A Study on the Water Pollution of Mountain Wells around Seoul Area.

Park, Yang Won; Lee, Pyong Kap; Kim, Hyung Suk; Park, Soon Young

Original Article

Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine 1972;5(1): 37-42.

Yang Won Park, Pyong Kap Lee, Hyung Suk Kim, Soon Young Park

ABSTRACT

Mountain Wells are very important water source of the most the climbers in Seoul area. But the facilities around the wells are not modernized to prevent from contamination of microorganism and the other pollutants. We focussed our intention on the detection of some harmful chemical ingredients and contaminants. A total of 58 wells were examined according to the Standard Methods(APHA) and the following results were obtained : 1) Among the examined 58 wells, only 10 wells adequate to the drinking water standard, 2) 7.9mg of liberated CO2 was found in the Tchun-Ho-Dong Mineral Well, 3) Chemically harmful ingredients were not found, 4) The Mountain Wells were contaminated by Coliform Groups as many as 18 times than rural well.