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Municipal Wastewater Effluent Characterization and Loadings
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
Characterization
Effluents from MWTPs are derived from both household and industrial sources and consist of suspended solids, microorganisms, debris, and about 200 chemicals (Environment New Brunswick 1982; Birtwell et al. 1988; OMOE 1988). While municipal wastewater effluent (MWWE) contains a wide variety of constituents, they can generally be described by the following categories: solids; suspended and dissolved substances that exert a biochemical oxygen demand; nutrients; pathogens; organic chemicals; metals; oil and grease; and, plastics and floatables. Of these, total suspended solids (TSS), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) or chemical oxygen demand (COD), nutrients in the form or phosphorus (P) and/or nitrogen (N), pathogenic bacteria, and plastics and floatables are the primary targets for removal through wastewater treatment. Concentrations of these conventional parameters are given in Table 3 for selected Canadian cities and different treatment types.
In addition to conventional substances, recent surveys (OMOE 1988; Rutherford et al. 1994; Golder Associates Ltd. 1995a,b) have shown that toxic substances including metals and organic chemicals are present in MWWEs across Canada (Tables 4 and 5). In particular, a wide variety of synthetic organic chemicals have been found in MWWEs in Canada (Table 6). While their concentrations might not be very high, many of these organic chemicals are toxic and persistent in the environment. In Ontario, for example, a study of 37 MWTPs with various types of treatment reported up to 24 base/neutral and acid extractables, seven dioxins and furans, 30 pesticides and herbicides, and 19 volatiles, along with 15 metals and cyanide (OMOE 1988). Effluents from two MWTPs in Edmonton contained 19 metals and 3 to 7 organic compounds (Golder Associates Ltd. 1995a,b) whereas up to 48 organic chemicals including detergents, solvents, chlorinated compounds, plasticizers, fecal-derived compounds such as dihydrocholesterol, and miscellaneous compounds such as caffeine and nicotine were found in effluent from four Nova Scotia MWTPs (Rutherford et al. 1994). Industries are often a significant source of metals and organic compounds; however, some of the metals and organic compounds in MWWE are derived from household waste. For example, metals such as copper, zinc, iron, cobalt, manganese and molybdenum are essential elements in human nutrition. Consequently, small concentrations of metals and other toxic chemicals that are by-products of human physiological functions will always be found in municipal wastewater. In addition, aluminum can be introduced from cooking ware and antacids, tin can be introduced from canned foods, while household cleaning agents can introduce a variety of chemicals. Thus, U.S. EPA (1986) found that approximately 20% of metals in U.S. wastewaters are from domestic sources.
Location and MWTP type | Date | BOD | COD | Total Suspended Solids | Ammonium | Nitrite | Nitrate | Total Phosphorus | Effluent Discharge |
