Speciation of Zinc and Copper in Stormwater Pavement Runoff from Airside and Landside Aviation Land Uses

Gnecco, I.; Sansalone, J. J.; Lanza, L. G.

Speciation of Zinc and Copper in Stormwater Pavement Runoff from Airside and Landside Aviation Land Uses

2008

Gnecco, I. | Sansalone, J. J. | Lanza, L. G.

The transport, bioavailability and fate of aqueous metals in rainfall-runoff are determined, in part, by speciation. In the framework of a monitoring program to investigate the predominant species of zinc, copper, and water chemistry in runoff subject to aviation land use and activities, two rainfall-runoff monitoring stations were installed at the international airport of Genoa (Italy). One catchment was a boarding area (airside) apron and the other a parking area for vehicles (landside). Utilizing water chemistry analyses, ion balances and speciation modelling for a series of five event loadings for each site, results indicated that Zn²⁺ dominated Zn speciation and Cu complexes with carbonate or dissolved organic matter, dominated Cu speciation. With respect to wash-off processes a mass limited behaviour was generally observed for particulate matter (measured as TSS) and TOC; while the mass delivery of aqueous metal species tended to be more proportionate with respect to runoff volume.

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