| Investigation on the physical and biochemical drivers controlling flocculation potential of river water |
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학술지명 International Water Industry Conferernce
저자 최일환
발표일 2017-09-20
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Climate change and rapid urbanization worsen water stress in many countries. To cope with water stress and secure water resources, the South Korean government had built movable, operational weirs in the major rivers. The physical and biochemical conditions of the rivers however become more lacustrine and promote river-bed siltation with fine/cohesive sediments and particulate organic matter. For example, the rivers cannot maintain flow-driven energy high enough to suspend cohesive sediments, resulting in increased flocculation, sedimentation and deposition of cohesive sediments on the river bed. Also, a longer hydraulic retention time of the weir-constructed river may stimulate biological growth and EPS production, accelerating the flocculation phenomenon. For efficient management of cohesive sediments in such low-flow rivers, the formation of cohesive sediments and the underlying mechanisms need to be understood better. In this study, we tried to identify physical and biochemical drivers controlling flocculation potential of river water. Specifically, we hypothesized that the organic matter composition of river water affects flocculation potential, and hence we focused on elucidating the seasonal change of organic matter composition and its role to enhance/reduce flocculation potential of river water via one year of monitoring data of a low-flow rivers |