Urban stormwater and snowmelt pollution contributes significantly to the deterioration of
surface waters quality in many locations. Consequently, the sources of such pollution have …

Subsurface-flow constructed wetlands (SSF CWs), which include horizontal subsurface–flow
constructed wetlands (HSSF CWs) and vertical subsurface–flow constructed wetlands …

Toxic chemical pollutants such as heavy metals (HMs) are commonly present in urban
stormwater. These pollutants can pose a significant risk to human health and hence a …

Adult coho salmon O ncorhynchus kisutch return each autumn to freshwater spawning
habitats throughout western N orth A merica. The migration coincides with increasing …

Many natural and anthropogenic factors cause degradation of urban stormwater quality,
resulting in negative consequences to receiving waters. In order to improve water quality …

Several Seattle-area streams in Puget Sound were the focus of habitat restoration projects in
the 1990s. Post-project effectiveness monitoring surveys revealed anomalous behaviors …

A liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) for water and modified QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap,
effective, rugged, and safe) method for sediment combined with gas chromatography …

In the Pacific Northwest of the United States, adult coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
returning from the ocean to spawn in urban basins of the Puget Sound region have been …

Pollution has become a serious issue in the urban water environment as stormwater runoff
transports a range of pollutants to receiving water bodies, undermining water quality and …

Heavy metals are among the priority pollutants which may have toxic effects on receiving
water bodies. They are detected in most of samples of stormwater runoff, but the …