WP1 – Prediction of pollutant loads and concentrations in road runoff Task. 1.1. Literature review on road runoff pollution on Europe

Abstract

This report stands for the project deliverable 1.1 and concerns the results from task 1.1 of the PROPER Project, namely literature review on road runoff pollution on Europe. This review presents the most relevant literature references on road runoff pollution and was mainly focused on references published since the year 2000. It aims at identifying the most important pollutants in road runoff – key pollutant – and having an overview of concentrations and pollutants loads in road runoff across Europe. An evaluation of the relationships between the road runoff characteristics, the road site and the event characteristics is undertaken as a foundation for tasks 1.3 and 1.4 of PROPER Project. References with monitoring data or prediction tools of road runoff pollution with interest in the European context are also included. One of the objectives is to get an updated and general overview of existing data. A reference matrix was constructed to help the assessment of the literature references. All partners contributed to fill it in. A total of 103 literature references were analysed, comprising 48 scientific papers, 31 technical reports, 9 conference proceedings and 15 other documents. After the assessment of the literatures, it was considered that the review was consistent and provided the needed information and background for WP1 activities. In addition to this main output, this report also presents the established structure for the database matrix, designed to gather road runoff monitoring data from different case studies. This matrix includes all the variables relevant for the study under WP1, such as key pollutants, and local characteristics and will be filled by all partners with relevant monitoring data on task 1.3.