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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Digging up the dirty past: evidence for stormwater's contribution to pollution of an urban floodplain lake

Anna Lintern A C , Ana Deletic A , Paul Leahy B and David McCarthy A
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A Monash Water for Liveability, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia.

B EPA Victoria, Applied Sciences Group, Ernest Jones Drive, Macleod, Vic. 3085, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: anna.lintern@monash.edu

Marine and Freshwater Research 66(7) 596-608 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF14111
Submitted: 11 October 2013  Accepted: 7 October 2014   Published: 30 January 2015

Abstract

Negative effects of urbanisation on the health of aquatic environments are well recognised; but more data are needed for an accurate assessment of the particular effects of residential development on the health of aquatic systems. This study explores the relationship between residential growth and increasing pollution, by analysing temporal trends of chemical fluxes into Willsmere Billabong – an urban floodplain lake of the Yarra River in South-East Australia. Sediment cores were extracted to reveal depositions over three centuries (~1700–2012). The cores were sub-sampled at high resolution and analysed for heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). Pollutant concentrations in the sediments appear to have been significantly affected by residential development in the local catchment. Normalised concentration profiles show these effects to be exacerbated from the mid-20th century, after a stormwater drain was installed in the billabong. The study suggests that urban stormwater management techniques are critical for the protection of aquatic systems incorporated into residential zones.

Additional keywords: floodplain lake, historical reconstruction, residential development, sediments, toxicants, water quality.


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