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http://dx.doi.org/10.7857/JSGE.2018.23.1.030

Hydrochemical Characteristics of Groundwater in an Area Affected by Pig Carcass Burial: Leakage Detection  

Oh, Junseop (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University)
Kim, Ho-rim (KU-KIST Green School, Korea University)
Lee, Jeong-Ho (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University)
Kim, Kyoung-ho (Korea Environmental Institute)
Choi, Kwang-jun (Korea Rural Community Corporation)
Kim, Hyeon-Koo (Korea National Institute of Environmental Research)
Yun, Seong-Taek (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.23, no.1, 2018 , pp. 30-40 More about this Journal
Abstract
To evaluate potential impacts of shallow groundwater by the leachate from buried carcass, we investigated hydrochemical characteristics of both leachate and shallow groundwater from monitoring wells and surrounding shallow groundwater wells in an area potentially affected by pig carcass burial. The hydrochemical survey was conducted before and after the relocation of a burial pit. The leachate samples and the groundwater affected by leachate showed the hydrochemistry of $Ca-HCO_3$ type with high $NH_4{^+}$ concentrations, while unaffected groundwater was mostly the $Ca(Na)-Cl+NO_3$ type due to pervasive impacts from agrochemicals. The results of factor analysis on hydrochemical data showed the followings: 1) contamination of groundwater from agro-livestock farming and livestock burial are coexisting in the study area, 2) among ionic species, $HCO_3{^-}$, $NH_4{^+}$, $NO_3{^-}$ and Mn are very useful to differentiate the groundwater contamination from leachate, and 3) groundwater contamination by leachate has been recognized around the monitoring wells even after the relocation of a burial pit, likely due to residual contaminants in surrounding soils. Therefore, it is suggested that continued monitoring of groundwater contamination should be conducted after the relocation of carcass burial pits.
Keywords
Groundwater contamination; Carcass burial; Hydrochemical monitoring; Leakage indicators;
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