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High Ferrihydrite Turbidity in Groundwater of Samdong-Myeon (Ulsan) by Carbonate-Water Inflow of Deep Origin

심부 탄산수의 유업에 의한 울산시 삼동면 지하수의 높은 페리하이드라이트 탁도

  • Received : 2011.06.08
  • Accepted : 2011.06.27
  • Published : 2011.06.30
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Abstract

The turbidity in several wells of Samdong-myeon, Ulsan, exceeded potable groundwater standard (1 NTU). Mineralogical analysis showed that the fine suspended particles are ferrihydrite spheres with a size of less than $0.5\;{\mu}m$ and helical iron-oxidizing bacterial filaments, and their aggregates. Ferrihydrite was almost amorphous only showing two electron diffraction rings, and contained Si and P. Helical bacterial filaments were almost replaced by ferrihydrite. The helical bacteria have played an important role in the ferrihydrite formation by becoming the loci for ferrihydrite precipitation as well as oxidizing ferrous iron. The physicochemical conditions of low pH, low redox potential, high Ca concentration, and high alkalinity are consistent with the hydrogeochemical characteristics of carbonate groundwater, implicating that the inflow of deep ferriferous carbonate groundwater and its oxidation have caused the ferrihydrite turbidity in several wells of the study area.

울산시에 삼동면에 위치한 천부 관정 지하수들 중 일부는 탁도가 음용수 기준을 크게 초과한다. 광물학적 분석결과, 극미립 부유입자는 지름 $0.5\;{\mu}m$ 이하의 구상 페리하이드라이트(ferrihydrite), 페리하이드라이트로 교대된 나선형 철산화 박테리아 섬유, 그리고 이들의 집합체였다. 페리하이드라이트는 거의 비정질로서 2개의 전자회절환만 관찰되었고, Si와 P가 함유되어 있었다. 나선형 철산화 박테리아는 지하수의 용존 $Fe^{2+}$의 산화뿐만 아니라 페리하이드라이트의 침전 장소를 제공하였다. 주변의 보통 지하수와 비교하여 pH와 Eh가 낮고, Ca 함량과 알칼리도가 높아서 한국 탄산약수의 일반적 수질 특정과 잘 부합되어, 용존철이 풍부한 심부 기원 탄산수의 유입이 추정된다. 따라서 높은 페리하이드라이트 탁도는 pH, Eh, 알칼리도 등의 수질인자와 함께 천부 지하수 관정을 이용한 심부 기원 탄산지하수 추적의 지시자로 활용될 가능성이 있다.

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