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- Title
A Survey of Metal and Pesticide Levels in Stormwater Retention Pond Sediments in Coastal South Carolina.
- Authors
Crawford, Kevin D.; Weinstein, John E.; Hemingway, Ronald E.; Garner, Thomas R.; Globensky, Gavin
- Abstract
During the summer of 2007, sediment samples were collected from 16 stormwater detention ponds and 2 reference ponds located in coastal South Carolina. The sediments were analyzed for more than 30 pesticides with current and historical uses, six polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and seven metals. The results are compared with established screening assessment parameters, with copper found to be the contaminant of highest concern. Lead levels were found to correlate well with pond drainage area, while copper and zinc levels correlated with both pond drainage area and pond surface area. Chlorpyrifos levels were found to correlate with pond surface area. Our results also show that ponds draining commercial areas were likely to have higher levels of zinc and lead in the sediments compared to other pond classes.
- Subjects
JASPER County (S.C.); SOUTH Carolina; STORMWATER infiltration; CHOLINESTERASE-inhibiting insecticides; PESTICIDES &; wildlife; CHLORPYRIFOS
- Publication
Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2010, Vol 58, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
0090-4341
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00244-009-9347-2