WATER CHLOROFORM LEVELS IN INDOOR SWIMMING POOLS IN A CITY OF KOREA AND IN A CITY OF NEW JERSEY IN THE UNITED STATES

국내 및 미국 뉴저지주의 수영장 물에서의 클로로포름

  • 조완근 (효성여자대학교 자연대학 환경보건학과)
  • Published : 1994.06.01

Abstract

Chlorinated water in swimming pools contains chloroform at elevated levels compared to chlorinated drinking water Chloroform levels in four indoor swimming pools(swimming pools A, B and C in a city of Korea and swimming pool D in a city of New Jersey in the United States) were examined. The chloroform levels in the water of swimming pool C (city-managed) weve shown to be significantly(p=0.0001) different from those of private swimming pools A and B: the mean chloroform levels in the pools A, B, and C are 22.8, 17.8, and 31.1 $\mu\textrm{g}$/l, respectively. Furthermore, all of these chloroform levels are significantly(P=0.0001) different from those of New Jersey: chloroform concentration of the Korean pools ranged from 10.9 $\mu\textrm{g}$.l to 47.9 $\mu\textrm{g}$/l with a mean of 23.2 $\mu\textrm{g}$/l, while it ranged from 27 $\mu\textrm{g}$/l to 96$\mu\textrm{g}$/l with a mean of 64.4 $\mu\textrm{g}$/l in the New Jersey pool. The disinfection processes would cause part of this difference since the swimming pools in Korea applied both chlorination and ozonation method, while the swimming pool in New Jersey used chlorination method only. It was implied that swimming parameters inconsistently vary, resulting in fluctuation of and no constant accumulation of chloroform in the water with the change of time for the day. A regression analysis showed no relationships between sampling time and chloroform concentrations for the sampling day in the swimming pools of Korea. A F-test indicated no significant difference of chloroform concentrations in the morning and afternoon samples collected in the swimming pools. Ingestion dose was estimated to be 0.58$\mu\textrm{g}$ from an hour swimming in a city of Korea, taking into accounting an average of 23.2 $\mu\textrm{g}$/l in swimming pools in the city In extreme situation, the ingestion dose was estimated to be 12.0 $\mu\textrm{g}$ from an hour swimming in a city of Korea.

염소처리된 수영장 물에는 염소처리된 음용수에 비해 높은 농도의 크로로포름이 존재한다.네 개의 수영장 (국내수영장 A,B 및 C 롸 미국 뉴저지주 수영장 D)물에서 클로로포름 농도를 조사하였다. 수영장 C(시관리)에서 측정된 클로로포름 농도는 개인 운영 수영장 A 와 B 에서 측정된 클로로포름 농도와 통계적으로 (p=0.0001) 다르게 나타났다 : 수영장 A, B, 및 C 에서 측정된 클로로포름 농도는 통계적으로(p=0.0001) 다르게 나타났따. 국내 수영장 물의 평균 농도와 농도 범위는 각가 23.$\mu\textrm{g}$/ㅣ 과 10.9-47.9$\mu\textrm{g}$/ㅣ 이며, 뉴저지주 수영장 물의 평균 농도와 농도 범위는 각각 64.4${\mu}g/l$ 과 27.-96${\mu}g/l$ 였다. 국내 수영장은 살균제로서 차아염소산과 오존을 홍용하며, 뉴저지주의 수영장은 차아염소산만으로 살균하므로, 두 지영의 그러한 차이는 100%는 아닐지 라도 최소한 살균 처리 공정의 차이에 기인한 것으로 추정된다. 수영 변수들이 일관성 없이 변하여, 시간이 경과함에 따라 물속의 클롤로포름 농도의 증가 및 감소가 불규칙하게 변했고, 클로로포름 축적도 일정치 않았다는 것이 암시 되었다. 회귀 분석 결과, 시료 채취 시간과 클로로포름 농도 사이에 유의성 없는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 F 시험 결과는 수영장으로 부터 오전과 오후에 채취된물 시료의 클로로포름 놈도는 서로 다르지 않게 나타났다. 국내 수영장 물의 클로로포름 평균 농도를 23.2${\mu}g/l$ 로 간주하여, 한 시간 수영을 할 때 식도를 통해서 체내에 흡수ㅚ는 클롤로포름의 량은 0.58${\mu}g/l$ 으로 추산되었다. 극단적인 상황에서는, 한 시간 수영을 할 경우 식도를 통해서 체내에 흡수되는 크롤로포름의 량이 12${\mu}g/l$ 으로 추산되었다. 수영장 물어서의 클로로포름 함유량을 고려해 볼 때, 오전 또는 오후에 수영을 하든지 간에 식도를 통해서 체내에 흡수되는 클로로포름의 량은 차이가 없는 것으로 간주된다.

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