The fate of the aqueous phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon fraction in a detention pond system |
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Authors: | Neary Kevin Boving Thomas B |
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Affiliation: | a State of Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127, USA b Department of Geosciences Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Woodward Hall, Rm 315, 9 E. Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, USA |
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Abstract: | The concentration of dissolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in influent, effluent, and within a detention pond system was measured. The "soluble fraction" was operationally defined as the PAHs in solution that passed through a 1.2 μm filter. The results show that influent and effluent PAH concentrations were similar, indicating that dissolved PAH moved essentially unhindered through the detention pond system. In general, low molecular weight PAH were present at the highest concentrations and the highest PAH concentrations were measured in Summer. Also, year-to-year variations in PAH concentration were observed. At the end of sufficiently large storms, the pond was comparably unpolluted. During dry periods, the dissolved PAH concentration rose, possibly due to evapoconcentration and by partitioning of PAH from trapped contaminated sediment in the detention pond system. This study provides evidence that aqueous-phase PAH concentrations in runoff water were relatively unaffected by the passage through a conventional detention pond system. |
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Keywords: | Nonpoint source pollution Organic chemicals Best management practices Stormwater management Runoff PAH |
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