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http://dx.doi.org/10.11614/KSL.2017.50.1.079

Cyanobacterial Bioassay (AGP test) on the Water Fertility of Treated Wastewater Effluents Discharged into Euiam and Paldang Reservoirs, Korea  

Seo, Wanbum (Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University)
Lee, Su-Woong (Han River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Kim, Keonhee (Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University)
Park, Chaehong (Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University)
Choi, Bong-Geun (Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University)
Sim, Yeon Bo (Han River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Hwang, Soon-Jin (Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University)
Shin, Jae-Ki (Office for Southern Region Management of the Nakdong River, Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water))
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Abstract
Euiam and Paldang Reservoirs have often been facing water quality problems, such as eutrophication, algal blooms and off-flavors by treated wastewater effluent (TWE) in the North-Han and the Han River basins, but little is examined on the direct biological effect of TWE. This study tested algal growth potential (AGP) of four TWEs discharged into Euiam and Paldang Reservoirs to evaluate water fertility in September 2014 and March and September 2015. Test alga was used Anabaena circinalis isolated from Paldang Reservoir. Mean concentration of T-N and T-P in TWEs was $3,956.7{\mu}g\;N\;L^{-1}$ and $50.8{\mu}g\;P\;L^{-1}$, and the proportion of $NO_3-N$ and $PO_4-P$ to the total fraction was 72.1% and 40.8%, respectively. Both N and P were high in TWEs, but much higher N than P concentration indicates strong P-limitation. As a consequence, the maximum AGP was determined by $PO_4-P$ concentration (r=0.998, p<0.01). Mean AGP value was $15.4mg\;dw\;L^{-1}$ among four effluents indicating its eutrophic condition. Due to the establishment of tertiary (advanced T-P) treatment method in the studied plants recently, P concentration was significantly decreased in TWEs compared to the years prior to 2012. However, P concentration seems to be still high enough to cause eutrophication and algal blooms. Therefore, wastewater treatment to P-free level needs to be considered if effluents are directly discharged into the drinking water resources.
Keywords
algal growth potential (AGP); Anabaena circinalis; treated wastewater effluent; Euiam Reservoir; Paldang Reservoir; North-Han River;
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