INPUT INTO AND FATE OF LEAD IN A SMALL RESERVOIR

Lead (Pb) concentrations in water samples collected from seven sites in Weston's Mill Pond, NJ, a water supply/recreaction reservoir exposed to substantial amounts of highway runoff, under varying meteorological conditions ranged from 18.3 to 34.9 ug/l. Highest average concentration over all sites (46.4 ug Pb/l) occurred after a period of heavy rainfall. The non-filterable fraction accounted for 80 to 96 percent of the total lead present in the water. Estimated loading of lead to the reservoir via a major tributary during a storm event was 3.22 pounds, with levels in the tributary reaching a maximum of 1.94 mg Pb/l during the storm.

• Corporate Authors:

  Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  Water Resources Research Institute
  New Brunswick, NJ  United States  08903

  Office of Water Research and Technology

  C Street between 18th and 19th Streets, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20242
• Authors:
  • McIntosh, A W
  • Hunter, J V
  • Krug, P
• Publication Date: 1980-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 39 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Atomic physics; Bioassay; Carbon; Cells (Biology); Chemical properties; Concentration (Chemistry); Dissolved gases; Fishes; Highways; Lead (Metal); Oxygen; pH value; Rainfall; Reservoirs; Runoff; Sediments; Spectroscopy; Spectrum analysis; Surface drainage; Water; Water pollution
• Identifier Terms: Weston's Mill Pond (Reservoir)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concentration; Water chemistry
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Old TRIS Terms: Atomic spectroscopy; Highway drainage; Tissues biology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00337016
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: OWRT-A-056-NJ(1) Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DI-14-34-0001-0132
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 12 1981 12:00AM