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Evaluation of Vulnerability to Groundwater Contamination using Groundwater Quality Characteristics and DRASTIC Index in Miryang City

밀양시 지하수 수질 특성과 DRASTIC 지수를 이용한 지하수 오염취약성 평가

SeongYeon Jung1
,
Sieun Kim1
,
Sul-Min Yun2
,
Jeheon Oh3
,
Chung-Mo Lee1*
정성연 1
,
김시은 1
,
윤설민 2
,
오제헌 3
,
이충모 1*
1Department of Geological Science, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
2Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Gyeonggi-Do 10223, Korea
3Korea Rural Community Corporation, Daegu 41463, Korea
1부산대학교 지질환경과학과
2한국건설기술연구원
3한국농어촌공사
*Corresponding Author
30 June 2024. pp. 23-36
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Abstract

Miryang City, the study area, has a water supply rate of 87.4%, which is 12% lower than the national water supply rate of 99.4%, but has a high dependence on groundwater due to the high ratio of farms. In agricultural areas, contamination becomes relatively more critical, requiring significant attention to the management and conservation of groundwater resources. This study aims at estimate groundwater vulnerability of Miryang City using the DRASTIC index map, Piper diagram, and water quality data to correlated with the DRASTIC index. The results from DRASTIC map were divided into five classes: very high, high, moderate, low, and very low. The areas in central and southern part of study area, which are characterize by a very high index with [Ca-Cl] and [Na-Cl] water types, covering a large alluvium with the Miryang River and Nakdonggang River. In addition, a correlation analysis between groundwater quality parameters and the DRASTIC index was carried out. Chloride, sodium, and sulfate ions showed a weak relationship with DRASTIC index, with correlation coefficient was 0.507, 0.487 and 0.344, respectively. These results suggest that aquifer media, soil media, hydraulic conductivity, and chloride ion are important factors for groundwater vulnerability.

Keywords
Miryang
Groundwater quality
Water type
DRASTIC
Vulnerability
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  • 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 : 29
  • No :3
  • Pages :23-36
  • Received Date : 2024-05-23
  • Revised Date : 2024-06-14
  • Accepted Date : 2024-06-25
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7857/JSGE.2024.29.3.023
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