Urban and suburban storm water runoff as a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to Massachusetts estuarine and coastal environments

Menzie, Charles A.; Hoeppner, Susanne S.; Cura, Jerome J.; Freshman, Jonathan S.; LaFrey, Elizabeth N.

doi:10.1007/bf02691305

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“…Hoffman et al (1984) reported comparable results in their study of urban runoff in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay watershed, where HMW PAHs accounted for 71% of the total inputs to Narragansett Bay. A more recent study by Menzie et al (2002) of PAHs in storm-water runoff in coastal Massachusetts identified similar HMW PAH compounds as observed in this study (chrysene, fluoranthene, phenanthrene, and pyrene) as the primary PAH compounds in storm water. Similarly, (Soclo et al 2002) found that high PAH loads associated with storm-water runoff to the Cotonou Lagoon in Benin were characterized by HMW PAHs that appear to be derived from atmospheric deposition.…”

Section: Sources Of Metals Pahs and Bacteriasupporting

confidence: 63%

Land-Use-Based Sources of Pollutants in Urban Storm Water

Stein¹,

Tiefenthaler²,

Schiff³

2007

proc water environ fed

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Urban storm water is recognized as a major source of pollution to many of the nation's waterways. However, little is known about the mechanisms and processes that influence pollutant loadings from specific land-use types. The goals of this study were (1) to examine event mean concentrations (EMC) and fluxes of TSS, metals, PAHs, and bacteria associated with storm water runoff from representative land-uses and (2) to investigate within storm and within season patterns in order to identify mechanisms that influence constituent loading. Pollutant concentrations and flow were measured over the entire storm duration from eight different landuse types over 11 storm events in five southern California watersheds during the 2000/01 through 2004/05 storm seasons. Mean TSS EMCs were significantly higher at the recreational site compared to all other land-use types. For trace metals, Cu, Pb, and Zn, values were significantly higher at industrial sites than at other land-use types. Despite some apparent differences between land-uses there were no significant differences in PAH concentration among land-use types, rather PAHs from all land use sites had clear signatures of pyrogenic (combustion by-product) derived PAHs. Recreational land-use sites contributed significantly higher levels of both E. Coli and Enterococcus, compared to other land-use types. For all constituents, the greatest concentrations occurred during the rising limb of the storm hydrograph. Concentrations stayed high for relatively short periods and decreased back to base levels within one to two hours. Results of this study can be used to calibrate watershed models that may be used for contaminant load allocations. Similarly, these data sets can assist storm water engineers in the design of more effective monitoring programs and better performing treatment practices (i.e. BMPs) that address specific rainfall/runoff conditions.

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Section: Sources Of Metals Pahs and Bacteriasupporting

confidence: 63%

Land-Use-Based Sources of Pollutants in Urban Storm Water

Stein¹,

Tiefenthaler²,

Schiff³

2007

proc water environ fed

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“…Between the two major sources of petroleum hydrocarbons (biogenic and anthropogenic), anthropogenic sources are generally more abundant and significant from the viewpoint of its contribution to the degradation of environmental health (Sharma et al, 1997). River runoff has been stated to be an important source of petroleum hydrocarbons of anthropogenic origin, particularly polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the coastal marine environments (Herrmann and Hubner, 1982;Menzie et al, 2002). Rivers and estuaries being low energy ecosystems and are very prone to accumulation of contaminants such as oil (Lee and Levy, 1987;Little, 1987).…”

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Environmental Impacts of Diesel Fuel on Bacteria and Phytoplankton in a Tropical Estuary Assessed Using In Situ Mesocosms.

2005

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Dissolved or dispersed petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations (DDPH) were monitored in Ponggol estuary, Singapore, fortnightly from July 1999 to June 2000. DDPH concentrations ranged from 4.4 to 248.9 microg l(-1) and 0.4 to 1099.7 microg l(-1) for surface and subsurface waters, respectively and with mean concentrations of 41.01 microg l(-1) in the water column. Absorbed or adsorbed petroleum hydrocarbon (AAPH) concentrations measured in sediments ranged from 20.6 to 541.0 mg kg(-1), with mean concentrations of 148.23 mg kg(-1). In situ mesocosm studies of bacteria and phytoplankton were based on field monitoring of environmentally measured concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons, using diesel fuel as the source of contaminant. The mesocosm comprised of 25 L clear polycarbonate carboys incubated in situ for 6 days. Water and sediments from a clean site with undetectable levels of petroleum hydrocarbons were used in controls. The treatment mesocosms comprised of mean and highest concentrations of DDPH and AAPH. The study revealed signs of acute toxicity to autotrophs viz., phytoplankton and autotrophic bacteria in treatments simulating concentrations of diesel fuel found in the sediments. A stimulatory effect was seen at lower concentrations. Bacterial heterotrophs responded positively to all concentrations of diesel fuel because of the abundance of a carbon source, reduced grazing pressure and reduced competition for nutrients from phytoplankton.

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“…High levels of silver, arsenic, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Hudson/Raritan region were another indication of influence of industrial land use in coastal habitats (Menzie et al 2002). Paul et al (2002) also found that variation in sediment contamination levels (metals and PAHs) across small estuarine systems in the mid-Atlantic and southern New England regions were related to the surrounding non-forested wetlands, urban land, and point source effluent volume.…”

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Empirical relationships between land use/cover and estuarine condition in the Northeastern United States

et al. 2006

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Land-water interactions were examined in three regions in the Virginian Biogeographic Province; the southern shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts; the Hudson/Raritan region of New York; and the eastern shore of the Delmarva (Delaware/Maryland/Virginia) Peninsula. Cumulative distribution functions were used to evaluate similarity in environmental condition among estuaries. Spatial-setting variables (location in a river, coastal lagoon, or in open waters) were associated with variation for some measures of estuarine condition. Patterns of coastal urban and agriculture gradients were measured and their relationship with indicators of estuarine condition was modeled statistically. When estuaries were pooled, the highest variation explained by spatial-setting variables was found for dissolved oxygen (DO, R 2 = 0.44) and salinity (R 2 = 0.58), with DO decreasing in river locations and salinity decreasing with rainfall and sampling locations near rivers. The explanatory power for the other indicator variables was low and varied from 6% to 27%. Rainfall explained some of the variation (R 2 = 0.23) in total suspended solids. Moderate (0.4 < | r | < 0.7) to strong (| r | ‡ 0.7) linear associations were found between total urban area and measures of estuarine condition. Within regions, total urban area was positively associated with Silver (r = 0.59), Cadmium (r = 0.65), and Mercury (r = 0.47) in Cape Cod, and inversely related to development and estuarine condition were weaker within the individual regions studied. The use of land use/cover models for predicting estuarine condition is a challenging task that warrants enhancements in the type, quantity, and quality of data to improve our ability to discern relationships between anthropogenic activities on land and the condition of coastal environments.

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Urban and suburban storm water runoff as a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to Massachusetts estuarine and coastal environments

Cited by 73 publications

References 8 publications

Land-Use-Based Sources of Pollutants in Urban Storm Water

Land-Use-Based Sources of Pollutants in Urban Storm Water

Environmental Impacts of Diesel Fuel on Bacteria and Phytoplankton in a Tropical Estuary Assessed Using In Situ Mesocosms.

Empirical relationships between land use/cover and estuarine condition in the Northeastern United States

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