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http://dx.doi.org/10.14249/eia.2017.26.6.553

Evaluation of Internal Phosphorus Loading through the Dynamic Monitoring of Dissolved Oxygen in a Shallow Reservoir  

Park, Hyungseok (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Choi, Sunhwa (Rural Research Institute, Korea Rural Community Corporation)
Chung, Sewoong (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Ji, Hyunseo (Green Eco Engineering, Seoul National University)
Oh, Jungkuk (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Jun, Hangbae (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.26, no.6, 2017 , pp. 553-562 More about this Journal
Abstract
In these days, agricultural reservoirs are considered as a useful resource for recreational purposes, tour and cultural amenity for vicinity communities as well as irrigation water supply. However, many of the agricultural reservoirs are showing a eutrophic or hyper-eutrophic state and high level of organic contamination. In particular, about 44.7% of the aged agricultural reservoirs that constructed before 1945 exceed the water quality criteria for irrigational water use. In addition to external loading, internal nutrient loading from bottom sediment may play an important role in the nutrient budget of the aged reservoirs. The objectives of this study were to characterize variations of thermal structure of a shallow M reservoir (mean depth 1.7 m) and examine the potential of internal nutrient loading by continuous monitoring of vertical water temperature and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration profiles in 2015 and 2016. The effect of internal loading on the total loading of the reservoir was evaluated by mass balance analysis. Results showed that a weak thermal stratification and a strong DO stratification were developed in the shallow M Reservoir. And, dynamic temporal variation in DO was observed at the bottom of the reservoir. Persistent hypoxic conditions (DO concentrations less than 2 mg/L) were established for 87 days and 98 days in 2015 and 2016, respectively, during the no-rainy summer periods. The DO concentrations intermittently increased during several events of atmospheric temperature drop and rainfall. According to the mass balance analysis, the amount of internal $PO_4-P$ loading from sediment to the overlying water were 37.9% and 39.7% of total loading during no-rainy season in 2015 and 2016, respectively on August when algae growth is enhanced with increasing water temperature. Consequently, supply of DO to the lower layer of the reservoir could be effective countermeasure to reduce nutrient release under the condition of persistent DO depletion in the bottom of the reservoir.
Keywords
reservoir internal load; continuous monitoring; persistent hypoixa; thermal stratification;
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