• Spatial distribution of heavy metals in soils and groundwater at the 2000 Olympic Games site, Sydney, Australia
  • Suh, Jeong-Yul;
  • School of Geosciences, Division of Geology and Geophysics, University of Sydney;
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Abstract
The current study was undertaken to evaluate the hydrogeochemical implications of heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn) in both soils and groundwater in reclaimed lands of Sydney's 2000 Olympic Games site at Homebush Bay in Port Jackson, Sydney. The Olympic Games site can be divided into three areas, i.e. 'reclaimed areas' were previously estuarine, and were filled with waste materials and are now above present high tide level, whereas 'landfill areas' are areas where deposition of waste materials occurred above sea level. No deposition of waste took place in 'non-infilled areas'. 4513 soil core samples and 101 groundwater samples were analyzed for Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn. The mean heavy metal (Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn) concentrations in soils of the study area revealed the order of reclaimed (greatest), landfill and non-infilled area (smallest), whereas in groundwater it is all shown the order of landfill, reclaimed and non-infilled area, except for Pb. Mean Pb concentration in soils derived from the three land types at the Olympic Games site revealed the order of reclaimed area(174 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g), landfill area (102 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g) and non-infilled area (48 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g). Results reveal that soils contaminated by Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn in reclaimed/landfill areas are associated with dumped materials. No relationship could be established between soil and groundwater concentrations of heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn) in the landfill, reclaimed and non-infilled areas of the Olympic site, probably due to the varied nature of the materials deposited at the Olympic site.

본 연구는 시드니 포트젝슨(Port Jackson) 내 2000년 시드니올림픽사이트인 홈부시베이(Homebush Bay)를 대상으로 다양한 폐기물의 매립으로 인한 토양 및 지하수 내 중금속 원소들의 농도를 평가하기 위하여 수행되었다. 올림픽게임지역을 3개의 지역, 즉 간척지역(과거에는 강하구였으나 폐기물로 매립되어 있으며 현재는 조수간만 보다 높은 지역), 매립지역(해수면 위에 폐기물을 매립한 지역), 및 자연 상태지역(폐기물의 매립이 전혀 없었던 지역))으로 나누어 조사하였다. 토양코어시료(n=4513) 및 지하수 샘플(n=101) 내 중금속(Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn)을 분석하였다. 본 연구지역의 토양 내 중금속(Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn)의 농도는 간척지역, 매립지역 그리고 자연 상태지역의 순으로 높게 나타났지만 지하수내에서는 납(Pb)을 제외하고 매립지역, 간척지역 그리고 자연 상태지역순으로 나타났다. 올림픽게임사이트 토양 내 평균 납(Pb)의 농도는 간척지역(174 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g), 매립지역(102 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g) 그리고 자연상태지역(48 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g)의 순으로 나타났으며 그 결과 본 연구지역 토양내 중금속의 분산은 농집된 중금속 농도와 매립된 폐기물의 존재와 밀접한 관련이 있음을 나타냈다. 그러나 올림픽 사이트 내 이질적인 폐기물의 매립으로 인하여 토양과 지하수 내 중금속농도의 상관관계를 규명할 수는 없었다.

Keywords: 2000 Olympic Games site;reclaimed land;waste materials;soil;groundwater;

Keywords: 2000 시드니올림픽사이트;매립지역;폐기물;토양;지하수;

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  • 2004; 9(1): 70-78

    Published on Mar 1, 2004