Browse > Article

Geochemical Investigation on Arsenic Contamination in the Alluvial Ground-water of Mankyeong River Watershed  

Moon, Jeong-Tae (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University)
Kim, Kang-Joo (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University)
Kim, Seok-Hwi (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University)
Jeong, Cheon-Sung (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University)
Hwang, Gab-Soo (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University)
Publication Information
Economic and Environmental Geology / v.41, no.6, 2008 , pp. 673-683 More about this Journal
Abstract
As-rich alluvial groundwaters occurring in the agricultural area of Mankyeong River watershed were geochemically studied. 15 out of 29 investigated wells (52%) showed As levels exceeding the WHO drinking water standard ($10{\mu}g/L$). Their chemistry is characterized by low Eh levels, low $NO_3$ and $SO_4$ concentrations, and high pH, alkalinity, Fe, $NH_4$, and $PO_4$ levels. This suggests that arsenic is enriched by the reductive dissolution of As-bearing Fe-/Mn-(hydro)oxides, the commonest process in Bangladesh and West Bengal of India, of which groundwaters are severely contaminated by As. It was also revealed that As concentrations in the area are strongly regulated by the presence of agrochemicals such as $NO_3$ and $SO_4$.
Keywords
arsenic; groundwater; alluvial aquifer; reductive dissolution of Fe (hydro)oxide; agrochemicals;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 2  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 Appelo, C.A.J. and Postma, D. (1993) Geochemistry, Groundwater and Pollution. Rotterdam, Netherlands, A.A. Balkema
2 CGWB (1999) High Incidence of Arsenic in Groundwater in West Bengal. Central Ground Water Board, India, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India
3 Chae, G.T., Kim, K., Yun, S.T., Kim, K.H., Kim, S.O., Choi, B.Y., Kim, H.S. and Rhee, C.W. (2004) Hydrogeochemistry of alluvial groundwaters in an agricultural area: an implication for groundwater contamination susceptibility. Chemosphere, v. 55, p. 369-378   DOI   ScienceOn
4 DPHE/BGS/MML (1999) Groundwater Studies for Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh. Phase I: Rapid Investigation Phase. BGS/MML Technical Report to Department for International Development, UK), 6 volumes
5 Dzombak, D.A. and Morel, F.M.M. (1990) Surface Complexation Modeling Hydrous Ferric Oxide. Wiley, New York
6 Froelich, P.N., Klinkhammer, G.P., Bender, M.L., Luedtke, N.A., Heath, G.R., Cullen, D., Dauphin, P., Hammond, D., Hartman, B., and Maynard, V. (1979) Early oxidation of organic matter in pelagic sediments of the eastern equatorial Atlantic: suboxic diagenesis. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., v. 43, p. 1075-1090   DOI   ScienceOn
7 Jain, C.K., and I. Ali. (2000) Arsenic: Occurrence, toxicity and speciation techniques. Water Res., v. 34, p. 4304-4312   DOI   ScienceOn
8 Kim, M.J., Nriagu, J and Haack S. (2000) Carbonate ions and arsenic dissolution by groundwater. Environ. Sci. Technol. v. 34, p. 3094-3100   DOI   ScienceOn
9 Min, J.H., Yun, S.T., Kim, K., Kim, H.S. and Kim, D.J. (2003) Geologic controls on the chemical behaviour of nitrate in riverside alluvial aquifer, Korea. Hydrol. Process., v. 17, p. 1197-1211   DOI   ScienceOn
10 Postma, D., Larsen, F., Hue, N.T.M., Duc, M.T., Vie, P.H., Nhan, P.Q. and Jessen, S. (2007) Arsenic in groundwater of the Red River floodplain, Vietnam: Controlling geochemical processes and reactive transport modeling. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., v. 71, p. 5054-5071   DOI   ScienceOn
11 Schreiber, M.E., J.A. Simo, and P.G. Freiberg. (2000) Stratigraphic and geochemical controls on naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater, eastern Wisconsin, USA. Hydrogeol. J., v. 8, p. 161-176   DOI
12 Leonard, A. (1991) Arsenic. In Metals and Their Compounds in the Environment, ed. by E. Merian, p. 751- 744. Weinheim, Germany: VCH
13 Bostick, B.C. and Fendorf, S. (2003) Arsenite sorption on troilite (FeS) and pyrite (FeS2). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., v. 67, p. 909-921   DOI   ScienceOn
14 Drever, J.I. (1997) Geochemistry of Natural Waters: The Surface and Groundwater Environments. 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall Inc, New Jersey
15 Hasan, M.A., Ahmed, K.M., Sracek, O., Bhattacharya, P., von Brmssen, M., Broms S., Fogelstrom, J., Mazumder, ML., Jacks, G. (2007) Arsenic in shallow groundwater of Bangladesh: investigations from three different physiographic settings. Hydrogeol. J., v. 15, p. 1507-1522   DOI   ScienceOn
16 Woo, N.C. and Choi, M.J. (2001) Arsenic and metal contamination of water resources from mining wastes in Korea. Environ. Geol., v. 40, p. 305-311   DOI
