A traditional analysis of the first flush effect for nutrients in stormwater runoff from two small urban catchments

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5903-5915

  Hathaway, J M ^a   Tucker, R S ^a   Spooner, J M ^a   Hunt, W F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchment; First flush; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Runoff; Stormwater; TSS; Watershed

Indexed keywords

DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; FIRST FLUSH; FIRST FLUSH EFFECT; HYDROGRAPHS; NITROGEN SPECIES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHORUS SPECIES; POLLUTANT LOADINGS; POLLUTANT LOADS; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF EVENTS; RUNOFF VOLUMES; STORM EVENTS; STORM WATER RUNOFF; STORMWATER CONTROL; STORMWATERS; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL RAINFALL; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TSS; URBAN CATCHMENT; URBAN STORMWATER;

CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; LOADING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; RAIN; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATERSHEDS;

RUNOFF;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; STORM WATER;

CATCHMENT; FLUSHING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATIONAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870253670     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1327-x     Document Type: Article

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