Technologies for control nuisance algae on water treatment process |
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학술지명 2015 IEEC
저자 이희숙
발표일 2015-10-30
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Harmful algal blooms have occurred in recent years in the major rivers in South Korea including Nakdong River and Han River due to high water temperatures caused by climate changes. An algal bloom is a rapid increase in the population of algae in an aquatic system when ecosystems are preferable conditions for their growth. Even though algal blooms are natural phenomenon whose occurrence or intensity may be increased by nutrient pollution, concerns over the quality of drinking water have been increasing for the decades. Furthermore, harmful algal blooms can produce geosmin (trans-1, 10-dimethyl-trans-9-decalol) and 2-MIB (2-methylisoborneol) known as taste and odor compounds. Consumers have been focusing on the aesthetic issues of drinking water such as taste and odor a long time. These compounds are the sources of earthy/moldy odor in drinking water and cannot be removed by conventional water treatment processes. Advanced water treatment process such as powdered activated carbon and ozonization process can remove odor compounds in the water treatment process. The Nakdong River is located in the southern-eastern region of South Korea and serves as source water to several water treatment plants in those areas. Since 2012, geosmin and 2-MIB concentrations in the Nakdong River basin have been increasing rapidly and the duration of occurrence of those compounds are also becoming longer than before. These could be threats to drinking water supplies for customers. So there is a need to prepare an anticipative action plan to produce safe and palatable tap water. In this study, the technologies to control nuisance algae on water treatment process were considered for effective countermeasure based on know-hows from long experiences and accumulated advanced expert skill. |