Watershed analysis of urban stormwater contaminant 6PPD-Quinone hotspots and stream concentrations using a process-based ecohydrological model.

Autor:	Halama JJ; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, United States., McKane RB; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, United States., Barnhart BL; Independent Researcher, Middleton, WI, United States., Pettus PP; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, United States., Brookes AF; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, United States., Adams AK; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, WA, United States., Gockel CK; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, WA, United States., Djang KS; Inoventures Inc, Corvallis, OR, United States., Phan V; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, United States., Chokshi SM; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, United States., Graham JJ; Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA, United States., Tian Z; Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.; Center for Urban Waters, Tacoma, WA, United States., Peter KT; Center for Urban Waters, Tacoma, WA, United States.; University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States., Kolodziej EP; Center for Urban Waters, Tacoma, WA, United States.; University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in environmental science [Front Environ Sci] 2024 Mar 06; Vol. 12, pp. 1-12.
DOI:	10.3389/fenvs.2024.1364673
Abstrakt:	Coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ) are highly sensitive to 6PPD-Quinone (6PPD-Q). Details of the hydrological and biogeochemical processes controlling spatial and temporal dynamics of 6PPD-Q fate and transport from points of deposition to receiving waters (e.g., streams, estuaries) are poorly understood. To understand the fate and transport of 6PPD and mechanisms leading to salmon mortality Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments (VELMA), an ecohydrological model developed by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was enhanced to better understand and inform stormwater management planning by municipal, state, and federal partners seeking to reduce stormwater contaminant loads in urban streams draining to the Puget Sound National Estuary. This work focuses on the 5.5 km2 Longfellow Creek upper watershed (Seattle, Washington, United States), which has long exhibited high rates of acute urban runoff mortality syndrome in coho salmon. We present VELMA model results to elucidate these processes for the Longfellow Creek watershed across multiple scales-from 5-m grid cells to the entire watershed. Our results highlight hydrological and biogeochemical controls on 6PPD-Q flow paths, and hotspots within the watershed and its stormwater infrastructure, that ultimately impact contaminant transport to Longfellow Creek and Puget Sound. Simulated daily average 6PPD-Q and available observed 6PPD-Q peak in-stream grab sample concentrations (ng/L) corresponds within plus or minus 10 ng/L. Most importantly, VELMA's high-resolution spatial and temporal analysis of 6PPD-Q hotspots provides a tool for prioritizing the locations, amounts, and types of green infrastructure that can most effectively reduce 6PPD-Q stream concentrations to levels protective of coho salmon and other aquatic species. Competing Interests: Conflict of interest Author KD was employed by Inoventures Inc. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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