Application Assessment of Passive Sampling to Monitor Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Water Environment as Alternative Sampling Method for Grab Sampling

Kim, Un-Jung; Seo, Chang Dong; Im, Tae-Hyo; Oh, Jeong-Eun; Kim, Un-Jung; Seo, Chang Dong; Im, Tae-Hyo; Oh, Jeong-Eun

doi:2015.37.1.45

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Original Paper

J Korean Soc Environ Eng 2015;37(1): 45-51. doi: https://doi.org/10.4491/KSEE.2015.37.1.45

수계 중 폴리브롬화 디페닐에테르 모니터링을 위한 Passive Sampling 적용 및 그랩 시료채취법의 대체 활용가능성 평가

김언정^1.2, 서창동³, 임태효⁴, 오정은¹

¹부산대학교 사회환경시스템공학과
²한국과학기술연구원 환경복지연구단
³부산시 상수도사업본부 수질연구소
⁴국립환경과학원 낙동강물환경연구소

Application Assessment of Passive Sampling to Monitor Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Water Environment as Alternative Sampling Method for Grab Sampling

Un-Jung Kim^1.2, Chang Dong Seo³, Tae-Hyo Im⁴, Jeong-Eun Oh¹

¹Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University
²Center for Environment, Health and Welfare Research Korea Institute Science and Technology
³Water Quality Institute, Water Authority
⁴Nakdong River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research

Corresponding author

Jeong-Eun Oh ,Tel: 051-510-3513, Fax: 051-582-3965, Email: jeoh@pusan.ac.kr

Received: November 14, 2014; Revised: December 18, 2015; Accepted: January 12, 2015. Published online: January 31, 2015.

ABSTRACT

PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ehters) are rarely dissolved in water due to their strong hydrophobicity and large molecular mass so not many researches were done in aqueous environment compared to other environmental compartments. However, the mass loading from wastewater treatment plant into aquatic environment, re-suspension from bottom sediment and partitioning from floating particles and colloids may not be negligible. It is, therefore, important but also difficult to investigate PBDEs in water environment. Recent overcoming resolution towards this barrier to monitor hydrophobic organic compounds in aquatic environment is using passive sampling technique like semipermeable membrane device. By using passive sampling, it might be possible to obtain long-term reproducible monitoring result and detect the trace amounts of PBDEs, with controlling fluctuation of surrounding environmental factors during the sampling event. So therefore, this study is purposed to confirm the possibility of using SPMD (semi-permeable membrane device) as water monitoring tool. Grab samples, composite samples and SPMDs were applied in river bank to evaluate the concentration difference and temporal fluctuation by various water sampling method, and to assess the water concentration prediction capability of SPMD for the PBDEs.

Key Words: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ehters (PBDEs), Monitoring, Passive Sampling, Semi-permeable Membrane Device (SPMD), River Water