The fate of the aqueous phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon fraction in a detention pond system
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
10-1-2011
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. © 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Environmental Pollution
Volume
159
Issue
10
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Neary, Kevin, and Thomas B. Boving. "The fate of the aqueous phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon fraction in a detention pond system." Environmental Pollution 159, 10 (2011): 2882-2890. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.04.046.