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Household herbicide use as a source of simazine contamination in urban surface waters

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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 299, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118868

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Simazine; Herbicides; Urban runoff; Impervious surfaces; Homeowner herbicide application

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  1. Victorian Government through the Victorian Science Agenda

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Contamination of urban surface waters by herbicides from impervious surfaces is a growing concern. This study found that concrete pavers can transfer herbicides to runoff, and the transferability is affected by factors such as exposure time, irrigation frequency, and dry time between irrigations. The results suggest that herbicides used on impervious surfaces may pose risks to aquatic life and the reuse of harvested runoff.
Contamination of urban surface waters by herbicides is an increasing concern; however, sources of contamination are poorly understood, hindering the development of mitigation and regulatory strategies. Impervious surfaces, such as concrete in driveways and paths are considered an important facilitator for herbicide runoff to urban surface waters following applications by residential homeowners. This study assessed the transferability of a herbicide from concrete pavers treated with an off-the-shelf product, containing simazine as the active herbicide, marketed for residential homeowner application to impervious surfaces. Commercially available pavers were treated according to label directions and the effects of exposure time prior to irrigation, repeated irrigations, and dry time between irrigations on transferability of simazine to runoff were assessed. Simazine transferability was greatest when receiving an initial irrigation 1 h after application, with concentrations in runoff reduced by half when exposure times prior to the first irrigation were >2 days. Concentrations remained stable for repeated irrigations up to 320 days and exposures to outdoor conditions of 180 days prior to a first irrigation. Dry time between irrigations significantly influenced simazine transfer to runoff. Dry periods of 140 days resulted in approximately a 4-times increase in simazine transferability to runoff. These results suggest that herbicides used by homeowners, or any other users, on impervious surfaces are available to contaminate runoff for prolonged time periods following application at concentrations that may pose risks to aquatic life and for reuse of harvested runoff on parks and gardens. Regulators should consider the potential of hard surfaces to act as reservoirs for herbicides when developing policies and labelling products.

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