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http://dx.doi.org/10.5322/JESI.2020.29.6.659

Characteristics of Water and Sediment Qualities in the Oncheon Stream, Busan during Summer Rainy Season  

Lee, Young-Hyeong (Department of Oceanography, Bukyung National University)
Moon, Changho (Department of Oceanography, Bukyung National University)
Kang, Hyun-Jung (Daesung Technology Engineering Co.)
Choi, Seong-Ryul (Daesung Technology Engineering Co.)
Kim, Suk-Hyun (Marine Environmental Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology)
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Journal of Environmental Science International / v.29, no.6, 2020 , pp. 659-672 More about this Journal
Abstract
Water and sediment qualities were investigated in the Oncheon Stream and at the Wondong bridge of the Suyoung River, during the summer rainy season, 2019. Dissolved oxygen (DO) showed the lowest levels at 4.7 and 5.0 m/L, and biogeochemical oxygen demand (BOD) showed the highest at 5.3 mg/L downstream where the tributary flows into the main river. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) increased from 2.0 to 5.9 mg/L on average as it flowed downstream, The COD/BOD ratio decreased gradually as it flowed downstream, reaching 1.0. However, COD/BOD ratio at the Wondong bridge was 5.8-22.2, indicating that easily biodegradable and non-biodegradable organic matter flows into the Oncheon Stream and Suyoung River, respectively. Total nitrogen (T-N) / total phosphorus (T-P) ratio tended to decrease from 72 to 21 as it flowed downstream, measuring 71 to 86 at the Wondong bridge. The water quality index (WQI) generally improved better than grade IV after heavy rainfalls. However, DO and T-P were the parameters that deteriorated the WQI. Ignition loss (IL), COD, T-N, and T-P of sediments had distribution of 1.44 ± 1.01%, 0.35 ± 0.16%, 43 ± 63 mg/kg, and 10.9 ± 21.9 mg/kg, respectively. These were several times lower than the annual averages of IL, T-N, and T-P in 2017 before the dredging project was conducted in the first half of 2018.
Keywords
Oncheon Stream; Water quality; Sediment; Water quality index;
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