This study was carried out to verify change and relationship between the concentration of chlorophyll-a and
environmental factors including weather, water quality and discharge at before & after Gangcheon and Ipoh weir
construction at Namhan river, based on the weather and water quality data provided by the measuring network.
We classified the period of before & after weir construction by the cluster analysis with Ward’s method, and also
through the correlation analysis between the concentration of chlorophyll-a and environmental factors, the influence
factors related with algae occurrence(Chlorophyll-a) were analyzed. The result by cluster analysis based on data of
the total 12 factors (water temperature, rainfall, daylight, pH, DO, BOD, COD, T-N, NH3-N, NO3-N, T-P,
PO4-P) from 2005 to 2015 indicated a clear classification into two periods, before(2006-2007) & after (2012-2013)
weir construction. After weir construction, class of BOD at Gangcheon weir was better than before, changed from Ⅱ
class to Ia class, and likewise class of BOD at Ipoh weir was improved from Ⅱ-Ⅲ class to Ia-Ⅱclass. Also T-P and T-N concentration also were to be improved in general after weir construction. Concentraion of Chlorophyll-a after
Gangcheon and Ipoh weir construction was to be decreased. However, frequency of algae warning was increased
from 9 to 15 after Ipoh weir construction due to increasing of HRT and water temperature. After weirs construction,
the result of correlation analysis between weather, water quality and discharge and concentration of chlorophyll-a
indicated a positive correlation, order of BOD(0.579) > COD(0.413) > temperature(0.237), and a negative correlation,
order of NO3-N(-0.344) > T-N(-0.293) at Gangcheon weir. And there were likewise positive correlation, order of
BOD(0.795) > pH(0.581) > Water temperature(0.422), and negative correlation, order of NO3-N(-0.457) >
T-N(-0.371) > NH3-N(-0.326) > PO4-P(-0.288) > Discharge(-0.213) after Ipoh weir construction. Although water
quality after Ipoh weir construction was generally improved, increase of frequency of algae warning occurrence was
influenced by change of water conditions such as reduction of the velocity, increase of HRT and water temperature,
etc impacted strongly by change of the stream flow more than change of water environments after weir construction.