Sediment contamination assessment in urban areas based on total suspended solids

Rossi, Luca; Chèvre, Nathalie; Fankhauser, Rolf; Margot, Jonas; Curdy, Romuald; Babut, Marc; Barry, David Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2012.10.011

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“…However, they did not result in an increase of concentrations of this element in the reservoir. On the contrary, a marked reduction of cadmium occurred in the reservoir, which proves the importance of the process of TSS sedimentation together with the adsorbed heavy metals (Rossi et al 2013). This results in a strong heavy metal contamination of bottom sediments and biota in the reservoirs receiving storm water discharge (Rzętała et al 2013; Rzymski et al 2014).…”

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“…Offsetting the benefit of suspended solids in water is the sorption of organic materials such as pesticides and other pollutants like heavy metals. Sedimentation may remove these materials from the water column (Nocoń et al 2013; Rossi et al 2013; Zębek and Szwejkowska 2014). The amounts of heavy metals adsorbed on suspended solids sinking to the bottom sediments of rivers and reservoirs that are storm water receivers can be particularly high and thereby cause a serious threat to the fauna of benthic invertebrates and fish spawning (Rossi et al 2013).…”

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“…Sedimentation may remove these materials from the water column (Nocoń et al 2013; Rossi et al 2013; Zębek and Szwejkowska 2014). The amounts of heavy metals adsorbed on suspended solids sinking to the bottom sediments of rivers and reservoirs that are storm water receivers can be particularly high and thereby cause a serious threat to the fauna of benthic invertebrates and fish spawning (Rossi et al 2013). The direct effect of TSS on fish was probably negligible, since only once was the limit value for the protection of fish against exposure to excessive TSS (25 mg L −1 ) exceeded in the river water (Robertson et al 2006).…”

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“…The more strongly specific pollutants are bound with solid particles, the greater is the effect of heavy but short-term rain on the load of flushed pollutants (Budai and Clement 2007; Brodie and Egodawalta 2011). Precipitation waters discharged through the storm water drainage system not only influence physicochemical variables of the receiving waters but also have an impact on organisms living in the water column and in the bottom sediments (Marsalek et al 1999; Gołdyn and Szeląg-Wasielewska 2005; Johnson et al 2011; Rossi et al 2013). …”

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Storm water contamination and its effect on the quality of urban surface waters

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Chudzińska

Szpakowska

et al. 2014

Environ Monit Assess

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We studied the effect of storm water drained by the sewerage system and discharged into a river and a small reservoir, on the example of five catchments located within the boundaries of the city of Poznań (Poland). These catchments differed both in terms of their surface area and land use (single- and multi-family housing, industrial areas). The aim of the analyses was to explain to what extent pollutants found in storm water runoff from the studied catchments affected the quality of surface waters and whether it threatened the aquatic organisms. Only some of the 14 studied variables and 22 chemical elements were important for the water quality of the river, i.e., pH, TSS, rain intensity, temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, organic matter content, Al, Cu, Pb, Zn, Fe, Cd, Ni, Se, and Tl. The most serious threat to biota in the receiver came from the copper contamination of storm water runoff. Of all samples below the sewerage outflow, 74 % exceeded the mean acute value for Daphnia species. Some of them exceeded safe concentrations for other aquatic organisms. Only the outlet from the industrial area with the highest impervious surface had a substantial influence on the water quality of the river. A reservoir situated in the river course had an important influence on the elimination of storm water pollution, despite the very short residence time of its water.

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Storm water contamination and its effect on the quality of urban surface waters

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Szpakowska

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Environ Monit Assess

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“…from vehicle combustion and industrial sources) as well as other particles originating from anthropogenic activities, are deposited on land. Large expanses of impervious surfaces in urban areas generate higher volumes of overland flow that will transport these particles to artificial drainage networks and rivers (Horowitz, 2009;Rossi et al, 2013;Taylor and Owens, 2009). …”

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Suspended sediment transport dynamics in rivers: Multi-scale drivers of temporal variation

Vercruysse

Grabowski

Rickson

2017

Earth-Science Reviews

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Suspended sediment is a natural part of river systems and plays an essential role in structuring the landscape, creating ecological habitats and transporting nutrients. It is also a common management problem, where alterations to sediment quantity and quality negatively impact ecological communities, increase flood hazard and shorten the lifespan of infrastructure. To address these challenges and develop appropriate sustainable management strategies, we need a thorough understanding of sediment sources, pathways and transport dynamics and the drivers that underlie spatial and temporal variability in suspended sediment transport in rivers. However, research to date has not sufficiently addressed the temporal complexity of sediment transport processes, which is limiting our ability to disentangle the hydro-meteorological, catchment, channel and anthropogenic drivers of suspended sediment transport in rivers. This review critically evaluates previously published work on suspended sediment dynamics to demonstrate how the interpretation of sediment sources and pathways is influenced by the temporal scale and methodology of the study. To do this, the review (i) summarizes the main drivers of temporal variation in suspended sediment transport in rivers; (ii) critically reviews the common empirical approaches used to analyze and quantify sediment sources and loads, and their capacity to account for temporal variations; (iii) applies these findings to recent case studies to illustrate how method and timescale affect the interpretation of suspended sediment transport dynamics; and finally (iv) synthesizes the findings of the review into a set of guidelines for a multi-timescale approach to sediment regime characterization. By recognizing a priori that study design and temporal scale have an impact on the interpretation of SS dynamics and employing methods that address these issues, future research will be better able to identify the drivers of suspended sediment transport in rivers, improve sediment transport modelling, and propose effective, sustainable solutions to sediment management problems.

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Hysteretic sediment fluxes in rainfall‐driven soil erosion: Particle size effects

Cheraghi

Jomaa

Sander

et al. 2016

Water Resources Research

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A detailed laboratory study was conducted to examine the effects of particle size on hysteretic sediment transport under time‐varying rainfall. A rainfall pattern composed of seven sequential stepwise varying rainfall intensities (30, 37.5, 45, 60, 45, 37.5, and 30 mm h−1), each of 20 min duration, was applied to a 5 m × 2 m soil erosion flume. The soil in the flume was initially dried, ploughed to a depth of 20 cm and had a mechanically smoothed surface. Flow rates and sediment concentration data for seven particle size classes (<2, 2–20, 20–50, 50–100, 100–315, 315–1000, and >1000 µm) were measured in the flume effluent. Clockwise hysteresis loops in the sediment concentration versus discharge curves were measured for the total eroded soil and the finer particle sizes (<2, 2–20, and 20–50 µm). However, for particle sizes greater than 50 µm, hysteresis effects decreased and suspended concentrations tended to vary linearly with discharge. The Hairsine and Rose (HR) soil erosion model agreed well with the experimental data for the total eroded soil and for the finer particle size classes (up to 50 µm). For the larger particle size classes, the model provided reasonable qualitative agreement with the measurements although the fit was poor for the largest size class (>1000 µm). Overall, it is found that hysteresis varies amongst particle sizes and that the predictions of the HR model are consistent with hysteretic behavior of different sediment size classes.

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Sediment contamination assessment in urban areas based on total suspended solids

Cited by 45 publications

References 46 publications

Storm water contamination and its effect on the quality of urban surface waters

Storm water contamination and its effect on the quality of urban surface waters

Suspended sediment transport dynamics in rivers: Multi-scale drivers of temporal variation

Hysteretic sediment fluxes in rainfall‐driven soil erosion: Particle size effects

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