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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 136, Issue 2, Pages 213-218Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.11.094
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hardwood mulch; heavy metals; toxic organic compounds; sorption; desorption; stormwater runoff
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yGeneric hardwood mulch, usually used for landscaping, was utilized to remove several selected pollutants (heavy metals and toxic organic compounds) typically found in urban stormwater (SW) runoff. The hardwood mulch sorbed all the selected pollutants from a spiked stormwater mixture, including copper (Cu2+), cadmium (Cd2+), chromium (Cr6+), lead (Pb2+), zinc (Zn2+), 1,3 dichlorobenzene (DCB), naphthalene (NP), fluoranthene (FA), butylbenzylphthalate (1313P), and benzo(a)pyrene (13 [a]P). Masses of the pollutants sorbed depended upon the pollutant species, contact time, and initial concentration which varied from 20 to 100%. Sorption rates of the metals, in general, were more rapid than those of the organics; however, mass removals (percent) of the organics, in contrast to those of the metals, were independent of their initial concentrations. With the exception of Cd, percentages (weight) of the metals removed declined as their initial concentrations decreased. None of the sorbed pollutants desorbed to any significant extent upon extended washing with water. It is quite feasible that in the presence of mulch the uptake of these pollutants by the aquatic species will be reduced significantly. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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