Water quality beneath urban runoff water management basins

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · J. Tenn. Acad. Sci.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1987.tb00797.x· OSTI ID:6418347

Nightingale, H I

The chemical impact of urban runoff water on water quality beneath five retention/recharge basins was investigated as part of the US EPA's Nationwide Urban Runoff Program in Fresno, California. Soil water percolating through alluvium soils and the ground water at the top of the water table were sampled with ceramic/Teflon vacuum water extractors at depths up to 26 m during the two-year investigation. Inorganic and organic pollutants are present in the runoff water delivered to the basins. No significant contamination of percolating soil water or ground water underlying any of the five retention/recharge basins has occurred for constituents monitored in the study. The oldest basin was constructed in 1962. The concentration of selected trace elements in the ground water samples was similar to the levels reported in the regional ground water. None of the pesticides or other organic priority pollutants, for which water samples were analyzed, was detected except diazinon which was found in trace amounts (0.3 g/L or less) in only three soil water samples. These results are important to the continued conservation of storm water and the development of a best management practice for storm-water management using retention/recharge basins in a semi-arid climate.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Agriculture, Fresno, CA
• OSTI ID: 6418347
• Journal Information: J. Tenn. Acad. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Tenn. Acad. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 23:2; ISSN JTASA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKALI METALS
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ARSENIC
CALCIUM
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COPPER
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ELEMENTS
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HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
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NUMERICAL DATA
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URBAN AREAS
WATER
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