Elliott Bay Action Program: Storm drain monitoring approach. Puget Sound Estuary Program. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6775428
Stormwater runoff in storm drains is difficult to monitor because of its intermittent and highly variable nature. An alternative to discharge sampling, for screening for contamination, is in-line sediment sampling from low energy sections (manholes and shallow-sloped lines) of the drainage system. The Puget Sound Urban Bay Action Program for Elliott Bay has developed a four-phased monitoring approach for tracing contaminants and identifying sources of toxic contaminants in storm drain systems: compilation of available information to define the storm drain system, drainage basin characteristics and conditions in the receiving environment; collection of in-line sediment samples near the mouths of storm drains to identify contaminated drainage systems; selection of problem drains for further intensive inspection and conducting sampling activities to trace contaminants and identify the ultimate sources of contamination; confirmation of contaminant contributions from individual sources and identification of sources by collecting water samples from side drain connections that discharge into the storm drain. The results from one phase determine the necessary actions in each successive phase.
- Research Organization:
- Tetra Tech, Inc., Bellevue, WA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6775428
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-198896/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
BAYS
CONTAMINATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FEDERAL REGION X
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
PACIFIC OCEAN
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
PROGRESS REPORT
PUGET SOUND
RUNOFF
SEAS
SEDIMENTS
SITE SURVEYS
SURFACE WATERS
TOXIC MATERIALS
URBAN AREAS
USA
WASHINGTON
WASTES
WATER POLLUTION
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
BAYS
CONTAMINATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FEDERAL REGION X
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
PACIFIC OCEAN
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
PROGRESS REPORT
PUGET SOUND
RUNOFF
SEAS
SEDIMENTS
SITE SURVEYS
SURFACE WATERS
TOXIC MATERIALS
URBAN AREAS
USA
WASHINGTON
WASTES
WATER POLLUTION