Heavy metals from heavy land use? Spatio-temporal patterns of urban runoff metal loads

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 817; p. 152855
• Main Authors: Taka, Maija, Sillanpää, Nora, Niemi, Tero, Warsta, Lassi, Kokkonen, Teemu, Setälä, Heikki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.04.2022
• Subjects: cold; environment; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollutants - analysis; exports; Finland; land use; Metal; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Pollutant export; pollutants; Rain; seasonal variation; Seasonality; Seasons; Stormwater; urban runoff; Urban water; urbanization; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; watersheds; winter; Finland; Urban water; Stormwater; Metal; Pollutant export; Seasonality

Urban hydrology is characterized by increased runoff and various pollutant sources. We studied the spatio-temporal patterns of stormwater metal (Al, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Pb) concentrations and loads in five urbanized and one rural catchment in Southern Finland. The two-year continuous monitori...