Methods to Measure Emerging Contaminants in Stormwater

Recent data on emerging contaminants has prompted state departments of transportation (DOTs) and water authorities to explore significant investments in stormwater sampling and treatment infrastructure. This proactive approach aims to more fully understand the occurrence and impact of emerging contaminants and the effectiveness of stormwater treatment systems. By gathering this data, decision-makers can offer more accurate, informed strategies for managing stormwater, leading to more efficient design, construction, and maintenance of treatment systems. Research is needed to determine the methods and materials needed to measure concentrations of emerging contaminants in runoff, stormwater-treatment system effluent, and receiving waters to support cost-effective quantitative threat assessments and treatment decisions. The objective of this project is to develop recommended practices for state DOTs for assessing sampling methods used to measure emerging contaminants as well as new contaminants identified in the future.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5708
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $650,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 25-72

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Brooks, Michael

• Start Date: 20250815
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contaminants; Effluents; Environmental monitoring; Field tests; Methodology; Plastics; Runoff; Samples; Sampling; Water quality
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01919236
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 25-72
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 21 2024 3:52PM