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Monitoring of Indicator Microorganism Concentrations of River Sediment and Surface Water in the Geum River Basin (금강 수계 내 하천퇴적물 및 지표수의 지표미생물 농도분포)

  • Kim, Geonha
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.125-132
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    • 2010
  • Characterization of sediment quality is important for the proper management of surface water quality, yet sediment has not been monitored sufficiently. In this study, fecal indicator microorganism concentrations of sediments in the Geum River Basin were monitored. Sampling was carried out at one paddy field, one lakeshore and five monitoring stations in the lower reach of the Geum River Basin. Surface waters and sediments were sampled four times during rainy season. Total coliform concentrations of sediments were 12 times higher in average to those of surface waters while E. coli concentrations of sediments were six times higher. No correlation found between indicator microorganism concentration between surface waters and sediments.

Discharge Characteristics of the Indicator Microorganisms of Combined Sewer Overflows (합류식 하수관거 월류수의 지표미생물 배출 특성)

  • Kim, Geonha
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.627-635
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    • 2006
  • Combined sewer overflow (CSOs) is a primary diffuse source degrading water quality of urban streams. In this study, CSOs caused by 5 different rainfall events at an urban watershed located in Daejeon city were monitored for the indicator microorganism concentrations. Event mean concentration (EMC) of the indicator microorganisms were: total coliform = $2.46{\times}10^6CFU/100mL$; fecal coliform = $1.01{\times}10^6CFU/100mL$; E.coli = $5.20{\times}10^5CFU/100mL$; and Fecal Streptococci = $6.08{\times}10^5CFU/100mL$. In addition, coliform concentrations were well correlated with suspended solid concentrations and the first flush effects were identified. Settling tests were carried out to estimate removal rate of indicator organisms by sedimentation from CSOs. As microorganisms are discharged in association with suspended solid, ten minutes of settlement can lower 44% of indicator microorganism leading.

Investigation of Indicator Microorganism Concentrations after Reclaimed Water Irrigation in Paddy Rice Pots (재처리수 관개후 지표미생물의 농도변화 조사)

  • Jung Kwang-Wook;Yoon Chun-Gyeong;Jang Jae-Ho;Kim Hyung-Chul;Jeon Ji-Hong
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.47 no.4
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    • pp.75-85
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    • 2005
  • A study was performed to examine the effects of reclaimed-water irrigation on microorganism con-centration in ponded-water of paddy rice plots. Several treatments were used and each one was triplicated to evaluate the change of indicator microorganisms (total coliforms (TC), fecal coliforms FC), and E. coli) concentrations in 2003 and 2004 growing seasons. Their concentrations increased significantly right after irrigation, but decreased about $45\%$ in 24 hours. It implies that agricultural activities such as plowing and fertilizing should be practiced one or two days after irrigation considering health-risks. Treatments with UV-disinfected water irrigation demonstrated significantly lower concentrations than others including control plots where natural surface water was irrigated. The monitoring results from actual paddy rice fields and experimental paddy plots showed that concentrations of indicator microorganisms ranged from $10^2\;to\;10^5$ MPN/100mL. A comprehensive assessment of existing agricultural practices and a thorough monitoring in the field as well as treatment-plots are recommended to make more realistic national guidelines more applicable. UV-disinfected water irrigation reduced microorganism concentrations in paddy fields down to below the concentration of conventional paddy rice culture, and is thought to be an effective and feasible measure fur agricultural reuse of secondary effluent.

Study on NADH which is the Air Volume Sensor in the Activated Sludge Reaction Tank (활성슬러지 반응탱크의 풍량제어지표인 NADH에 관한 연구)

  • Chung, Woo-jin;Hong, Sung-min;Kim, Han-lae;Chang, Soon-woong
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.439-446
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    • 2016
  • Domestic sewerage treatment plant is operated by activated sludge method and its modified method by using microorganism. In most cases, a method of using microorganism is directly controlled by the operator based on individual judgment through factors of DO, pH and ORP. In addition, under aerobic condition in bioreactor, energy consumption including excessive air injection is learned to be somewhat plenty. In order to solve this problem, in most of the process, improvement of internal recycling and activated environmental factor of microorganism were researched extensively. However, as factors are changed depending on various conditions, it is not sufficient as an indicator of judgment. As such, a research on operation of bioreactor that measures metabolic change in short time by directly measuring activated condition of microorganism using NADH fluorometer is required in reality.It is considered that the method like this could supplement problem of energy consumption being occurred in the existing treatment method and operational optimization of bioreactor would be enabled by controlling optimal air volume. Therefore, in this study, in order to obtain optimal operational indicator of bioreactor, proper air volume control test was performed and through batch test and site evaluation, possibility of NADH sensor being utilized as operational control indicator of bioreactor is intended to be analyzed. In order to compare with measured value, DO, ORP that are operational control indicator of existing bioreactor were used. As MLSS concentration was increased through batch test, NADH value was increased and site evaluation also showed similar tendency to batch test. Resultantly, it could be confirmed that changing level of NADH fluorometer was a sensor that could measure bioreactor condition effectively and optimized scale of bioreactor is considered to be utilized.

