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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2020.53.6.655

Microbial Community Structures Related to Arsenic Concentrations in Groundwater Occurring in Haman Area, South Korea  

Kim, Dong-Hun (Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Moon, Sang-Ho (Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Ko, Kyung-Seok (Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Kim, Sunghyun (Geogreen21, 901 E&C Venture Dream Tower)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.53, no.6, 2020 , pp. 655-666 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study evaluated the characteristics of arsenic production in groundwater through microbial community analysis of groundwater contaminated with high arsenic in Haman area. Groundwater in Haman area is contaminated with arsenic in the range of 0-757.2 ㎍/L, which represents the highest arsenic contamination concentration reported in Korea as natural groundwater pollution source. Of the total 200 samples, 29 samples (14.5%) showed higher arsenic concentration than that of 10 ㎍/L, which is the standard for drinking water quality, and 8 samples (4%) found in wells with 80-100 m depth were above 50 ㎍/L. In addition, seven wells with arsenic concentration more than 100 ㎍/L located in the northern part of Haman. As a result of microbial community analysis for high arsenic-contaminated groundwater, the microbial community compositions were significantly different between each sample, and Proteobacteria was the most dominant phyla with an average of 61.5%. At the genus level, the Gallinonella genus was predominant with about 12.8% proportion, followed by the Acinetobacter and Methermicoccus genus with about 7.8 and 7.3%, respectively. It is expected that high arsenic groundwater in the study area was caused by a complex reaction of geochemical characteristics and biogeochemical processes. Therefore, it is expected that the constructed information on geochemical characteristics and microbial communities through this study could be used to identify the origin of high arsenic groundwater and the development of its controlling technology.
Keywords
Haman area; groundwater; arsenic; microbial community; biogeochemical;
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