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- Title
Granulometry of Non-colloidal Particulate Matter Transported by Urban Runoff.
- Authors
Lin, Hong; Ying, Gaoxiang; Sansalone, John
- Abstract
This study examined the granulometry of non-colloidal particulate matter (PM) from four urban transportation land use catchments (source areas) in Baton Rouge, Little Rock, North Little Rock, and New Orleans. Particle gradations ranging from 1 to greater than 10,000 μm were separated into dissolved (less than 1 μm), suspended (1–25 μm), settleable (25–75 μm), and sediment (75–4750 μm) fractions. In Baton Rouge, the primary site, results indicate a suspended mass-based d50m of 10.8, 5.0 μm [mean ( $$\bar x$$), standard deviation ( s)], a particle density (ρs) of 2.40, 0.19 g/cm3 based on 12 events with complete runoff volume capture. On an event-basis, the suspended fraction ranged from 5–25% of the entire gradation mass and correlated to turbidity. The Baton Rouge d50m excluding grit-size material from all events was 356, 69 μm as compared to 421, 219 μm for accumulated PM including grit from all sites. Size gradations were successfully modeled with a gamma distribution. Particle density generally varied from 2.1 to 2.6 g/cm3 across gradations. While specific surface area generally increased with decreasing particle size, over 50% of total surface area was associated with gradations greater than 250 μm. The point of zero charge (pzc-pH) ranges from 7.5 to 9 for settleable and sediment fractions. Results from these sites support published results for fully captured rainfall–runoff events at a Cincinnati site of the same land use, and provide properties/indices for monitoring, regulatory guidance, treatability studies, source control, and design of in situ unit operations targeting particle separation mechanisms.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN States; UNITED States; URBAN runoff; PARTICULATE matter; PARTICLE size determination; SURFACE area; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBIDITY currents; BEST management practices (Pollution prevention)
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2009, Vol 198, Issue 1-4, p269
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11270-008-9844-3