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Assessment of fine and coarse tyre wear particles along a highway stormwater system and in receiving waters: Occurrence and transport
Water Environment Technology, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3918-4682
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Society, environment and transport, Environment. Water Environment Technology, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0491-1365
Water Environment Technology, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8782-1789
Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2060-6101
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2024 (English)In: Journal of Environmental Management, ISSN 0301-4797, E-ISSN 1095-8630, Vol. 367, no September, article id 121989Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Tyre wear has been identified as a major road-related pollutant source, with road runoff transporting tyre wear particles (TWP) to adjacent soil, watercourses, or further through stormwater systems. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and transport of TWP along a stormwater system. Water and sediment have been sampled at selected points (road runoff, gully pots, wells, outlet to a ditch, and stream) through a stormwater system situated along a highway in Sweden during November and December 2022, and March 2023. As there is limited data on the size distribution of TWP in different environmental media, especially in the size fraction <20 μm, the samples were fractioned into a fine (1.6–20 μm) and a coarse (1.6–500 μm) size fraction. The samples were analysed using a combination of marker compounds (benzene, α-methylstyrene, ethylstyrene, and butadiene trimer) for styrene-butadiene rubbers with PYR-GC/MS from which TWP concentration was calculated. Suspended solids were analysed in the water samples, and organic content was analysed in the sediment samples. TWP was found at nearly all locations, with concentrations up to 17 mg/L in the water samples and up to 40 mg/g in the sediment samples. In the sediment samples, TWP in the size fraction 1.6–20 μm represented a significant proportion (20–60%). Correlations were found between TWP concentration and suspended solids in the water samples (r = 0.87) and organic content in the sediment samples (r = 0.72). The results presented in this study demonstrate that TWP can be transported to the surrounding environment through road runoff, with limited retention in the studied stormwater system. 

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Elsevier, 2024. Vol. 367, no September, article id 121989
Keywords [en]
Gully pot, Microplastics, Road runoff, Sampling, Tire, Tyre and road wear
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Environmental Sciences Water Engineering Infrastructure Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-21122DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121989ISI: 001289301600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85200151667OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-21122DiVA, id: diva2:1886778
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Swedish Research Council Formas, 2019–00284J. Gust. Richert stiftelse, 2022–00807Adlerbertska Research Foundation
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Research funding also provided by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration [B11191 Ferjefri E39], Sveriges Ingenjörer Environmental fund and Greta Lissheds foundation. 

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