NDLI: Dry-Weather Metals and Bacteria Loading in an Arid, Urban Watershed: Ballona Creek, California

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Author	Stein, Eric D. Tiefenthaler, Liesl L.
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	Dry-season urban runoff from watersheds in arid regions can contribute substantial concentrations and loads of bacteria and metals to downstream receiving waters. However, there are few studies that have evaluated the relative contributions of different sources of these constituents along a specific creek or channel. This study involved analysis of the relative contribution of various storm drain sources to the total dry-season loading of metals and bacteria in the Ballona Creek (California) watershed. Approximately 40 actively flowing storm drains and 12 in-river sites were sampled three times during the spring and summer of 2003 for flow, total and dissolved metals, and bacteria. These data were analyzed in terms of mean concentration and load, temporal variability, and spatial distribution of substantial inputs to the creek. In general, Ballona Creek exhibited a bimodal distribution of elevated metals and bacteria, corresponding to locations where storm drains with consistently high concentrations and loads discharge to the creek. Of the 40 drains sampled, 4 accounted for 85% of the daily storm drain volume. Between 91% and 93% of the total daily load for metals was contributed by eight drains, while nine drains consistently had the highest concentrations of metals and bacteria. Metals concentrations were observed to vary by up to five-fold and bacterial counts by up to five orders of magnitude on an intra- and inter-annual basis. However, despite this variability, a relatively small number of storm drain inputs can be expected to account for the majority of loading.
Starting Page	367
Ending Page	382
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00496979
Journal	Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
Volume Number	164
Issue Number	1-4
e-ISSN	15732932
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2005-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	arid watersheds bacteria dry season metals water quality Hydrogeology Environment Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecological Modeling Environmental Chemistry Pollution Environmental Engineering Water Science and Technology

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