하수종말처리장 방류수를 이용한 포장적응시험에서 토양 검정시비량의 50%시비수준에서 대체용수원 20일 관개구의 벼 생육 및 수량은 비교적 대조구와 비슷하게 나타났다. 표면수의 수질에 대한 $EC_i$ 및 SAR값은 하수종말처리장 방류수 관개구가 지하수 관개구에 비해 2배 이상 높은 것으로 나타났다. 관개기간별 하수종말처리장 방류수 10일과 20일 관개구의 표면수 $EC_i$ 및 SAR값은 유의차가 없었지만, 생육초기 단계에서 30일간 관개구에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 그리고 침출수중의 $EC_i$ 및 SAR값은 비료시용 수준별 및 대체용수 관개기간에 따라 일정한 경향을 보이지 않았다. 결론적으로 이앙기의 한발기 20일 동안은 검정시비량의 50% 시비수준으로 하수종말처리 방류수를 관개할 수 있는 것으로 판단된다. 그리고 한발 20일 동안 대체용수 관개 이용 효율성은 벼 재배기간 동안 총 관개량에 비교하여 32.7%인 것으로 나타났다.
Objective of this study was to access the environmental impacts of the use of discharge water from municipal waste water treatment plant as alternative irrigation resources during drought season for rice cultivation. For the field experiments, it was observed that plant growth and yield characteristics at 20 days of alternative irrigation period with application of FAST (fertilizer application based on soil test) 50% were relatively the same as the control. For the surface water quality, it appeared that $EC_i$ (electrical conductivity of irrigation water) and SAR (sodium adsorption ratio) values of DMWT (discharge waters from municipal wastewater treatment plant) irrigation were twofold higher than those of ground water irrigation as the control regardless of fertilization levels. For the irrigation periods, there were not significantly difference between 10 and 20 days of treatments, but $EC_i$ and SAR values of surface water were highest at 30 days of irrigation periods at initial rice growing stages. Generally, $EC_i$ values of percolation water in all the treatments were gradually increasing until 30days after irrigation, and then decreasing to harvest stage. Overall, it might be considered that there was possibility to irrigate DMWT with application of FAST 50% for 20 days of drought periods at rice transplanting season. Furthermore, efficiency rate of alternative irrigation water for 20 days of drought period was 32.7% relative to the total annual irrigation water for rice cultivation.