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1Hamilton and North 1986 8 EVS Consultants 1992; Taylor et al. 1995 2Charlton and Bayne 1986 9Rutherford et al. 1994, except discharge from Environment Canada 1986 3 Anderson et al. 1986 10 OMOE 1988 4 Golder Associates Ltd. 1995a,b 11CUM 1994; Deschamps et Ceijka 1993; PAHs and PCBs from Pham and Proulx 1996 5 Chambers 1996; Chambers and Mills 1996 12 Saskatchewan Environment and Public Safety 1989 6 Environment Canada 1992 13 City of Saskatoon records 7 French and Chambers 1995; City of Prince George records (BOD values are carbonaceous BOD (CBOD); CBOD and TSS from 1991-1994) 14 Enns and Soprovich 1995 15 Environmental Management Assoc. & Hydroqual Laboratories Ltd. 1993 | |||||||||
Alberta Calgary secondary1 Calgary secondary + P removal2 Goldbar Edmonton secondary3 Goldbar Edmonton secondary4 Capital Region Edmonton tertiary4 Grande Prairie primary5 | 1980 1985 1982-83 1980-93 1980-93 1988-93 |
22 8.6 |
38 |
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| 0.5 0.4 | 3.5 <13. 7 3.1 5.4 5.0 |
90 | |
British Columbia Iona Island Greater Vancouver primary6 Annacis Island Greater Vancouver primary6 Lulu Greater Vancouver primary6 Prince George secondary7 Macaulay Point Victoria primary8 Clover Point Victoria primary8 | 1985 1985 1985 1985-91 1992 1992 | 81 156 139 197 224 192 | 57 71 64 307 320 186 | 8.8 16 20 26 28 18 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.9 4.5 5.3 5.0 | 170 (1987) 107 (1987) 15 (1987) 11 (1993-94) } total 36x106 m3 for both outfalls | |
Nova Scotia9 2 secondary Eastern Passage primary Lakeside tertiary | fall 1991 fall 1991 fall 1991 | <5-50 80 <5 | 25-45 31 12 | <0.14-28 18 2.0 | 4.4 (1986) 0.5 (1986) | ||||
Ontario10 7 primary 28 secondary 1 tertiary | 1987 1987 1987 | 48 21 25 | 109 53 99 | 30 10 32 | 10 3.9 18 | 0.00 0.22 0.05 | 0.05 2.33 0.14 | 1.34 0.68 1.56 | 291 1044 16 |
Quebec11 Montreal primary + physical/chemical treatment with ferric chloride | 1993 | 38 | 105 | 20 | 5.9 | 0.5 | 412 | ||
Saskatchewan Saskatoon primary Saskatoon primary + P removal13 Saskatoon secondary13 | 1985-89 1993-95 1996 | 8313 78 44 | 7413 24 19 | 19 (1987)12 | 5.213 0.96 1.12 | 32 (1987)12 34 30 | |||
Yukon14 Carmacks secondary | Oct 93 | 18 | 56 | 10 | 0.2 | 0.11 | 27 | 0.03 |
Location and MWTP type | Date | Al | As | Cd | Cr | Co | Cu | Fe | Pb | Hg | Mn | Mo | Ni | Se | Ag | Zn | Sr |
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Alberta Calgary secondary1 Calgary secondary + P removal2 Goldbar Edmonton secondary3 Goldbar Edmonton secondary4 Capital Region Edmonton tertiary4 | 1980 1985 1982-83 1980-93 1980-93 |
60a |
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21 |
1 |
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110 |
3 | 0.1 0.1 |
43 | 10 3 | 8 2 22 8 | 0.2 0.2 | 20 20 |
53 | |
British Columbia6 Iona Island Greater Vancouver primary Annacis Island Greater Vancouver primary Lulu Greater Vancouver primary | 1985 1985 1985 | 799 2789 | 1.7 | nd nd 150 | 101 141 160 | 889 1799 2692 | 43 41 58 | 60 99 90 | nd 150 | 120 171 340 | |||||||
Nova Scotia9 2 secondary Eastern Passage primary Lakeside tertiary | fall 1991 fall 1991 fall 1991 | 280-12000 320 340 | 20-120 20 30 | ||||||||||||||
Ontario10 7 primary 28 secondary 1 tertiary | 1987 1987 1987 | 550 102 1252 | nd 17 Nd | 2.5 2.1 6 | 11 9 69 | 6.5 6.4 9 | 18 13 55 | 21 17 56 | 0.05 0.03 0.17 | 7 7 11 | 9 22 26 | 17 17 nd | 6.4 6.9 6.6 | 70 53 960 | 305 341 1171 | ||
Quebec11 Montrealprimary + physical/chemical treatment with ferric chloride | 1993 | 1009 | 1 | 1.8 | 8 | 26 | 2000 | 7 | 14 | 1.8 | 58 | ||||||
