Hydrocarbons in urban runoff: Their contribution to the wastewaters

Abstract A hydrocarbon characterization analysis has been applied to extractable organic matter from Madrid runoff. The effects of traffic densities as well as seasonal and meteorological influences have been considered. The main contribution is the exhausts from vehicles, which are distinguished by the presence of petroleum residues in the form of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with carcinogenic potency have been also determined from incomplete combustion products in automobile exhausts. Natural hydrocarbons derived from higher vascular plants are present in residential and landscaped areas in high levels.

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