Water quality performance of road runoff biofilters : retention of particulate and dissolved phase micropollutants

Kelsey Flanagan (1) , Steven Deshayes (1) , Mohamed Saad (1) , Emilie Caupos (1) , Lila Boudahmane (1) , Chandirane Partibane (1) , Philippe Dubois (1) , Laurent Meffray (2) , Philippe Branchu (2) , Marie-Christine Gromaire (1)

1 LEESU - Laboratoire Eau Environnement et Systèmes Urbains
2 Cerema Equipe-projet TEAM - Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les Risques, l'Environnement, la Mobilité et l'Aménagement - Equipe-projet TEAM

In order to study the treatment efficiency of a vegetative filter strip and a biofiltration swale, outlet event mean concentrations are compared with those in untreated road runoff for trace metals and organic micropollutants (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alkylphenols, bisphenol-A, phthalates), distinguishing between the particulate and dissolved phases. While particulate pollutants were generally well removed, leading to a good removal of total pollutants, performance was often poor for dissolved pollutants.

Domains: Environmental Engineering

Kelsey Flanagan, Steven Deshayes, Mohamed Saad, Emilie Caupos, Lila Boudahmane, et al.. Water quality performance of road runoff biofilters : retention of particulate and dissolved phase micropollutants. International Conference on Urban Drainage, Sep 2017, Prague, Czech Republic. ⟨hal-01621654⟩