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Characteristics of Groundwater Contamination Caused by Seawater Intrusion and Agricultural Activity in Sacheon and Hadong Areas, Republic of Korea  

Kim, Hyun-Ji (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Hamm, Se-Yeong (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Kim, Nam-Hoon (Dohwa Consulting Engineers CO., Ltd.)
Cheong, Jae-Yeol (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Lee, Jeong-Hwan (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Jang, Sung (Environmental Geology Team, Gyeongsangnam-Do office, Korea Rural Corporation)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.42, no.6, 2009 , pp. 575-589 More about this Journal
Abstract
Groundwater has been extracted for irrigation in Sacheon-Hadong area, which is close to the South Sea. We analyzed chemical components of groundwater to examine the effects of seawater intrusion and agricultural activities in the study area. Most groundwater samples displayed the Na/Cl concentration ratios similar to that of seawater (0.55) with an increasing tendency of electrical conductivity ($227-7,910\;{\mu}S/cm$) towards the coast. In addition, statistical interpretation of the cumulative frequency curves of Cl and $HCO_3$ showed that 30.1% of the groundwater samples were highly affected by seawater intrusion. Groundwaters in the study area mostly belonged to the Ca-Cl and Na-Cl type, demonstrating that they were highly influenced by seawater intrusion and cation exchange. The result of oxygen-hydrogen isotope analysis demonstrated slightly higher $\delta^{18}O$ ((-8.53)-(-6.13)‰) and ${\delta}D$ ((-58.7)-(-43.7)‰) comparing to mean oxygen-hydrogen isotope ratios in Korea. As a result of nitrogen isotope analysis, the $\delta^{15}N-NO_3$ values ((-0.5)-(19.1)‰) indicate two major sources of nitrate pollution (organic nitrogen in soil and animal and human wastes) and mixed source of the two. However, denitrification may partly contribute as a source of nitrogen. According to factor analysis, four factors were identified among which factor 1 with an eigenvalue of 6.21 reflected the influence of seawater intrusion. Cluster analysis indicated the classification of groundwater into fresh, saline, and mixed ones.
Keywords
coastal area; seawater intrusion; agricultural area; nitrogen isotope; statistical analysis;
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