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The Influence of Different Pavement Surfaces on Atmospheric Copper, Lead, Zinc, and Suspended Solids Attenuation and Wash-Off

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From a storm water management perspective, not all pavements are equivalent. Pavement type can impose a strong influence on pollutant wash-off dynamics. Pollutant loads from pavement wash-off are affected by the pavements’ physical and chemical composition. However, there is a dearth of information regarding how pavement type influences atmospherically deposited pollutant loads in storm water. Therefore, experimental impermeable and permeable asphalt and concrete boards were deployed in a residential area in Christchurch, New Zealand, to quantify the influence of pavement type on storm water pollutant dynamics. Each pavement type had four replicate systems elevated 500 mm from the ground at a 4° slope. Wash-off from the pavements was collected and analysed for total suspended solids and metals (Cu, Pb, and Zn) from June to August 2014. Results show that Cu and Zn loads were lower from the concrete pavements than the asphalt pavements because the carbonates and hydroxides within the concrete adsorbed Cu and Zn. Run-off from the impermeable asphalt had the highest loads of Zn, which was attributed to Zn leaching from the asphalt. Infiltrate from permeable asphalt provided little/no retention of Cu and Zn, due to the low pH of the infiltrate causing Cu and Zn to partition into the dissolved phase and leach through the pavement. Total suspended solid (TSS) and Pb loads were the highest in run-off from the impermeable concrete, which was attributed to the smooth surface enabling particulates to be easily mobilised. TSS and Pb loads were the lowest from the permeable pavement due to the permeable material filtering out particulates.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the following people: Sally Gaw and Robert Stainthorpe for ICP-MS analysis, Daniel Wicke for his guidance in developing this research, the University of Canterbury’s Doctoral Scholarship for providing financial support, Fulton Hogan for supplying the asphalt for this research, and the Department of Civil and Natural Resources technical staff, in particular Peter McGuigan, Ian Sheppard, and Kevin Wines, for their help in constructing and deploying out the experimental set-up. Additionally, thank you to the Department of Civil and Natural Resources for meeting the financial costs of the resources used in this research.

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Fulton Hogan NZ supplied asphalt used in this research (a small quantity of a large batch used for paving roads), but they were not involved in any aspects of the research or reporting. No other source of potential conflict of interest has been identified for this research.

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Murphy, L.U., Cochrane, T.A. & O’Sullivan, A. The Influence of Different Pavement Surfaces on Atmospheric Copper, Lead, Zinc, and Suspended Solids Attenuation and Wash-Off. Water Air Soil Pollut 226, 232 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-015-2487-2

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