Selected stormwater priority pollutants — a European perspective
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The chemical characteristics of stormwater are dependent on the nature of surfaces (roads, roofs etc.) with which it comes into contact during the runoff process as well as natural processes and anthropogenic activities in the catchments. The different types of pollutants may cause problems during utilisation, detention or discharge of stormwater to the environment and may pose specific demands to decentralised treatment. This paper proposes a scientifically justifiable list of selected stormwater priority pollutants (SSPP) to be used, e.g., for evaluation of the chemical risks occurring in different handling strategies. The SSPP-list consists of 25 pollutant parameters including eight of the priority pollutants currently identified in the European Water Framework Directive. It contains general water quality parameters (organic and suspended matter, nutrients and pH); metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Pt and Zn); PAH (naphthalene, pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene); herbicides (pendimethalin, phenmedipham, glyphosate and terbutylazine); and other representative industrially derived compounds (nonylphenol ethoxylates, pentachlorophenol, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, PCB-28 and methyl tert-butyl ether). Tools for flux modelling, enabling calculation of predicted environmental concentrations (PECs), and for ranking the susceptibility of a pollutant to removal within a range of structural stormwater treatment systems or best management practices (BMPs) have been developed, but further work is req…
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Urban stormwater introduces ecologically relevant quantities of many target pollutants, including nutrients (N and P), heavy metals, herbicides, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, and several plasticizers and common industrial chemicals.
“urban stormwater introduces ecologically relevant quantities of many target pollutants (United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) 2010; Loperfido et al. 2014) including nutrients (N and P), heavy metals, herbicides, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, and several plasticizers and common industrial chemicals”
From Phase II MS4 challenges: moving toward effective stormwater management for small municipalities (2022) · cites this paper as Eriksson et al. 2007
Eriksson et al. (2007) defined four main groups of BMPs that can be implemented over broad areas: (1) filter strips or swales; (2) infiltration systems (e.g., infiltration basins or trenches); (3) storage facilities (e.g., retention ponds, treatment wetlands; and (4) alternative roads (e.g., porous pavements).
“Eriksson et al. (2007), defined four main groups of BMPs that can be implemented over broad areas: (1) filter strips or swales; (2) infiltration systems (e.g., infiltration basins or trenches); (3) storage facilities (e.g., retention ponds, treatment wetlands; and (4) alternative roads (e.g., porous pavements; Table 1).”
From Phase II MS4 challenges: moving toward effective stormwater management for small municipalities (2022) · cites this paper as Eriksson et al. (2007)
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- Authors
- Eriksson, E., Baun, A., Scholes, L., Ledin, A., Ahlman, S., Revitt, M., Noutsopoulos, C., & Mikkelsen, P. S.
- Affiliations
- Technical University of Denmark (DK)
- Middlesex University London (GB)
- Chalmers University of Technology (SE)
- National Technical University of Athens (GR)
- Corresponding author
- Eriksson, E.
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-09
- Volume
- 383
- Issue
- 1-3
- Pages
- 41-51
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2001392185
- Cited by
- 282
- References
- 32
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- FWCI
- 12.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DSpace - NTUA (National Technical University of Athens) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU) (submittedVersion)
- Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Miljøstyrelsen
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Keywords
- stormwater pollution, urban runoff, Water Framework Directive, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, herbicides, nonylphenol ethoxylates, pentachlorophenol, DEHP, PCB 28, methyl tert-butyl ether, predicted environmental concentration, best management practices, stormwater monitoring, chemical risk assessment
- MeSH terms
- Environmental Monitoring, Europe, Rain, Water Movements, Water Pollutants, Water Pollution, Waste Management
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