17 Harvey, C.F., Swartz, C.H., Badruzzaman, A.B.M., Keon- Blute, N., Yu, W., Ashraf Ali, M., Jay J., Beckie, R., Niedan, V., Brabander, D. J., Oates, P.M., Ashfaque, K.N., Islam, S., Hemond, H.F. and Ahmed, M.F. (2002) Arsenic mobility and groundwater extraction in Bangladesh. Science., v. 298, p. 1602-1606   DOI   ScienceOn
18 Friese, K., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Zachmann, D.W., Fauville, A., Mayer, B. and Veizer, J. (1998) Biogeochemistry of iron and sulfur in sediments of an acidic mining lake in Lusatia, Germany. Water Air Soil Poll., v. 108, p. 231-247   DOI   ScienceOn
19 BGS and DPHE (2001) Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangledesh, Vol. 2, Final Report. BGS Technical Report WC/00/19
20 Lee, H. (2002) Arsenic Distribution Characteristics of Surface Water and Groundwater in Southern Hwasun Region. Ph.D. thesis, Chonnam National University, 197p
21 Yun, U., Cho, B.W. and Sung, K.Y. (2004) Occurrence and species of arsenic in the groundwater of Ulsan area. Econ. Environ. Geol., v. 37, p. 657-667
22 Chen, W.F. and Liu, T.K. (2005) Ion activity products of iron sulfides in groundwaters: Implications from the Choshui fan-delta, Western Taiwan. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., v. 69, p. 3535-3544   DOI   ScienceOn
23 Brown, C.J. and Schoonen, M.A.A. (2004) The origin of high sulfate concentrations in a coastal plain aquifer, Long Island, New York. Appl. Geochem., v. 19, p. 343-358   DOI   ScienceOn
24 Charlet, L., Bosbach, D. and Peretyashko, T. (2002) Natural attenuation of TCE, As, Hg linked to the heterogeneous oxidation of Fe(II): an AFM study. Chem. Geol., v. 190, p. 303-319   DOI   ScienceOn
25 Ahn, J.S., Ko, K.S., Lee, J.S. and Kim, J.Y. (2005a) Characteristics of natural arsenic contamination in groundwater and its occurrences. Econ. Environ. Geol., v.38,, p. 547-561   과학기술학회마을
26 Smedley, P.L. and Kinniburgh, D.G. (2002) A review of the source, behaviour and distribution of arsenic in natural waters. Appl. Geochem., v. 17, p. 517-568   DOI   ScienceOn
27 Tseng, W.P., Chen, W.Y., Sung, J.L. and Chen JS. (1961) A Clinical Study of Blackfoot Disease in Taiwan, An Endemic Peripheral Vascular Disease. Memoire College Med, National Taiwan University, v. 7, p. 1-18
28 Ahn, J.S., Park, Y.S., Kim, J.Y. and Kim, K.W. (2005b) Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of arsenic in an abandoned mine tailings of Korea. Environ. Geochem. Health., v. 27, p. 147-157   DOI
29 Van der Hoek, E.E., Bonouvrie, P.A. and Comans, R.N.J. (1994) Sorption of As and Se on mineral components of fly ash: relevance for leaching processes. Appl. Geochem., v. 9, p. 403-412   DOI   ScienceOn
30 Yu, W.H., Harvey, C.M. and Harvey, C.F. (2003) Arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh: a geostatistical and epidemiological framework for evaluating health effects and potential remedies. Water Resour. Res., v. 39, p. 1146-1151   DOI
31 Kim, K., Kim, H.J., Choi, B.Y,, Kim, S.H., Park, K.H., Park, E., Koh. D.C. and Yun S.T, (2008) Fe and Mn levels regulated by agricultural activities in alluvial groundwaters underneath a flooded paddy field. Appl. Geochem., v. 23, p. 44-57   DOI   ScienceOn
32 Tseng, W.P. (1985) Blackfoot disease and skin cancer in an endemic area of chronic arsenicism in Taiwan. In: Proceedings of the Seminar on Environmental Toxicology, Taipei, p. 142-155
33 Ahn, J.S., Chon, H.T., Son, A.J. and Kim, K.W. (1999) Arsenic and heavy metal contamination and their uptake by rice crops around the Kubong Au-Ag mine, Korea. Geosystem Eng., v. 36, p. 159-169
34 Choi, B.Y., Kim, H.J., Kim, K., Kim, S.H., Jeong, H.J., Park, E.Y. and Yun S.T. (2008) Evaluation of the processes affecting vertical water chemistry in an alluvial aquifer of Mankyeong Watershed, Korea, using multivariate statistical analyses. Environ. Geol., v. 54(2), p. 335-345   DOI
35 Lu, F.J., H.P. Hsieh, H. Yamauchi, and Y. Yamamura. (1991) Fluorescent humic substances-arsenic complex in well water in areas where blackfoot disease is endemic in Taiwan. Appl. Organomet. Chem., v. 5, p. 507-512   DOI
36 Szramek, K., Walter, L. and McCall, P. (2004) Arsenic mobility in groundwater/surface water systems in carbonate- rich Pleistocene glacial drift aquifers (Michigan). Appl. Geochem., v. 19, p. 1137-1155   DOI   ScienceOn
37 Bundschuh, J., Farias, B., Martin, R., Storniolo, A., Bhattacharya, P. Cortes, J., Bonorino, G. and Alboury, R. (2004) Grounwater arsenic in the Chaco-Pampean Plain, Argentina: Case study from Robles County, Santiago del Estero Province. Appl. Geochem., v. 19, p. 231-243   DOI   ScienceOn
38 PHED. (1991) Arsenic Pollution in Groundwater in West Bengal. Report of Arsenic Investigation Project to the National Drinking Water Mission, Delhi, India