期刊
WATER
卷 13, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/w13091146
关键词
stormwater; flow rate; microbes; dissolved organic matter; humic acid; metals
资金
- CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
- Australian Government
- National Water Commission
- Victoria SmartWater Fund
- South East Queensland Urban Water Security Research Alliance (UWSRA)
The presence of microbial pathogens in stormwater, originating from human sewage and animal fecal matter, is a major obstacle in stormwater reuse. The transport of microbes in stormwater is influenced by factors such as dissolved organic matter, cations, and stormwater flow rate. The study found that the concentration of hydrophilic organic fraction reduced the transport of FIB in stormwater, while trivalent cations and stormwater flow rate showed a positive correlation with FIB numbers.
Microbial pathogens present in stormwater, which originate from human sewage and animal faecal matters, are one of the major impediments in stormwater reuse. The transport of microbes in stormwater is more than just a physical process. The mobility of microbes in stormwater is governed by many factors, such as dissolved organic matter, cations, pH, temperature and water flow. This paper examined the roles of three environmental variables, namely: dissolved organic matter, positive cations and stormwater flow on the transport of two faecal indicator bacteria (FIB), Enterococcus spp. and Escherichia coli. Stormwater runoff samples were collected during twelve wet weather events and one dry weather event from a medium density residential urban catchment in Brisbane. Enterococcus spp. numbers as high as 3 x 10(4) cfu/100 mL were detected in the stormwater runoff, while Escherichia coli numbers up to 3.6 x 10(3) cfu/100 mL were observed. The dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the stormwater samples was in the range of 2.2-5.9 mg/L with an average concentration of 4.5 mg/L in which the hydrophilic carbon constituted the highest mass fraction of 60-80%. The results also showed that the transport of FIB in stormwater was reduced with an increasing concentration of the hydrophilic organic fraction, especially the humic fraction. On the contrary, the concentration of trivalent cations and stormwater flow rate showed a positive correlation with the FIB numbers. These findings indicated the potentiality to make a good use and measurement of simple environmental variables to reflect the degree of microbe transport in stormwater from residential/suburban catchments.
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