Comparative Study on Disinfection Efficiency of Chlorine and Chloramine in the Distribution Systems (배·급수계통에서 유리염소와 클로라민의 소독효과에 관한 비교연구)

  • Choi, Yong-Il;Nam, Sang-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.82-88
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    • 1999
  • This study was to evaluate disinfection efficiency of chlorine and chloramine as secondary disinfectants in the distribution systems. Indicator organism, HPC in the suspended and attached were measured for copper, galvanized steel, PVC, and carbon steel pipes. For suspended microorganism, the PVC pipe was markedly dense among the assessed pipe materials. The attached microorganism was markedly equivalent roughness of pipe materials. In copper and galvanized pipes, chloramine was more effective that free chlorine to disinfect suspended microorganism in the contact time of 2 hours. The contact time for the 99% inactivation of suspended microorganism by chloramine was longer than that of free chlorine. Regardless of pipe materials, chloramine was effective on both disinfection efficiency and 99% inactivation time for attached microorganism. In conclusion, chloramine which is good disinfectant for long contact time was recommended as secondary disinfectant in distribution system.

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Inactivation Rate of Enterococci and Total Coliforms in Fresh Water and Sea Water (해수 및 담수에서 장구균과 총대장균군의 불활성화)

  • Kim, Jongmin;Jheong, Weonhwa;Choi, Heejin
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.136-141
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    • 2009
  • Inactivation rates between enterococci and total coliforms were compared in order to find the suitability of enterococci as an indicator microorganism under various experiment conditions - freshwater and/or seawater, indoor and/or outdoor conditions. In case of indoor laboratory experiments, inactivation rates of enterococci ($k_D$: 0.050~0.082) were faster than those of total coliforms ($k_D$: 0.034~0.045) in freshwater matrix. In seawater matrix, however, survival rate of enterococci was longer than that of total coliforms at two out of three experiments in indoor condition. When incubated in outdoor conditions, enterococci were inactivated significantly more rapidly than total coliforms both in freshwater and seawater matrices. With these results, enterococci appear to be less suitable than total coliforms in terms of inactivation rates.

Mortality Rates of Pathogen Indicator Microorganisms Discharged from Point and Non-point Sources in Urban Area (도시지역 점원, 비점원에서 유출되는 병원균 지표미생물의 사멸률)

  • Kim, Geonha
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.1075-1081
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    • 2006
  • In this research, mortality rates of pathogen indicator microorganisms discharged from various point sources and diffuse sources in urban area were measured. Water samples were taken at domestic sewer, combined sewer overflow, effluent from a wastewater treatment plant, urban river, and sediment of an urban river. Mortality rates of indicator microorganisms in domestic sewer estimated by assuming the first order kinetics at $20^{\circ}C$ were as follows: total coliform = 0.092/day, fecal coliform = 0.185/day, E. coli = 0.252/day, and fecal streptococci = 0.281/day. Sensitivity of mortality rates of total coliform on temperature was estimated as $K_{temp}=K_{20}{\times}1.162^{(temp-20)}$ for the range of $10-20^{\circ}C$. Mortality rates due to sunlight were measured as 1.22-1.59/day while mortality rate due to settling for 40 min were estimated as $9.21{\times}10^3-20.0{\times}10^3/day$.

Indicator microorganisms concentrations change after irrigation of wastewater treatment effluent in paddy field for water reuse (용수 재이용을 위한 하수처리수 관개 후 논에서의 지표성 미생물의 거동)

  • Jung, Kwang-Wook;Yoon, Chun-G.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.583-586
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    • 2003
  • The objective of this research was to examine the significance of change to indicator microorganisms (TC, FC, and E. coli) in the paddy field and repair of UV disinfected secondary effluent. Average concentrations of Microorganisms were maintained by more than about 1,000 MPN/100mL in paddy field after irrigation. Microorganism repair was evaluated in relation to UV dose in photoreactivating light and dark. In addition, a significant inverse relationship was found between UV dose and repair of indicator microorganisms when the research of wastewater was conducted in the condition of low and high UV dose.

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The Application of Humidity Indicators for Environmental Measurement Apparatus of Preservation Facility (문화재 보존시설에서의 습도지시카드 적용성 연구)

  • Lim, Bo-A;Shin, Eun-jeong;Do, Min-Hwan
    • 보존과학연구
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    • s.30
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    • pp.47-61
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    • 2009
  • Cultural heritages are affected by various environmental factors. Main factors are temperature, humidity, light and indoor air pollutants such as ozone, nitrogen oxides. Especially humidity condition is very important. Low humidity condition can cause contraction and high humidity condition can lead to growth of microorganism. This study is conducted to appraise an applicability of the Humidity Indicator which is one of the simple method for humidity control. The Humidity Indicator shows the humidity conditions through color change. Therefore, photometer was used to correctly measure the color change of Humidity Indicator. As a result of lab test, Humidity Indicators was stabilized after one hour from en exposure in a certain humidity condition and the indicators indicated clear correlations between color changes of Humidity Indicators and humidity conditions. Some Humidity Indicators which had been selected through the lab tests were applied to preservation facilities of cultural heritages and the indicators indicated closed correlations with humidity conditions in indoor of facilities.

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