Street surface contaminants are deposited on roadways from many sources within an urban area. Industrial operations, land use activities, fallout of air pollutants, roadway usage and other activities contribute to the loading of particulates on urban roadways. These materials are then carried into receiving waters by storm runoff where they constitute a substantial portion of the overall water pollution problems of cities. Metropolitan Washington, D.C., with its low background of industrial emissions, was the area chosen for study of contributions of motor vehicle usage to urban roadway loading factors. Specific roadway study sites within this area were selected so as to provide minimal interference from nontraffic-related land use activities and thus isolate, as much as possible, the traffic-related depositions.
Contributions of Urban Roadway Usage to Water Pollution
1975
362 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Water Pollution & Control , Hydrology & Limnology , Environmental Management & Planning , Surface water runoff , Urban areas , Water pollution , Roads , Motor vehicles , Elastomers , Greases , Asbestos , Toxicity , Vehicular traffic , Petroleum products , Metals , Nutrients , District of Columbia , Maryland , Virginia , Metropolitan areas , Sources , Storm water runoff , Heavy metals
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