Dioxins and Furans Urban Runoff
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 125, Issue 2
Abstract
Urban runoff samples were collected in a 1-year period in the Santa Monica Bay watershed during both dry and storm periods and analyzed for polychlorinated dioxins, polychlorinated furans, and polychlorinated naphthalenes. Trace concentrations were found in nearly all of the samples collected. During storms polychlorinated dioxin and polychlorinated furan concentrations peaked. The congener and isomer profiles resemble profiles found in lake sediments and rainwater more than they resemble profiles found in urban sources such as dioxins from incinerators or dioxins in contaminated commercial products. Runoff from open land use had lower concentrations than runoff from developed land uses.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 125 • Issue 2 • February 1999
Pages: 185 - 191
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Received: Oct 1, 1997
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