Significance of urban and agricultural land use for biocide and pesticide dynamics in surface waters
Abstract
Biocides and pesticides are designed to control the occurrence of unwanted organisms. From their point of application, these substances can be mobilized and transported to surface waters posing a threat to the aquatic environment. Historically, agricultural pesticides have received substantially more attention than biocidal compounds from urban use, despite being used in similar quantities. This study aims at improving our understanding of the influence of mixed urban and agricultural land use on the overall concentration dynamics of biocides and pesticides during rain events throughout the year. A comprehensive field study was conducted in a catchment within the Swiss plateau (25 km(2)). Four surface water sampling sites represented varying combinations of urban and agricultural sources. Additionally, the urban drainage system was studied by sampling the only wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in the catchment, a combined sewer overflow (CSO), and a storm sewer (SS). High temporal resolution sampling was carried out during rain events from March to November 2007. The results, based on more than 600 samples analyzed for 23 substances, revealed distinct and complex concentration patterns for different compounds and sources. Five types of concentration patterns can be distinguished: a) compounds that showed elevated background concentrations throughout the year (e.g. diazinon >50 ng L(-1)), indicating a constant household source; b) compounds that showed elevated concentrations…
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Biocides from building materials can lead to higher loads than agricultural pesticide runoff for a Swiss peri-urban catchment.
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- Authors
- Wittmer, I. K., Bader, H.-P., Scheidegger, R., Singer, H., Lück, A., Hanke, I., Carlsson, C., & Stamm, C.
- Affiliations
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Wittmer, I.K.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Water Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-05
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 2850-2862
- ISSN
- 0043-1354 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1987554828
- Cited by
- 281
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 17.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Water Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Keywords
- biocides, pesticides, urban land use, agricultural land use, surface water contamination, rainfall events, urban drainage, combined sewer overflows, storm sewers, wastewater treatment plants, atrazine, diazinon, diuron, mecoprop, isothiazolinones, catchment hydrology
- MeSH terms
- Agriculture, Disinfectants, Environmental Monitoring, Fresh Water, Pesticides, Rain, Urban Renewal, Water Movements, Water Pollutants, Chemical
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