To measure the mutagenic activity of micro-organic pollutants in drinking water, mutagenicity test was conducted using Salmnella typhimurium TA 98 strain on the water sample taken from the water supply stations and six tap water in Seoul in July and November 1987.
The results were as follows :
1. The average amounts of organic matters in raw, treated, and tap water sampled in July were 0.38㎎/ℓ, 0.28㎎/ℓ, and 0.45㎎/ℓ, respectively, and sampled in November were 0.34㎎/ℓ, 0.24㎎/ℓ, and 0.22㎎/ℓ, respectively. The amount of organic matters of tap water sampled in November did not increase while that of tap water sampled in July increased compare to those of raw of treated water.
2. The amount of organic matters in the highest in neutral fraction compare to acidic and basic fractions.
3. In the five out of six tap water and raw water of Paldang and Kuui station sampled in July, the mutagenicity ratios were greater then two(both direct and indirect mutagenicity).
4. In the three out of six tap water and raw and treated water of Kuui station sampled in November, the mutagenicity ratios were greater than two.
5. While mutagenic activities were low in acidic and basic fraction, they were high in neutral fraction. The samples which had high mutagenic activity in the total amount also showed high mutagenic activity in neutral fraction.
6. While mutagenic acitivity was decreased after the treatment of water, it was increased in tap water as the distance from the water supply station increases.
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