Establishment of Non-drinking Groundwater Quality Standards: General Contamination Substances

doi:10.7857/JSGE.2014.19.6.024

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Establishment of Non-drinking Groundwater Quality Standards: General Contamination Substances 비음용 지하수 오염물질 기준설정체계 구축 연구: (2) 일반오염물질: 안윤주;남선화;정승우;
An, Youn-Joo;Nam, Sun-Hwa;Jeong, Seung-Woo;

31 December 2014. pp. 24 ~ 29

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Abstract

To data, there was no systematic basis for establishing the content and allowed levels of general contamination substances in the Korean groundwater quality standards for non-drinking water. Recently, use of specific procedures for deriving valid groundwater quality standards have become mandatory. This study first investigated the methodology for deriving groundwater quality standards in the European Commission (EC), considering background groundwater quality and domestic and international standards related to water quality. Furthermore, this study investigated the existing specified procedure of standards related to water quality (e.g. surface water, drinking water, and wastewater). Our findings showed that EC and Member States presented the methods for deriving groundwater threshold values for general chemicals. Finally, we have proposed the following procedures of deriving Korean groundwater quality: (1) Selection of groundwater pollutant population, (2) selection and monitoring of priority substances, (3) monitoring, (4) selection of groundwater quality standard candidates, (5) selection of new substances and values for groundwater quality standards.

Keywords

General contamination substances;Groundwater;Water quality standards;

References

Council for Environmental Science (CES), 1993, A Study on Establishment of Groundwater Quality Standards and Groundwater Pollution Judgement Standards.
Environment Agency (EA), 2007, The natural (baseline) quality of groundwater in England and Wales.
European Commission (EC), 2000, Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the community action in the field of water policy.
European Commission (EC), 2006a, Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration.
European Commission (EC), 2006b, Scientific support to policy BRIDGE background criteria for the identification of groundwater thresholds.
European Commission (EC), 2009, Common implementation strategy for the water framework directive (2000/60/EC) Guidance document No. 18 Guidance on groundwater status and trend assessment.
European Commission (EC), 2010, Commission staff working document accompanying the report from the commission in accordance with article 3.7 of the groundwater directive 2006/118/EC on the establishment of groundwater threshold values.
Ministry of Environment (ME), 1999, A Study on Examination of Adequacy and Control Scheme for Groundwater Quality Standards.
Ministry of Environment (ME), 2007, A Study on Preceding Scheme for Improvement of Groundwater Quality Standards.
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Korea Water Resources Corporation, 2013, Groundwater Annual Report.
Nam, S.-H., Lee, W.-M., Jeong, S.-W., Kim, H.-J., Kim, H.-K., Kim, T.-S., and An, Y.-J., 2013, Comparative Study of Groundwater Threshold Values in European Commission and Member States for Improving Management of Groundwater Qaulity in Korea, J. Soil Groundw. Environ., 18(3), 23-32.10.7857/JSGE.2013.18.3.023
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), 2008a, A Study on Establishment for Expanding Specific Water Quality Substances and Effluent Standards (VIII).
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), 2008b, A Study on Establishment System for Standards of Drinking Water.
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), 2009, A Study on Chemical Ranking and Scoring Methodology for Groundwater Pollutants.
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), 2012, A Study on Establishment System for Standards of New Groundwater Pollutants.
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), 2012, A Study on Expansion of Environmental Quality Standards to Protect Aquatic Ecosystem.
Radu, E., Balaet, R., Vliegenthart, F., and Schipper, P., 2010, Derivation of threshold values for groundwater in Romania, in order to distinguish point & diffuse pollution from natural background levels, Environ. Eng. Res., 15(2), 85-91.10.4491/eer.2010.15.2.085
USEPA, 1989. Risk assessment guidance for superfund. Volume I: Human health evaluation manual (Part A).

Information

Publisher :The Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment
Publisher(Ko) :한국지하수토양환경학회
Journal Title :Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
Journal Title(Ko) :지하수토양환경
Volume : 19
No :6
Pages :24 ~ 29
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7857/JSGE.2014.19.6.024

[1] Council for Environmental Science (CES), 1993, A Study on Establishment of Groundwater Quality Standards and Groundwater Pollution Judgement Standards.

[2] Environment Agency (EA), 2007, The natural (baseline) quality of groundwater in England and Wales.

[3] European Commission (EC), 2000, Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the community action in the field of water policy.

[4] European Commission (EC), 2006a, Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration.

[5] European Commission (EC), 2006b, Scientific support to policy BRIDGE background criteria for the identification of groundwater thresholds.

[6] European Commission (EC), 2009, Common implementation strategy for the water framework directive (2000/60/EC) Guidance document No. 18 Guidance on groundwater status and trend assessment.

[7] European Commission (EC), 2010, Commission staff working document accompanying the report from the commission in accordance with article 3.7 of the groundwater directive 2006/118/EC on the establishment of groundwater threshold values.

[8] Ministry of Environment (ME), 1999, A Study on Examination of Adequacy and Control Scheme for Groundwater Quality Standards.

[9] Ministry of Environment (ME), 2007, A Study on Preceding Scheme for Improvement of Groundwater Quality Standards.

[10] Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Korea Water Resources Corporation, 2013, Groundwater Annual Report.

[11] Nam, S.-H., Lee, W.-M., Jeong, S.-W., Kim, H.-J., Kim, H.-K., Kim, T.-S., and An, Y.-J., 2013, Comparative Study of Groundwater Threshold Values in European Commission and Member States for Improving Management of Groundwater Qaulity in Korea, J. Soil Groundw. Environ., 18(3), 23-32.10.7857/JSGE.2013.18.3.023

[12] National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), 2008a, A Study on Establishment for Expanding Specific Water Quality Substances and Effluent Standards (VIII).

[13] National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), 2008b, A Study on Establishment System for Standards of Drinking Water.

[14] National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), 2009, A Study on Chemical Ranking and Scoring Methodology for Groundwater Pollutants.

[15] National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), 2012, A Study on Establishment System for Standards of New Groundwater Pollutants.

[16] National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), 2012, A Study on Expansion of Environmental Quality Standards to Protect Aquatic Ecosystem.

[17] Radu, E., Balaet, R., Vliegenthart, F., and Schipper, P., 2010, Derivation of threshold values for groundwater in Romania, in order to distinguish point & diffuse pollution from natural background levels, Environ. Eng. Res., 15(2), 85-91.10.4491/eer.2010.15.2.085

[18] USEPA, 1989. Risk assessment guidance for superfund. Volume I: Human health evaluation manual (Part A).

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