PMID- 20599243
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101124
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 1879-2448 (Electronic)
IS  - 0043-1354 (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 15
DP  - 2010 Aug
TI  - Contribution of combined sewer overflows to trace contaminant loads in urban 
      streams.
PG  - 4451-62
LID - 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.011 [doi]
AB  - The present study examines the contribution of combined sewer overflows (CSO) to 
      loads and concentrations of trace contaminants in receiving surface water. A 
      simple method to assess the ratio of CSO to wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) 
      effluents was applied to the urban River Spree in Berlin, Germany. The assessment 
      indicated that annual loads are dominated by CSO for substances with removal in 
      WWTP above approximately 95%. Moreover, it showed that substances with high 
      removal in WWTP can lead to concentration peaks in the river during CSO events. 
      The calculated results could be verified based on eight years of monitoring data 
      from the River Spree, collected between 2000 and 2007. Substances that are well 
      removed in WWTP such as NTA (nitrilotriacetic acid) were found to occur in 
      significantly increased concentration during CSO, while the concentration of 
      substances that are poorly removable in WWTP such as EDTA 
      (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) decreased in CSO-influenced samples due to 
      dilution effects. The overall results indicate the potential importance of the 
      CSO pathway of well-removable sewage-based trace contaminants to rivers. In 
      particular, high concentrations during CSO events may be relevant for aquatic 
      organisms. Given the results, it is suggested to include well-removable, 
      sewage-based trace contaminants, a substance group often neglected in the past, 
      in future studies on urban rivers in case of combined sewer systems. The 
      presented methodology is suggested for a first assessment, since it is based 
      solely on urban drainage data, which is available in most cities.
CI  - (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Weyrauch, Philip
AU  - Weyrauch P
AD  - Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin, Cicerostrasse 24, 10709 Berlin, Germany.
FAU - Matzinger, Andreas
AU  - Matzinger A
FAU - Pawlowsky-Reusing, Erika
AU  - Pawlowsky-Reusing E
FAU - Plume, Stephan
AU  - Plume S
FAU - von Seggern, Dorthe
AU  - von Seggern D
FAU - Heinzmann, Bernd
AU  - Heinzmann B
FAU - Schroeder, Kai
AU  - Schroeder K
FAU - Rouault, Pascale
AU  - Rouault P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20100612
PL  - England
TA  - Water Res
JT  - Water research
JID - 0105072
RN  - 0 (Sewage)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - KA90006V9D (Nitrilotriacetic Acid)
SB  - IM
MH  - Berlin
MH  - Cities
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - Geography
MH  - Nitrilotriacetic Acid/isolation & purification
MH  - Rivers/*chemistry
MH  - Sewage/*chemistry
MH  - Waste Disposal, Fluid/*methods
MH  - Water Movements
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*isolation & purification
EDAT- 2010/07/06 06:00
MHDA- 2010/12/14 06:00
CRDT- 2010/07/06 06:00
PHST- 2009/11/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/05/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2010/06/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/07/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/07/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/12/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0043-1354(10)00387-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Water Res. 2010 Aug;44(15):4451-62. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.011. Epub 2010 
      Jun 12.