The sediment environment provides habitat for fauna and flora. As pollutants can interchange between water and sediments, pollution will exert a significant influence on the water environment. Previous studies on polycyclic ...

The prudent management of water resources is essential for human and ecosystem well-being. As a result of ever escalating and competing demands, compounded by pollution and climate change-driven impacts, available freshwater ...

An in-depth understanding of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) build-up on urban roads is essential for effective stormwater treatment design. Past research studies have pointed out the relationship between influential ...

Rising vehicle ownership around the world has resulted in greater traffic volumes on roads and associated traffic-generated pollutants. Vehicular traffic and, by implication, road surfaces are among the most important ...

To date, very little or no data exist in literature for some brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polychlorinated biphenyls in Queensland sediments. These pollutants were measured in the sediments along the Brisbane River ...

This chapter provides a consolidated summary of the outcomes from the research study undertaken to investigate the influence of traffic and land use on pollutant processes as well as the practical application of the study ...

Accurate stormwater quality prediction is essential for effective stormwater quality mitigation. The knowledge created in the previous chapters was applied for predicting stormwater quality using mathematical models. This ...

Urbanisation introduces a range of pollutants to the urban environment. These pollutants include many toxic species. They are primarily sourced from traffic and land use related activities. The pollutants are directly ...

Heavy metals (HMs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the most toxic chemical pollutants present in urban stormwater. Consequently, urban stormwater reuse is constrained due to the human health risk posed ...

Sediment samples collected from Brisbane River were analysed for organochlorine pesticide residues (OCPs). The factors influencing OCPs distribution in the sediment were investigated using multivariate analytical tools. ...