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Removal and fate of microplastics in permeable pavements: An experimental layer-by-layer analysis.
García-Haba, Eduardo; Benito-Kaesbach, Alba; Hernández-Crespo, Carmen; Sanz-Lazaro, Carlos; Martín, Miguel; Andrés-Doménech, Ignacio.
Afiliación
  • García-Haba E; Instituto Universitario de Ingeniería del Agua y Medio Ambiente, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera s/n, 46022 València, Spain. Electronic address: edgarha@upv.es.
  • Benito-Kaesbach A; Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante, 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
  • Hernández-Crespo C; Instituto Universitario de Ingeniería del Agua y Medio Ambiente, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera s/n, 46022 València, Spain.
  • Sanz-Lazaro C; Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante, 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain; Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies (MIES), Universidad de Alicante, 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain.
  • Martín M; Instituto Universitario de Ingeniería del Agua y Medio Ambiente, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera s/n, 46022 València, Spain.
  • Andrés-Doménech I; Instituto Universitario de Ingeniería del Agua y Medio Ambiente, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera s/n, 46022 València, Spain.
Sci Total Environ ; 929: 172627, 2024 Jun 15.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38653422
ABSTRACT
The increasing prevalence of microplastics (MP) in urban environments has raised concerns over their negative effects on ecosystems and human health. Stormwater runoff, and road dust and sediment, act as major vectors of these pollutants into natural water bodies. Sustainable urban drainage systems, such as permeable pavements, are considered as potential tools to retain particulate pollutants. This research evaluates at laboratory scale the efficiency of permeable interlocking concrete pavements (PICP) and porous concrete pavements (PCP) for controlling microplastics, including tire wear particles (TWP) which constitute a large fraction of microplastics in urban environments, simulating surface pollution accumulation and Mediterranean rainfall conditions. Microplastic levels in road dust and sediments and stormwater runoff inputs were 4762 ± 974 MP/kg (dry weight) and 23.90 ± 17.40 MP/L. In infiltrated effluents, microplastic levels ranged from 2.20 ± 0.61 to 5.17 ± 1.05 MP/L; while tire wear particle levels ranged between 0.28 ± 0.28 and 3.30 ± 0.89 TWP/L. Distribution of microplastics within the layers of PICP and PCP were also studied and quantified. Microplastics tend to accumulate on the pavements surface and in geotextile layers, allowing microplastic retention efficiencies from 89 % to 99.6 %. Small sized (< 0.1 mm) fragment shaped microplastics are the most common in effluent samples. The results indicate that permeable pavements are a powerful tool to capture microplastics and tire wear particles, especially by surface and geotextile layers. The study aims to shed light on the complex mobilisation mechanisms of microplastics, providing valuable insights for addressing the growing environmental concern of microplastic pollution in urban areas.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Sci Total Environ Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article