Saskatchewan12 Saskatoon primary + P removal | spring92 summ92 fall 92 | 0.5 <.5 3.2 | <1 <1 <1 | 11 5 14 | <1 <1 <1 | 33 44 51 | <5 9 <5 | 0.09 0.31 0.16 | 13 5 21 | 4 26 4 | 2 2 <1 | 2 1 3 | |||||
Yukon14 Carmacks secondary | Oct93 | 690 | 90 | 510 | 210 | 160 | 390 |
a Extractable
Location and MTWP type | Date | Chlorinated Solvents (µg/L) | PCB (ng/L) | PAHs (µg/L) | Phenols (µg/L) | ||||
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Tetrachloroethylene | Tricholoroethylene | Chlorinated | Non-Chlorinated | ||||||
a all phenols; bbenzo(a)anthracene; c pyrene; dpentachlorophenol; e for 13 PCBs; f for 21 PAHs. | |||||||||
Alberta Goldbar Edmonton secondary3 Goldbar Edmonton secondary4 Capital Region Edmonton tertiary4 | 1983 1992-93 1992-93 | 1.5 | 16a 13a 8a | ||||||
British Columbia Iona Island primary Greater Vancouver6 Annacis Island Greater Vancouver primary15 Lulu Greater Vancouver primary6 | 1985 1993 1985 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 30a 51a (1985 data4) 39a | |||||
Ontario10 7 primary 28 secondary 1 tertiary | 1987 1987 1987 | 4.39 1.18 3.50 | 1.71 1.12 1.26 | 30 20 50 | ndb ndc 1.08b 1.61c 1.29b 1.85c | ndd 2.71d 3.10d | 1.78 1.65 1.99 | ||
Quebec11 Montrealprimary + physical/chemical treatment with ferric chloride | 1993 | 1.10e | 0.00b 0.03c 0.66f | nd | 12 |
(1,1'-Biphenyl)-2-ol 1 | Benz(a)Anthracene 2 |
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 2,3 | Benzo(k)Fluoranthene 2 |
1,1-Dichloroethane 2 | Beta-hexachlorocyclhexane 2,4 |
1,1-Dichloroethene 2 | Bis(2-Chlorethoxy)Methane 2 |
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 2 | Bis(2-Chloromethyl)Ether 2 |
1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, diethyl ether 1 | Bis-2-ethylhexylphthalate 4 |
1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid dibutyl ester 1 | Bromodichlorobenzene 2 |
1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, bis(2-ethylhexyl) ester 1 | Butylbenzylphthalate 2,4 |
1,2-Dichlorobenzene 3 | Caffeine 1 |
1,2-Dichloroethane 2 | Carbon tetrachloride 2 |
1-Methyl-5-(3-pyridinyl)-2-pyyrolidinone 1 | Chlorobenzene 2 |
1-Octene 2 | Chloroform 3 |
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid 2 | Chlorodibromomethane 2 |
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 2 | Cholest-5-en-3-ol 1 |
2,4-D-propionic acid 4 | Cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene 2 |
2,4-Dichlorophenol 2 | Cyclododecane 1 |
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid 2 | Cyclohexadecane 1 |
2,4-Dichlorophenoxybutyric acid 4 | Decanoic acid 1 |
2,4-Dimethylphenol 2 | Di-N-butylphthalate 4 |
2,4-Dinitrotoluene 2 | Di-N-octylphthalate 3 |
2,6-Dinitrotoluene 2 | Diacetin 1 |
2-(2-Butoxyethoxy)-ethanol 1 | Dichlorobenzoic acid 1 |
2-(Methylthio)benzothiazole 1 | Dichlorodifluoromethane 2 |
2-Butoxy ethanol 1 | Dichlorophenol 1 |
2-Butoxy, phosphate ethanol 1 | Dieldrin 2 |
2-Butyl-phosphate ethanol 1 | Diethyl Ether 2 |
2-Chlorophenol 2 | Dihydroxycholesterol 1 |
2-Ethyl-1-hexanol 1 | Dimethyl Phthalate 2 |
2-Methyl-3-hydroxy-2,4-trimethyl propanoic acid 1 | Dimethyl-(methylethyl)benzene 1 |
2-Methyl-4,6-Dinitrophenol 2 | Dimethylethylbenzene 1 |
2-Nitrophenol 2 | Dodecanol 1 |
3-(1-Methyl)-2-pyrrolodinyl) pyridine 1 | Endosulphan I 2 |
4-Nitrophenol 2 | Endosulphan II 2 |
9-Hexadecanoic acid 1 | Endosulphan sulphate 2 |
9-Octadecenoic acid 1 | Endrin 2 |
Alpha-Chlordane 2 | Ergost-5-en-3-ol 1 |
Alpha-Chlorotoluene 2 | Ethylbenzene 2 |
