Transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pesticides during snowmelt within an urban watershed

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 1147 - 1156
• Main Authors: Meyer, Torsten, Lei, Ying Duan, Wania, Frank
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: analysis; anthracenes; Applied sciences; Canada; chemistry; chlorothalonil; Contaminants; Environmental Monitoring; Exact sciences and technology; Flux; Freshwater; groundwater; Hexachlorocyclohexane; lindane; Lindane - analysis; Melting; Melts; Nitriles; Nitriles - analysis; Other industrial wastes. Sewage sludge; Pesticides; Pesticides - analysis; phenanthrene; phenanthrenes; Pollution; Polyallylamine hydrochloride; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - analysis; river water; Rivers; Rivers - chemistry; Snowmelt; snowpack; streams; subsurface flow; surface quality; Urban watershed; Wastes; Water Supply; Water Supply - analysis; Water treatment and pollution; Watersheds; Canada; North America; America; Snowmelt; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Urban watershed; Pesticides; Agricultural chemical product; Insecticide; Urban area; Mutagen; Persistent organic pollutant; Transport process; Chemical pollution; Organochlorine compounds; Chlorine Organic compounds; Watershed; Stream; Snow cover; Sampling; Organic compounds; Ground water; Anthracene; Phenanthrene; Benzopyrene; Hydrocarbon; Lindane; Stream discharge; Polycyclic aromatic compound; HCH; Carcinogen; Pyrene; Snow melt; Surface water; Fluoranthene

During snowmelt events in urban watersheds large amounts of organic contaminants are mobilized, potentially affecting the quality of surface and groundwater resources. The transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and two pesticides in the highly urbanized Highland Creek watershed within...