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Design and Construction of an Urban Runoff Research Facility
Published on: August 8, 2014
Characteristics of the event mean concentration (EMC) from rainfall runoff on an urban highway
Ju Young Lee1, Hyoungjun Kim, Youngjin Kim
1Natural Products Center, KIST(Korea Institute of Science and Technology)-Gangneung Institute, Gangnueng 210-340, Republic of Korea. juyounglee@snu.ac.kr
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the characterization of the event mean concentration (EMC) of runoff during heavy precipitation events on highways. Highway runoff quality data were collected from the 7th highway, in South Korea during 2007-2009. The samples were analyzed for runoff quantity and quality parameters such as COD(cr), TSS, TPHs, TKN, NO₃, TP, PO₄ and six heavy metals, e.g., As, Cu, Cd, Ni, Pb and Zn. Analysis of resulting hydrographs and pollutant graphs indicates that the peak of the pollutant concentrations in runoff occurs 20 min after the first rainfall runoff occurrence. The first flush effect depends on the preceding dry period and the rainfall intensity. The results of this study can be used as a reference for water quality management of urban highways.
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