Alpha-hexachlorocyclhexane 2 | Ethyl methylbenzene 1 |
Alpha-terpineol 1 | Fluorene 2 |
Androsterone 1 | Gamma-Chlordane 2 |
Atrazine 1 | Gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane 2,4 |
Benzeneacetic acid 1 | Heptachlor 2,4 |
Benzeneethanol 1 | Heptachlorodibenzodioxin 2 |
Benzenemethanol 1 | Hexachlorobenzene 4 |
Benzenepropionic acid 1 | Hexachlorocyclopentadiene 2 |
Hexachloroethane 2 | o-Xylene 2 |
Hexadecanoic acid 1 | Octachlorodibenzodioxin 2 |
Hexadecanoic acid hexadecyl ester1 | Octachlorodibenzofuran 2 |
Hexadecanol 1 | p-Chloro-m-Cresol 2 |
Hexadecenoic acid 1 | PCB (total) 2 |
Hexanoic acid 1 | Pentachlorophenol 2 |
Hydroxybenzoic acid 2 | Phenanthrene 2 |
m- and p-Xylenes 2 | Phenol 2 |
m-Cresol 2 | Phenoxyethanol 1 |
Methoxychlor 2,4 | p,p’-DDD 2,4 |
Methyl(methylethyl)benzenes 1 | p,p’-DDE 2 |
Methyl-(methylethyl)cyclohexanol 1 | p,p’-DDT 2 |
Methyl-(methylethyl)cyclohexen-1-ol1 | Pyrene 2 |
Methylbenzoic acid 1 | Silvex 2 |
Methylene chloride 3 | Stigmast-5-en-3-ol 1 |
Methylphenol 1 | Styrene 2 |
Mirex 2 | Tetrachlorodibenzofuran 2 |
N,N-bis(hydroxyethyl)dodecanamide1 | Tetrachloroethylene 2,3 |
N,N-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide 1 | Tetradecanoic acid 1 |
N,N-Diethylmethylbenzamide 1 | Tetradecanol 1 |
N-Nitroso-di-N-propylamine 2 | Tetramethylbenzene 1 |
Naphthalene 1,2 | Toxaphene 2 |
Nicotine 1 | Trans-1,3-Dichloropropene 2 |
Nitrobenzene 2 | Trichloroethylene 2 |
Nonanoic acid 1 | Trimethylbenzene 1 |
o-Cresol 2 | Trimethylpentanediol 1 |
1 Rutherford et al. 1994 2 OMOE 1988 | 3 Golder Associates Ltd. 1995a,b 4 Orr et al. 1992 |
In addition to chemicals introduced from domestic and industrial sources, chemicals in MWWE may also be derived from the treatment process. For example, strontium, aluminum and ferric chloride are used as chemical precipitants and are consequently high in effluents receiving these types of treatment (e.g., strontium and aluminum in many Ontario effluents, iron in the Montreal effluent; Table 4). Another example is total residual chlorine (TRC) which is a measure of the amount of chlorine remaining in the final effluent after chlorination treatment for disinfection (Table 7).
Concentrations of chemicals in MWWE can differ considerably, despite similarities in treatment (Tables 3, 4 and 5) While the degree of pollutant removal often increases from primary to secondary to tertiary treatment (particularly for conventional parameters such as BOD and TSS), it is difficult to characterize the chemical content of MWWE on the basis of treatment type as concentrations depend upon many factors, including domesticvs. industrial sources, types of industries, surface area served, and volume treated. In addition to variability in effluent characteristics among MWTPs, there may be temporal (e.g., daily, weekly and seasonal) variability in effluent within a plant. At three Ontario MWTPs, effluent variability was associated with daily rhythms in raw sewage characteristics: organic substances, particularly phenolics, exhibited the greatest degree of variability in effluents; metals were the next most variable and conventional parameters the least variable (OMOE 1991). Variability may also be related to seasonal use of certain treatment processes (e.g., chlorination) or to different operating conditions between winter and summer (e.g., Table 7 for wintervs. summer TRC concentrations for eight MWTPs in Ontario).
