| Title |
Effect of Climate Change Characteristics on Operation of Water Purification Plant |
| Authors |
장유정 ( Youjung Jang ) ; 최현우 ( Hyeonwoo Choi ) ; 이서준 ( Seojun Lee ) ; 최재영 ( Jaeyoung Choi ) ; 최현수 ( Hyeonsoo Choi ) ; 오희경 ( Heekyong Oh ) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.15681/KSWE.2024.40.2.89 |
| Keywords |
Climate adaptation; Correlation analysis; Database; Operating condition; Water quality; Water supply system |
| Abstract |
Climate change has a broad impact on the entire water environment, and this impact is growing. Climate adaptation in water supply systems often involves quantity and quality control, but there has been a lack of research examining the impacts of climatic factors on water supply productivity and operation conditions. Therefore, the present study focused on, first, building a database of climatic factors and water purification operating conditions, and then identifying the correlations between factors to reveal their impacts. News big data was analyzed with keywords of climatic factors and water supply systems in either nationwide or region-wide analyses. Metropolitan area exhibited more issues with cold waves whereas there were more issues with drought in the Southern Chungcheong area. A survey was conducted to seek experts’ opinions on the climatic impacts leading to these effects. Pre-chlorination due to drought, high-turbidity of intake water due to rainfall, an increase of toxins in intake water due to heat waves, and low water temperature due to cold waves were expected. Pearson correlation analysis was conducted based on meteorological data and the operating data of a water purification plant. Heavy rain resulted in 13 days of high turbidity, and the subsequent low turbidity conditions required 3 days of high coagulant dosage. This insight is expected to help inform the design of operation manuals for waterworks in response to climate change. |