the results of rainwater quality indicators (pH, COD, TSS, T-N, T-P, $NH_4$-N, $NO_3$-N, enteric bacteria, heterotrophs, Pb, Cd, Cu), the rainwater qualities of the first flush of roof-harvested was the most polluted about 2 or 3 times (more than 100 times in microbial contamination) compared to the qualities of directly collected rainwater. In the first 10 min flush, over the 60% amounts of contaminant were released from the roof during 30 minute rainwater monitoring. Through statistical factor analysis, relatively close items(variables) can be categorized. It is expected that the continuous monitoring of the roof-harvested rainwater will help to design the safe and economical rainwater storage system in Korea.
Keywords
Rainwater management; Roof-harvested rainwater; Rainwater quality; Rainwater storage;
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