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2017

Environmental Sciences

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Agricultural lake

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Impact Of Salinity Change On Water Quality Variables From The Sediment Of An Artificial Lake Under Anaerobic Conditions, Tae-Hoon Kim, Jihoon Kang, Sang Hyun Kim, I-Song Choi, Kwang-Hyeon Chang, Jong Min Oh, Ki-Hyun Kim Aug 2017

Impact Of Salinity Change On Water Quality Variables From The Sediment Of An Artificial Lake Under Anaerobic Conditions, Tae-Hoon Kim, Jihoon Kang, Sang Hyun Kim, I-Song Choi, Kwang-Hyeon Chang, Jong Min Oh, Ki-Hyun Kim

School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Artificial reservoirs are created by dike construction in coastal areas to secure the agricultural water supply on the west coast of South Korea. These systems are found to retain brackish characteristics until total desalination is achieved. To evaluate the effects of salinity on the organic substances released from the sediment, a laboratory water-sediment column experiment was conducted to assess associated changes in water quality variables such as the sediment oxygen demand (SOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and concentrations of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Under high salinity conditions, the release of N from the sediment was promoted with the enhancement …