Characteristics of washed-off pollutants and dynamic EMCs in a parking lot and a bridge during storms

K. Lee-Hyung, K. Lim & S. Ko
ABSTRACT Since the water quality has been recognized as a big issue in drinking water sources, the Ministry of Environment, Korea, are designing the TMDL program for major large rivers. In order to settle the TMDL program successfully, nonpoint pollutants causing from various landuses should be controlled. Especially paved areas such as parking lots and bridges are stormwater intensive landuses because of high imperviousness and high pollutant mass emissions from vehicular activity. Vehicle emissions from...