Review of operation of urban drainage systems in cold weather : water quality considerations / J. Marsalek ... [et al.].: En13-5/03-161E-PDF
"Cold climate imposes special requirements on urban drainage systems, arising from extended storage of precipitation and pollutants in the catchment snowpack, processes occurring in the snowpack, and changes in catchment surface and transport network by snow and ice. Consequently, the resulting catchment response and runoff quantity differ from those experienced in snow- and ice-free seasons. Sources of pollutants entering urban snowpacks include airborne fallout, pavement and roadside deposits, and applications of de-icing and anti-skid agents. In the snowpack, snow, water and chemicals are subject to various processes, which their movement through the pack and eventual release during the melting process. Soluble constituents are flushed from the snowpack early during the melt: hydrophobic substances generally stay in the pack until the very end of melt and coarse solids with adsorbed pollutants stay on the ground after the melt is finished"--Abstract.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada. National Water Research Institute (Canada) |
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| Title | Review of operation of urban drainage systems in cold weather : water quality considerations / J. Marsalek ... [et al.]. |
| Series title | NWRI contribution ; no. 03-161 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographic references. Abstracts in English and French. |
| Publishing information | Burlington, Ont. : Environment Canada, [2003] |
| Author / Contributor | Marsalek, J. |
| Description | [17] p. |
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| Subject terms | Drainage Pollution |
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