Source apportionment of heavy metals and ionic contaminants in rainwater tanks in a subtropical urban area in Australia

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1121-1132

  Huston, R ^a,b,d   Chan, Y C ^a   Chapman, H ^a,b   Gardner, T ^c   Shaw, G ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CRC for Water Quality and Treatment   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bulk deposition; Lead; Positive matrix factorisation; Rainwater tank; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FACTORIZATION; HOUSING; IMPURITIES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; ROOFS; STORMS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); URBAN GROWTH;

AUSTRALIA; BULK DEPOSITIONS; LEAD; METAL CONTAMINANTS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; RAINWATER TANK; RELATED FACTORS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; URBAN AREAS; WATER SAMPLES;

HEAVY METALS;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ION; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; TIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; IONIC COMPOSITION; PH; RAINWATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUSTRALIA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; EXHAUST GAS; LAND USE; MODEL; PH; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINWATER TANK; SEASONAL VARIATION; TANK; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84856080921     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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