Selected stormwater priority pollutants - a European perspective
Journal article, 2007

The chemical characteristics of stormwater are dependent on the nature of surfaces (roads, roofs etc.) with which it comes into contact during the runoff process as well as natural processes and anthropogenic activities in the catchments. The different types of pollutants may cause problems during utilisation, detention or discharge of stormwater to the environment and may pose specific demands to decentralised treatment. This paper proposes a scientifically justifiable list of selected stormwater priority pollutants (SSPP) to be used, e.g., for evaluation of the chemical risks occurring in different handling strategies. The SSPP-list consists of 25 pollutant parameters including eight of the priority pollutants currently identified in the European Water Framework Directive. It contains general water quality parameters (organic and suspended matter, nutrients and pH); metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Pt and Zn); PAH (naphthalene, pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene); herbicides (pendimethalin, phem-nedipham, glyphosate and terbutylazine); and other representative industrially derived compounds (nonylphenol ethoxylates, pentachlorophenol, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, PCB-28 and methyl tert-butyl ether). Tools for flux modelling, enabling calculation of predicted environmental concentrations (PECs), and for ranking the susceptibility of a pollutant to removal within a range of structural stormwater treatment systems or best management practices (BMPs) have been developed, but further work is required to allow all SSPPs to be addressed in the development of future stormwater pollution control measures. In addition, the identified SSPPs should be considered for inclusion in stormwater related monitoring campaigns. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

IMPACT

URBAN STORMWATER

stormwater runoff

RUNOFF POLLUTION

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS

HAZARD

chemical hazard screening

BMP treatment

hazardous substances

IDENTIFICATION

stakeholder involvement

SEDIMENTS

Author

E. Eriksson

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

A. Baun

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

L. Scholes

Middlesex University

A. Ledin

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Stefan Ahlman

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Water Environment Technology

M. Revitt

Middlesex University

C. Noutsopoulos

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

P. S. Mikkelsen

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Science of the Total Environment

0048-9697 (ISSN) 1879-1026 (eISSN)

Vol. 383 1-3 41-51

Subject Categories

Civil Engineering

DOI

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.028

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