Development and application of an innovative approach to predicting pollutant concentrations in highway runoff
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Revitt, D., Ellis, J., Gilbert, N., Bryden, J. and Lundy, L. 2022. Development and application of an innovative approach to predicting pollutant concentrations in highway runoff. Science of the Total Environment. 825, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153815
Type | Article |
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Title | Development and application of an innovative approach to predicting pollutant concentrations in highway runoff |
Authors | Revitt, D., Ellis, J., Gilbert, N., Bryden, J. and Lundy, L. |
Abstract | Recognising the challenges and limitations of current methodologies to predict highway runoff concentrations, this paper presents a novel approach based on the derivation of pollutant emission factors for twelve different types of vehicle. Published emission factor data and properties of differing vehicles types are combined with annual average daily traffic volume (AADT), highway characteristics and rainfall data to determine the pollutant distributions associated with differing highway and traffic types. In this paper, the method is applied to 126 sections of highway in the Greater London Borough of Enfield (United Kingdom; UK) and results are comparable with values reported in the literature. The approach is used to identify the level of AADT predicted to result in an exceedance of environmental quality standards (EQS), with results suggesting that runoff from highways experiencing AADT values as low as 5000 may require treatment prior to discharge to receiving waters. Future scenario analyses indicate that the impact of progressively replacing petrol and diesel vehicles with electric vehicles will have negligible impact on concentrations of zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd) and total suspended solids discharging from highway environments. The approach enables identification and ranking of urban highways in terms of their pollution runoff potential and provides an important support to users in prioritising locations for the installation of sustainable drainage options in order to protect receiving water environments. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V.] |
Keywords | Local rainfall, Annual average daily traffic, Organic and inorganic pollutants, Scenario analysis, Vehicle emission factors |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Journal | Science of the Total Environment |
ISSN | 0048-9697 |
Electronic | 1879-1026 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 16 Feb 2022 |
15 Jun 2022 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 07 Mar 2022 |
Submitted | 12 Nov 2021 |
Accepted | 07 Feb 2022 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Restricted |
Copyright Statement | Published version: © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153815 |
Language | English |
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