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Urban stormwater quality and treatment

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Stormwater runoff from urban and suburban areas generates numerous pollutants. The areas include residential areas, parks, commercial areas, industrial areas and road/highways. Land use and human activities largely determine the nature and level of pollutants. Among the various types of pollutants that can contribute to adverse water quality impact in receiving water bodies, of concern are suspended solids, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nutrients. This paper provides a critical review of the characteristics and sources of urban stormwater pollutants and the manner in which the pollution occurs. Treatment systems for urban stormwater runoff and for urban stormwater harvesting are discussed.

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Prof. S. Vigneswaran is currently Professor of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT (1996 to present) and Director of Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. He obtained his Dr. Sc from the University of Toulouse, France in 1987 and D. Eng form University of Montpellier, France, in 1980. He has been Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, USA (1985–1986), and Honorary Visiting Professor, UNESCO Center for Membrane Technology, UNSW (1997–1998). His area of interests includes water and wastewater treatment, stormwater, membrane filtration and membrane hybrid systems and desalination. He was awarded a Life member of The International Water Academy (TIWA) and IWA Asia Pacific Honor Award for Applied Research in 2008 and 2010.

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Aryal, R., Vigneswaran, S., Kandasamy, J. et al. Urban stormwater quality and treatment. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 27, 1343–1359 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-010-0387-0

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