A.9 Water Quality Characteristics of Urban Runoff

ConstituentEvent Mean Concentrations
TSS (mg/L)180 - 548
BOD (mg/L)12 - 19
COD (mg/L)82 - 178
Total P (mg/L)0.42 - 0.88
Soluble P (mg/L)0.15 - 0.28
TKN (mg/L)1.90 - 4.18
NO2/NO3-N (mg/L)0.86 - 2.2
Total Cu (ug/L)43 - 118
Total Pb (ug/L)182 - 443
Total Zn (ug/L)202 - 633

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (1983). Results of the Nationwide Urban Runoff Program (NURP), Vol. 1, NTIS PB 84-185552), Water Planning Division, Washington, DC.

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