Water Purification by Inorganic Ion Absorption Character of Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.)

물상추의 무기이온 흡수 특성을 이용한 수질정화

  • Lee, Sung Chun (Department of Environment Horticulture, The University of Seoul) ;
  • Lee, Jeong Sik (Department of Environment Horticulture, The University of Seoul)
  • 이성춘 (서울시립대학교 환경원예학과) ;
  • 이정식 (서울시립대학교 환경원예학과)
  • Received : 2008.06.19
  • Accepted : 2009.02.03
  • Published : 2009.03.31

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the efficiency of water quality remediation and the inorganic ion removal characteristics by floating plant; water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) in a batch reactor. Water lettuce can be used to remove N and P and other inorganic nutrients, by consuming them in the form of plant nutrient. The highest nutrient absorption of water lettuce was $112.5meL^{-1}\;N$ in Sonneveld-2S, $56.6meL^{-1}\;N$ in Sonneveld-1S, $31.8meL^{-1}\;N$ in sewage and P value was also the highest in Sonneveld-2S as $15.6meL^{-1}$ and in sewage as $5.0meL^{-1}$. These results indicated that using water lettuce held some promise in the context of purification of eutrophication. Also water lettuce had a preference for absorption N. Under Sonneveld-2S treatment, nitrogen percentage was the highest in plant tissue due to the highest concentration of nitrogen and removal by water lettuce. Under sewage, percentage of total N in both plant parts was high. Both above and underground parts, P percentage was less than N. It might be due to the fact that the absorption amount of P was less than N by water lettuce. It meaned that the ability of N removal by water lettuce was higher than that of P, relatively. In summary, these results show that the use of this plant was a viable option.

본 연구는 부유 식물 물상추를 이용하여 수질 개선과 무기양분 흡수 특성을 알아보기 위하여 수행되었다. 초기 Sonneveld-2S 처리에서 물상추는 $NH^+_4$$NO^-_3$보다 더 많이 흡수하여 초기 pH 값이 가장 낮았으나 시간이 지남에 따라 pH가 올라갔다. 대부분 빗물로 구성된 연못은 EC가 생육시기 전반에 걸쳐 낮았다. 식재 30일에서 50일 사이에 총 부유물질이 모든 처리에서 급격하게 증가하다가 그 이후 다시 감소하였다. 생육기간 동안 DO는 낮아졌으며 동시에 COD 값은 이와 상반된 결과를 보였다. 식재 100일 후 물상추의 초장, 초폭, 분지수와 생체중은 Sonneveld-2S 처리에서 가장 높았으며 연못물에서 가장 낮았다. 연못물 처리를 제외한 모든 처리에서 분지수는 급격히 증가하였다. 특히 생활하수에서 초장과 초폭은 Sonneveld-2S와 Sonneveld-1S 처리와 거의 비슷할 정도로 식물 생장이 왕성하였다. Yamazaki의 공식으로 무기 양분의 흡수량을 계산한 결과 총질소는 Sonnveld-2S에서 $112.5me{\cdot}L^{-1}$, Sonnveld-1S에서 $56.6me{\cdot}L^{-1}$, Sonnveld-1/2S에서 $17.4me{\cdot}L^{-1}$, 연못물에서 $3.7me{\cdot}L^{-1}$ 그리고 생활하수에서 $31.8me{\cdot}L^{-1}$로 다른 무기 이온에 비해 질소를 가장 많이 흡수하였다. 총 질소의 흡수량은 각각 식물체 분석 결과 물상추 내 총 질소는 모든 처리에서 지하부가 지상부에 비해 더 높았다. 생활하수 처리에서 총 질소는 지상부와 지하부가 비슷한 수준을 보였다. 인은 Sonnveld-2S에서 $15.6me{\cdot}L^{-1}$, Sonnveld-1S에서 $1.72me{\cdot}L^{-1}$, Sonnveld-1/2S에서 $3.13me{\cdot}L^{-1}$, 생활하수에서 $5.0me{\cdot}L^{-1}$ 흡수하였다. 물상추가 식물 양분 형태로 질소와 인을 흡수 및 제거하여 부영양화된 수질을 정화할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

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