Location and MWTP type | Date | TRC | Effluent Discharge | |
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1 Rutherford et al. 1994, except discharge from Environment Canada 1986 2Orr et al. 1992 - 1989 TRC data, 1988 discharge 3Saskatchewan Environment and Public Safety 1989 | ||||
Nova Scotia1 2 secondary Eastern Passage primary Lakeside tertiary | fall 1991 fall 1991 fall 1991 | 5-850 250 120 | 4.4 (1986) 0.5 (1986) | |
Ontario2 Bracebridge secondary Huntsville secondary Walkerton secondary Stratford secondary Toronto North secondary Toronto Highland Creek secondary Midland secondary Wallaceburg secondary | 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 | summer: 70 530 40 6 310 5 260 81 | winter: 9 950 nd nd 190 46 nd 190 | 0.9 1.4 1.7 8.1 12.7 55.3 4.1 2.2 |
Saskatchewan3 Saskatoon primary | summer 1987 | 1892 | 32 |
Loadings
Comparison of effluent load (effluent concentration x effluent discharge) to the load of the receiving water provides an estimate of the long-term potential for an effluent to affect the receiving water, especially for persistent and bioaccumulative substances which can cause cumulative impacts. For conventional parameters, a 1991 study of 387 Ontario MWTPs found that the highest load was for BOD (41,000 tonnes/yr) (OMOE 1993). For metals, strontium (1.3 tonnes/d), aluminum (0.8 tonnes/d), and zinc (0.2 tonne/d) were the greatest contributors to loadings among all treatment types in a study of 37 Ontario MWTPs (OMOE 1988). Ten other metals had smaller loads (less than 0.5 tonne/d) but are more toxic (e.g., cadmium, copper, chromium, lead, nickel). Cadmium loadings from 37 Ontario MWTPs totalled less than 10 kg/d and mercury loadings totaled less than 150 g/d. Three Greater Vancouver MWTPs (Environment Canada 1992), two Edmonton MWTPs (Golder Associates Ltd. 1995a,b) and a MWTP in the Yukon (Enns and Soprovich 1995) showed a similar pattern in metal loadings with high aluminum (up to 233 kg/d) and zinc (up to 56 kg/d) and low cadmium and mercury loadings.
Although numerous organic pollutants have been detected in MWTP effluent (OMOE 1988; Rutherford et al. 1994; Golder Associates Ltd. 1995a,b), total loadings of organic chemicals are generally lower than for metals. Total loadings averaged 132 kg/d for base/neutral and acid extractable organics, 107 kg/d for volatile organic compounds, 1.4 kg/d for pesticides, 0.082 kg/d for PCBs and 0.004 kg/day for dioxins and furans for 37 MWTP in Ontario (OMOE 1988). Theaverage load of all 21 PAHs in Montreal MWTP effluent was 1.2 kg/d, while the load for the sum of 13 PCBs averaged 2.5 g/d (Pham and Proulx 1996). In the case of PCBs, this represented only 1% of the PCB load measured in the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City. Although the loadings of PCBs and other organic pollutants are relatively small, they are a cause for concern because they are persistent and have the potential to bioaccumulate and biomagnify in the food chain.
Stormwater, CSOs and MWTP bypasses
Characterization
Stormwater and CSOs have not been routinely monitored because the diffuse and intermittent nature of these sources makes large-scale monitoring programs prohibitively expensive. However, some information is available for Ontario because of work done in support of the Canada/US and Canada/Ontario Agreements respecting Great Lakes Water Quality and for British Columbia because of the Fraser River Estuary Management Plan. Stormwater and CSO discharges are characterized by high flows during or shortly after periods of wet weatheror during periods of snowmelt, high quantities of suspended solids, and significant quantities of nutrients, toxic substances (e.g., heavy metals, chlorides, hydrocarbons) related to traffic and road maintenance, and microorganisms.
The main pollutants of concern in stormwater are suspended solids, nutrients (particularly P), heavy metals, hydrocarbons, and fecal bacteria. A recent review by Makepeace et al. (1995) of 140 studies mostly from the USA, several European countries and Canada identified the 28 most important contaminants in stormwater that have the potential to affect aquatic life and human health, mostly through contamination of drinking water supplies (total solids, TSS, Al, Be, Cd, Cl, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mn, Hg, N, Ag, Zn, DO, PCBs, bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate,d-BHC, chlordane, heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, total PAHs, benzo(a)pyrene, tetrachloroethylene, fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci, enterococci). Concentrations of water quality constituents reported in Ontario, British Columbia and Calgary, Alberta stormwater are listed in Table 8.
