Removal mechanisms of heavy metal pollution from urban runoff in wetlands

Abstract

Solid particles, particularly urban surface dust in urban environments contain large quantities of pollutants. It is considered that urban surface dust is a major pollution source of urban stormwater runoff. The stormwater runoff washes away urban surface dust and dissolves pollutants adsorbed onto the dust and finally discharges into receiving water bodies. The quality of receiving water bodies can be deteriorated by the dust and pollutants in it. Polluted waters can be purified by wetlands with various physical, chemical, and biologic processes. These processes have been employed to treat pollutants in urban stormwater runoff for many years because purification of treatment wetlands is a natural process and a low-cost method. In this paper, we reviewed the processes involved during pollutants transport in urban environments. Particularly, when the urban stormwater runoff enters into wetlands, their removal mechanisms involving various physical, chemical and biologic processes should been understood. Wetlands can remove heavy metals by absorbing and binding them and make them form a part of sediment. However, heavy metals can be released into water when the conditions changed. This information is important for the use of wetlands for removing of pollutants and reusing stormwater.

Keywords

wetlands / heavy metal / stormwater runoff / removal mechanisms

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Acknowledgements

This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U0833002), the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists (No. 51125035), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (No. 2009SD-24).

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