Assessment of metal and PAH profiles in SUDS soil based on an improved experimental procedure
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The increasing use of infiltration-based systems for stormwater management questions the soil's ability to act as a long-term filter for runoff contaminants, and brings about operational matters regarding the most effective maintenance practices to enhance contaminant retention in SUDS. This paper reports the vertical extent of metal and PAH contamination in the soil of seven source-control devices in operation for more than 10 years, assessed via a two-step sampling strategy to optimize the representativeness of the contamination profiles. Metal distribution was typically characterized by a significant surface buildup, followed by a decrease in concentrations with increasing depth, usually coming close to the background values. PAH were more heterogeneously distributed with depth, but their accumulation was globally restricted to the upper 10-40 cm. This indicates an interesting potential for pollution interception by the upper horizons of soil, but does not necessarily prevent from downward fluxes, even while measuring low surface contents, as deeper strata may have lesser retention capacities. Specific amendments of the surface soil may help prevent this problem. Surface soil renewal - which would be necessary over 2.5-30 cm in four sites, according to the "strictest" standards for soil remediation - may regenerate the soil's sorption potential, but such a practice could disrupt the interactions with the local ecosystem, so this should be carried out exceptionally and not as a preventive measure.
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- Authors
- Tedoldi, D., Chebbo, G., Pierlot, D., Kovacs, Y., & Gromaire, M.-C.
- Affiliations
- École nationale des ponts et chaussées (FR)
- Service d'Etude des Prions et des Infections Atypiques (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Tedoldi, Damien
- Venue
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-11
- Volume
- 202
- Issue
- Pt 1
- Pages
- 151-166
- ISSN
- 0301-4797 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2738650049
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 1.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- enpc.hal.science
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Environmental Management (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- OPUR
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Heavy metals in environment
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Keywords
- stormwater management, soil contamination, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, stormwater infiltration, pollutant retention, soil remediation, soil sorption capacity, sampling strategy
- MeSH terms
- Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Pollution, Metals, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Soil, Soil Pollutants
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