| Title |
A Study on Water Quality Management Methods of Waterscape Facilities in Accordance Legislation of Water Quality Criteria |
| Authors |
나경호 ( Kyung Ho Na ) ; 정주용 ( Jeong Ju Yong ) ; 김지수 ( Ji Soo Kim ) ; 변주형 ( Ju Young Byeon ) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.15681/KSWE.2017.33.4.487 |
| Keywords |
Chlorine bleach; Disinfection facilities; Free residual chlorine; Vinegar; Waterscape facilities |
| Abstract |
This study was conducted to propose measures of water quality management as the water criteria for waterscape facilities which have been highlighted as alternatives to wading pools in summer season was legislated. The number of public waterscape facilities has reached 290 sites in Gyeounggi province and 971 sites in South Korea in 2017. The water tank capacity of 80.3 % public waterscape facilities was less than 100 m3. Facilities with disinfection system were only 6.5 % and facilities with filtration function were also very low at 6.9 %. Most of the waterscape facilities, about 93%, are expected to be vulnerable to complying with revised water quality criteria because they have to be disinfected by handling. Chlorine disinfectants, which are more persistent than ozone or ultraviolet sterilization methods, are more preferred. However, care should be taken when adding disinfectans because hypochlorous acid, which is an effective component of chlorine disinfectant, remains after the disinfection, but it is easily decomposed with time. For this study, OO park floor fountain with a capacity of 63 m3 was selected and the amount of free residual chlorine concentration was measured by injecting a certain amount of chlorine bleach. As a result, it took 5 hours to decrease from the water quality standard of 4 mg/L to 0.04 mg/L. If the waterscape facility is operated for 7 to 8 hours, the chlorine bleach should be re-injected after 5 hours. In addition, the problem of pH increase due to the input of chlorine disinfectant is expected, and the neutralization method using vinegar was proposed. |