Impact of mechanical street cleaning and rainfall events on the quantity and heavy metals load of street sediments

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1255-1262

  Calabro P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

heavy metal; leaching test; stormwater quality; street cleaning; street sediments

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; METAL CLEANING; METALS; RAIN; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORM SEWERS;

DRY WEATHERS; LEACHING TEST; POLLUTANTS REMOVAL; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RAINFALL EVENT; RECEIVING WATERS; STORMWATER QUALITY; STREET SEDIMENTS; STREET SWEEPING;

STREET CLEANING;

HEAVY METAL; RAIN;

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STORMWATER; STREET CANYON; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLEANING; ITALY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; STREET SEDIMENT; TRAFFIC; WEATHER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALABRIA; ITALY; REGGIO DI CALABRIA;

EID: 77956314429     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331003671255     Document Type: Article

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