• Characteristics of Groundwater and Soil Contamination in Hallim Area of Jeju Island
  • Hyun, Geun-Tag;Song, Sang-Tak;Joa, Dal-Hee;Ko, Yong-Hwan;
  • Environmental Industry & Management Research Department;Environmental Industry & Management Research Department;Environmental Industry & Management Research Department;Department of food Science and Engineering Jeju national university;
  • 제주도 한림지역의 지하수와 토양의 오염특성
  • 현근탁;송상택;좌달희;고영환;
  • 제주특별자치도환경자원연구원 환경산업경영연구부;제주특별자치도환경자원연구원 환경산업경영연구부;제주특별자치도환경자원연구원 환경산업경영연구부;제주대학교 식품생명공학과;
Abstract
Contamination of groundwater from point and non-point sources is one of major problems of water resource manangement in Jeju island. This study characterized groundwater and soil contamination in Hallim area which is one of the areas of significantly contaminated soil and groundwater in Jeju Island. The amount of loaded contaminant (ALC) of Jeju area was estimated as 13,212 ton N/yr and 3,210 ton P/yr, The ALC of Hallim area was amounted to 2,895 ton N/yr and 1,102 ton P/yr, which accounted for 21.9% and 34.3% of the Jeju's ALC, respectively. The soil pH values (5.6-5.9) were not much different in land use areas. By contrat, average cation exchange capacity (CEC) of 14.1 $cmol^+/kg$ was high comparing to the nationwide range of 7.7-10.9 $cmol^+/kg$. Further, Sodium adsorption ratios (SARs) of horse ranch, pasture, and cultivating land for livestock were as high as 0.19, 0.17, and 0.16 respectively, comparing to the other landuse areas. Nitrate nitrogen at 22.2% of total groundwater wells exceeded 10 mg/L (the criteria of nitrate nitrogen for drinking water), averaginged 6.62 mg/L with maximum 28.95 mg/L. Groundwater types belonged to Mg-$HCO_3$, Na-$HCO_3$, Ca-$HCO_3$, and Na-Cl, among which Mg-$HCO_3$ type occupied more than 70% of the total samples, indicating the presence of anthropogenic sources. The concentration of nitrate nitrogen was negatively related to altitude and well depth, and positively related to the concentration of Ca, Mg, and $SO_4$ which might originate from chemical fertilizer. The ratio of nitrogen isotopes was estimated as an average of 8.10$^{\circ}/_{\circ\circ}$, and the maximum value of 17.9$^{\circ}/_{\circ\circ}$. According to the nitrogen isotope ratio, the most important nitrogen source was assessed as chemical fertilizer (52.6%) followed by sewage (26.3%) and livestock manures (21.1%).

Keywords: Amount of loaded contaminant (ALC);SAR (Sodium adsorption ratio);Cation exchange capacity (CEC);Nitrate nitrogen;Chemical fertilizer;Livestock manures;

This Article

  • 2010; 15(3): 44-51

    Published on Jun 30, 2010

  • Received on Jan 28, 2010
  • Revised on Feb 17, 2010
  • Accepted on Jun 7, 2010

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