A mass balance approach for evaluating leachable arsenic and chromium from an in-service CCA-treated wood structure
A mass balance approach for evaluating leachable arsenic and chromium from an in-service CCA-treated wood structure
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DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.037
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Townsend, Timothy G.
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作者:
Shibata, Tomoyuki;Solo-Gabriele, Helena M.;Townsend, Timothy G.
Many existing residential wood structures, such as playsets and decks, have been treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA). This preservative chemical can be released from these structures incrementally over time through contact with rainfall. The objective of this study was to evaluate the levels of arsenic and chromium leached from an in-service CCA-treated deck exposed to rainfall, as well as their possible impacts on soils and shallow groundwater. Two monitoring stations, one containing a CCA-treated deck and the other containing an untreated deck as a control, were constructed outside for this study. Rainfall, runoff water from the decks, soils below the decks, and infiltrated water through 0.7-m depth of soil were monitored for arsenic and chromium over a period of 3 years. The concentration of the CCA-treated deck runoff for arsenic (0.114-4.66 mg/L) and chromium (0.0080.470 mg/L) were significantly (p < 0.001) higher than the untreated deck runoff (