Distribution of Metals for Particulate Matter Transported in Source Area Rainfall-Runoff
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 136, Issue 2
Abstract
In urban drainage, metals partition between dissolved and particulate phases. Metals also distribute across particulate matter (PM) gradations. In this study, granulometric metal distributions were examined for similar urban paved source areas in Baton Rouge, La.; Cincinnati; New Orleans; Little Rock, Ark.; and N. Little Rock, Ark. Metal distributions were examined for PM fractions from to , as suspended , settleable , and sediment ( bed load) fractions. For all areas, analysis of PM indicated that metal mass and concentration were distributed across the gradation. A cumulative gamma distribution constitutive model related metal mass and PM size. The study focused on Baton Rouge, La. where event-based and composited PM metal distributions were statistically similar. For influent and settled runoff, dominated Cr, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, and Pb partitioning. Influent Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb exceeded discharge criteria for receiving water beneficial uses on a total metal basis. A constitutive model for Pb and Zn mass distributions at Baton Rouge, La. was combined with Newtonian settling and ideal overflow rate to examine two limiting cases of storm events loading a screened hydrodynamic separator. For low and high flow events, modeling reproduced metal mass of eluted PM (2 to ) from an HS within 4% of measurement, but when influent Pb and Zn exceeded discharge criteria so did HS effluent. As a separate unit operation, 1 h of quiescent settling did reduce Pb, but not Cu, Zn, and Cd to discharge criteria levels.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 136 • Issue 2 • February 2010
Pages: 172 - 184
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© 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Received: Apr 3, 2009
Accepted: Jul 29, 2009
Published online: Aug 15, 2009
Published in print: Feb 2010
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