A multi-chambered stormwater treatment train for the treatment of stormwater
- Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (United States)
- Environmental Protection Agency, Edison, NJ (United States)
Runoff from paved parking and storage areas, and especially gas station areas, has been observed to be heavily contaminated with concentrations of many pollutants being 3 to 600 times greater than typical receiving water criteria. These paved areas are usually found to contribute most of the toxicant pollutant loadings to the stormwater outfalls in residential and commercial areas. PAHs, the most commonly detected toxic organic compounds found in urban runoff, are mostly from fossil fuel combustion. These compounds are very hard to control by eliminating their use, and, unfortunately, their control by typical stormwater management practices is not well understood. The major benefit of this research project will be to better understand how these toxicants can be controlled at critical source areas, especially automobile service facilities, with the use of a special treatment device or Multi-Chambered Treatment Train (MCTT).
- OSTI ID:
- 111506
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504110--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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