Total metals in stormwater runoff at the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN), São Paulo – Brazil

Abstract

Stormwater quality allows to evaluate if any pollutants load happens within its runoff. This work aims stormwater temporal and spatial profile characterization to assess environmental risk and to identify chemical tracers. Thus, a specific collector was built to sample collection, with four separate PVC tubes, and the collector allowed single event temporal and sequential evaluation, as long as each compartment was fulfilled. The collector was installed in the runoff direction in order to have maximum collection volume. Two collections were carried out in summer (January 2017) at two IPEN stations, in urban areas. Total metals analysis were performed, in addition to physicochemical data, such as pH, temperature and conductivity. The results had aluminum, iron and manganese present, and some elements, such as zinc, had a temporal distribution, with a decrease concentration within the collected volume. The preliminary results have as objective to assist the studies of urban water management.