A new type of water pollution: Concrete drainage infrastructure and geochemical contamination of urban waters

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1355-1361

  Wright, I A ^a   Davies, P J ^b   Findlay, S J ^c   Jonasson, O J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Ku ring gai Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

concrete stormwater systems; hydrochemistry; Sydney; urban water quality

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONCRETE; DRAINAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ION; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 82955193909     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10296     Document Type: Article

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