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Title: Urban lake sediment chemistry: Lake design, runoff, and watershed impact

Abstract

Sediments of twenty-two urban lakes and stormwater discharge into five of the impoundments were analyzed for the presence of selected metallic priority pollutants, total petroleum hydrocarbons, and volatile and extractable organic compounds. The concentration (mg/kg dry weight) ranges of metals in lake sediments were: arsenic 7-29, cadmium < 0.5-0.5, chromium 14-55, lead <1-138, selenium <0.01-1.1, silver 0.2-2.1, copper 25-2760, nickel 5-40, and zinc 33.9-239. Concentrations of total petroleum hydrocarbons ranged from 30 to 4400 mg/kg (wet weight). Organic priority pollutants detected in the urban lake impoundments included tetrachlorethylene, 1,1,2-trichloroethane, trichlorofluoromethane, phthalate esters, chloroform, and dichlorobromomethane. Stormwater runoff contained measurable quantities of arsenic, chromium, lead, selenium, copper, nickel, zinc, and petroleum hydrocarbons; whereas organic priority pollutants were not detected. Stormwater runoff pollutant loads indicated that runoff provides a significant contribution of metals and petroleum hydrocarbons to lake sediments.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6997866
Resource Type:
Miscellaneous
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HYDROCARBONS; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; METALS; SEDIMENTS; CONTAMINATION; URBAN AREAS; WATER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHLOROFORM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LAKES; LEAD; NICKEL; PETROLEUM; PHTHALIC ACID ESTERS; RUNOFF; SELENIUM; SILVER; WATERSHEDS; ZINC; AROMATICS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; ESTERS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SEMIMETALS; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; 020900* - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects; 540320 - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)

Citation Formats

Amalfi, F A. Urban lake sediment chemistry: Lake design, runoff, and watershed impact. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Amalfi, F A. Urban lake sediment chemistry: Lake design, runoff, and watershed impact. United States.
Amalfi, F A. 1988. "Urban lake sediment chemistry: Lake design, runoff, and watershed impact". United States.
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title = {Urban lake sediment chemistry: Lake design, runoff, and watershed impact},
author = {Amalfi, F A},
abstractNote = {Sediments of twenty-two urban lakes and stormwater discharge into five of the impoundments were analyzed for the presence of selected metallic priority pollutants, total petroleum hydrocarbons, and volatile and extractable organic compounds. The concentration (mg/kg dry weight) ranges of metals in lake sediments were: arsenic 7-29, cadmium < 0.5-0.5, chromium 14-55, lead <1-138, selenium <0.01-1.1, silver 0.2-2.1, copper 25-2760, nickel 5-40, and zinc 33.9-239. Concentrations of total petroleum hydrocarbons ranged from 30 to 4400 mg/kg (wet weight). Organic priority pollutants detected in the urban lake impoundments included tetrachlorethylene, 1,1,2-trichloroethane, trichlorofluoromethane, phthalate esters, chloroform, and dichlorobromomethane. Stormwater runoff contained measurable quantities of arsenic, chromium, lead, selenium, copper, nickel, zinc, and petroleum hydrocarbons; whereas organic priority pollutants were not detected. Stormwater runoff pollutant loads indicated that runoff provides a significant contribution of metals and petroleum hydrocarbons to lake sediments.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6997866}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988}
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