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Evaluation of Korean Water Quality Standards and Suggestion of Additional Water Parameters  

An, Youn-Joo (Department of Environmental Science, Konkuk University)
Lee, Woo-Mi (Department of Environmental Science, Konkuk University)
Yoon, Chun-Gyeong (Department of Environmental Science, Konkuk University)
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Abstract
Korean water quality standards for the protection of agricultural water uses were originally derived based on management of public water resource. They were not prepared to protect crop plants from contaminants, and therefore required water parameters in agricultural uses were excluded in current water quality standards. Korean water standards in river and lake have five levels, and level IV is correspondent to agricultural water uses. Currently, there is no Korean guidelines to protect crop plants from contaminants contained in agricultural water. In Canada, agricultural water guidelines are provided to protect crops from contaminants. In this study, agricultural water quality standards in Korea were compared with them in developed countries to evaluate the adequacy of Korean water quality standards for the protection of agricultural water uses. Additional water quality parameters in agricultural uses were also proposed. Suggested parameters include electric conductivity, sodium, chloride, boron, copper, iron, zinc, and microbiological quality, They are the required parameters to protect crop plants as well as human health. Current water quality standards in agricultural uses was not considered to be appropriate in terms of crop protection. Additional water parameters should be included in agricultural water quality standards.
Keywords
agriculture; water quality standard; water quality parameter; crop; contaminant;
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