The chemical composition of CSOs has been studied much less than for stormwater, in part because CSOs are more difficult to monitor than stormwater. During the early phase of a runoff event, when sewage sludge may be scoured from the sewer bottom by high flows.
Parameter | Ontario | Calgary, Alberta (meand) | Lower Mainland, British Columbia(meane) | ||
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Stormwater (mean or range) | CSOa(mean | Urban Runoff | Urban Runoff | CSO | |
MPN = Most Probable Number; numbers in brackets indicate sample size; NA = Not Available aWaller and Novak 1981 d Hamilton and North 1986 | |||||
total suspended solids (mg/L) | 170a | 190 | 1691 | 48 | 59 |
biochemical oxygen demand (mg/L) | 14a | 41 | 17 | 14 | 60 |
chloride (mg/L) | 230-340b | 7 | |||
ammonia (mg/L) | 0.30-0.75b | 0.74 | 0.15 | 3.8 | |
total phosphorus (mg/L) | 0.35a | 1.4 | 1.52 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
total nitrogen (mg/L) | 3.5a | 83 | 6.83 | ||
cadmium (µg/L) | 1.5-6.8b | 4.8 | 3.2 | ||
copper (µg/L) | 43.4-47.2b | 33 | 40 | 77 | |
iron (µg/L) | 5710-6960b | 22300 | |||
lead (µg/L) | 97-233b | 458 | 55 | 89 | |
mercury (µg/L) | 29-104b | ||||
nickel (µg/L) | 28-39b | 9 | |||
zinc (µg/L) | 234-307b | 170 | 98 | 81 | |
oil and grease (mg/L) | 2.14-5.37b | ||||
PAHs (µg/L) | 2.1-9.1b | ||||
benzo(a)pyrene (µg/L) | 0.3b | ||||
fecal coliform (MPN/100 mL) | 12000 - 51000c | 1000000 | 2043 | 390000 | |
E.coli (MPN/100 mL) | 800 - 61000c |
CSO composition resembles or even exceeds pollutant concentrations in raw sanitary sewage. After this first flush, pollutant concentrations in CSOs subside. The main parameters of concern are suspended solids, BOD, nutrients (N and P), fecal bacteria and possibly some other chemicals originating from local municipal and industrial sources. Concentrations of water quality constituents reported in Ontario and British Columbia CSOs are listed in Table 8. In comparison to stormwater, constituent concentrations in CSOs are similar for TSS (Marsalek et al. 1993), but greater for BOD (Marsalek et al.1993), total N and total P (Marsalek et al. 1993), and generally smaller for unconventional pollutants, including heavy metals, PAHs and some other trace organic contaminants released from industrial sources (Marsalek and Ng 1989).
Loadings
Loadings from stormwater and CSOs depend on the drainage area, land-use activities in that area and, in the case of CSOs, the nature of the sewage generated in the area. One of the more extensive summaries of stormwater loadings was published for the Canadian Great Lakes basin (Marsalek and Schroeter 1988). Here, annual loading was greatest for TSS (108 kg/y), followed by oil and grease (105 - 106 kg/y), inorganics (mostly heavy metals, 102 - 105kg/y), PAHs (100 - 102 kg/y), and some trace organic contaminants (10-1 - 101 kg/y).
For CSOs, conventional pollutant loadings in the Canadian Great Lakes basin were estimated to be 17,400 tonnes/y for TSS, 3,700 tonnes/y for BOD, 760 tonnes/y for total N and 130 tonnes/y for total P (Waller and Novak 1981). These estimates are consistent with more recent studies of CSOs in Sarnia and Windsor (Marsalek and Ng 1989) which gave the combined annual CSO discharge from both municipalities as 6.2 x 106 m3/y and corresponding annual loads of 1200 tonnes/y TSS, 51 tonnes/y total N, and 8.7 tonnes/y total P. These loads represent about 7% of the total estimated loads of TSS, total N and total P to the Great Lakes basin, which is consistent with the fact that Sarnia and Windsor represent about 9% of the basin population assumed by Waller and Novak (1981) in their calculations.
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