2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Establishment of Optimal Management of Agricultural Reservoir located in a rural-urban fringe

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20880019
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Irrigation, drainage and rural engineering/Rural planning
Research Institution	Kochi University
Principal Investigator	SAI Koji Kochi University, 教育研究部自然科学系, 講師 (30516117)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	地域水環境 / 都市化 / 混住化 / 水質汚濁 / 貯水池
Research Abstract	A Research on water environment of eutrophic reservoir located in rural-urban fringe was conducted. Tarumi Pond located in eastern Kochi City was selected as the research reservoir. As a result of multipoint survey of water quality, it was confirmed that the bottom mud accumulated in the reservoir had caused a harmful influence for the water environment of the reservoir as a source of contamination. Based on the questionnaire survey of inhabitant consciousness about the water environment of Tarumi Pond, the author suggested the water purification method with lower cost performance.