URBAN RUNOFF FROM A ROAD SURFACE - A WATER QUALITY STUDY
Preliminary results of an investigation into the quality of surface water from a motorway catchment are reported. The removal of several contaminants has been studied as a first stage in the generation of a model for quantifying the environmental impact of urban runoff. Hydrological conditions have been routinely monitored in three adjacent drainage systems. Automatic sampling systems have been installed, and the levels of vehicle oils, specific hydrocarbons, trace metals and solids, in runoff, have been estimated. Tentative correlations between contaminant concentrations and environmental conditions are proposed. (Author/TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Pergamon Press, Incorporated
Maxwell House, Fairview Park
Elmsford, NY United States 10523 -
Authors:
- Pope, W
- Graham, NJD
- Young, R J
- PERRY, R
- Publication Date: 1978
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 533-543
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Serial:
- Electric Technology USSR
- Volume: 10
- Issue Number: 5/6
- Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Chemical concentration; Contaminants; Drainage; Drainage structures; Environment; Environmental impacts; Freeways; Hydrocarbons; Hydrology; Impact studies; Mathematical models; Metals; Monitoring; Oils; Quality control; Quantitative analysis; Runoff; Sampling; Solid wastes; Surface course (Pavements); Trace elements; Urban areas; Water; Water quality
- Uncontrolled Terms: Quality; Quantifying
- Old TRIS Terms: Drainage systems
- ITRD Terms: 7132: Concentration (chem); 2937: Drainage; 2455: Environment; 7367: Hydrocarbon; 4332: Hydrology; 9112: Impact study; 6473: Mathematical model; 4543: Metal; 2752: Motorway; 4961: Oil; 9063: Quality; 4329: Run off; 313: Urban area; 4355: Water
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00396212
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM