An exploratory study of the effects of stormwater pipeline materials on transported stormwater quality

Implications of three sewer pipe materials (concrete, galvanized corrugated steel, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)) for stormwater quality were explored in laboratory experiments, in which three types of stormwater, SW1-SW3, were circulated in 0.5 m long sewer pipe sections. SW1 and SW2 represented syn...

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Published in:Water science and technology 2017-07, Vol.76 (2), p.247-255
Main Authors: Borris, Matthias, Österlund, Heléne, Marsalek, Jiri, Viklander, Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Circulation
Concrete
Concrete pavements
Construction
Copper
Corrugation
Drinking water
Elution
Galvanized steel
Galvanized steels
Laboratories
Pipes
Polyvinyl chloride
Quality
Rain
Rain water
Roofing
Runoff
Sediment
Sediments
Statistical analysis
Steel
Stormwater
Stormwater quality
Submarine pipelines
Turbidity
Urban Water Engineering
VA-teknik
Zinc
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Summary:Implications of three sewer pipe materials (concrete, galvanized corrugated steel, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)) for stormwater quality were explored in laboratory experiments, in which three types of stormwater, SW1-SW3, were circulated in 0.5 m long sewer pipe sections. SW1 and SW2 represented synthetic rainwater, without and with fine street sediment added (C = 150 mg/L), respectively, and SW3 was actual stormwater with the same sediment addition as SW2. Following 20-min runs, with an equivalent distance of 500 m travelled by water particles, a number of statistically significant changes in the stormwater chemistry were observed: (i) pH of all the simulated stormwaters increased in the concrete pipe (from 7.0-7.3 to 8.1-9.3), (ii) turbidity decreased in two stormwaters with sediments (SW2 and SW3) in concrete and galvanized corrugated steel pipes (by 50 and 85%, respectively), (iii) the type of stormwater affected the observed copper (Cu) concentrations, with Cu concentrations as high as 25.3 μg/L noted in SW3 passing through the PVC pipe, and (iv) zinc (Zn) concentrations sharply increased (Zn = 759-1,406 μg/L, Zn = 670-1,400 μg/L) due to Zn elution from the galvanized steel pipe by all three stormwaters. Such levels exceeded the applicable environmental guidelines.
ISSN:0273-1223
1996-9732
1996-9732
DOI:10.2166/wst.2017.195