Testing the efficiency of a stormwater runoff treatment structure with anthropogenic tracers

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-124

  Boving, Thomas B ^a   Neary, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b State of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogeology; Pollution; Pollution remediation; Urban hydrogeology

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; SWIRLING FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HEAVY METAL; PAH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACER;

EID: 33845889087     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/12.2.115     Document Type: Article

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