Highway Deicing Salt Runoff Events and Major Ion Concentrations along a Small Urban Stream

Highway deicing activities can influence the quality of waters draining urban areas that experience multiple winter season freeze/thaw cycles. However, because of the flashy hydrology of smaller urban streams, and the unpredictable nature of deicing runoff, these events are difficult to fully docume...

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Published inJournal of freshwater ecology Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 125 - 134
Main Authors Koryak, Michael, Stafford, Linda J., Reilly, Rosemary J., Magnuson, Paul M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.03.2001
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Freshwater
USA
USA, Pennsylvania, Nine Mile Run
USA, Pennsylvania
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Summary:Highway deicing activities can influence the quality of waters draining urban areas that experience multiple winter season freeze/thaw cycles. However, because of the flashy hydrology of smaller urban streams, and the unpredictable nature of deicing runoff, these events are difficult to fully document by traditional monitoring approaches. The frequency, duration, intensity and downstream attenuation of highway deicing salt runoff events were captured by remote continuous flow and conductivity monitoring, in combination with dry and wet weather grab sampling, at four stations along a three-kilometer-long unculverted reach of an urban Pennsylvania stream, Nine Mile Run.
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ISSN:0270-5060
2156-6941
DOI:10.1080/02705060.2001.9663795