Characteristics of Suspended Solids and Micropollutants in First-Flush Highway Runoff

• Published in: Water, air & soil pollution: Focus Vol. 9; no. 5-6; pp. 339 - 346
• Main Authors: Aryal, R. K, Lee, B.-K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.12.2009; Springer Netherlands
• Subjects: Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Correlation; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Esters; Heavy metals; Highways; Hydrogeology; Phthalates; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Runoff; Soil pollution; Switzerland; Switzerland, Zuerich, Winterthur; Highway runoff; Phthalate esters; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Suspended solids; Heavy metals

Suspended solids (SS) in the first-flush runoff on highway was monitored in six continuous events from October to December 2000 in Winterthur, Switzerland, and some characteristics of particle-bound micropollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalate esters, and heavy metals were inv...