Cyanide and metal pollution by urban snowmelt: Impact of deicing compounds

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 10 pt 8, 1998, Pages 223-230

  Novotny, Vladimir ^a   Muehring, Deron ^b   Zitomer, Daniel H ^b   Smith, Daniel W ^c   Facey, Roderick ^c  

^a AquaNova International Ltd   (United States)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanides; Deicing chemicals; Diffuse pollution; Salt; Snowmelt; Toxic metals; Urban runoff; Winter pollution

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATER QUALITY;

DEICING COMPOUNDS; METAL POLLUTION; URBAN SNOWMELT;

POLLUTION;

CYANIDE; FERROCYANIDE; METAL; RUNOFF; SNOW;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PHOTODEGRADATION; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

EID: 0031774197     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00753-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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