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Sequential Extraction of Lead from Grain Size Fractionated River Sediments Using the Optimized BCR Procedure

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Fluvial bed sediments are widely used for characterizing anthropogenic contaminant signals in urban watersheds. This study presents the first preliminary examination of sequentially extracted Pb from grain size fractionated bed sediments using the optimized (standardized) BCR procedure. Baseline sediment samples and samples from the vicinity of three storm-sewer outlets in Nuuanu Stream, Honolulu, Hawaii, were examined. The weighted average Pb liberated from four sequentially extracted phases was 144 ± 26 mg/kg (±SD). These Pb concentrations are high compared to 3 mg/kg leached by a 0.5 M HCl solution, and 13 mg/kg from a 4-acid total digestion of baseline sediments. Over a 1.8 km section of stream channel, land use variations and traffic density differences had little impact on the magnitude of Pb in specific phases for each of the six grain size fractions examined. Regardless of grain size or spatial location, Pb in the reducible phase exceeded that in oxidizable, residual and acid extractable phases. Weighted reducible Pb concentrations for three sewer outlet sites ranged from 69 to 92 mg/kg, and this phase typically accounted for 70–80% of all labile Pb. The <63 μm grain size class did not exhibit the highest Pb concentration, instead this was found in either the 125–250 μm or 500–1,000 μm fractions. Examining bed sediment phase associations of Pb over a smaller length dimension (i.e., 40 m) centered around one sewer outlet, indicated higher concentrations at the outlet (180 mg/kg) compared to upstream (132 mg/kg) or downstream (150 mg/kg). The differences were primarily associated with higher Pb concentrations in the reducible and oxidizable phases of the coarse sand fractions (500–2,000 μm) at the outlet. Overall, all data point to a significant anthropogenic signal for Pb in bed sediments in the urbanized section of Nuuanu Stream.

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The authors greatly appreciate the field assistance provided by Stephanie Andrews and Dr Matt McGranaghan in sampling bed sediment samples in Nuuanu watershed. Financial support for this work was provided to the Geomorphology Laboratory by the Department of Geography, University of Hawaii. Without the facilitation of chemical analyses by A. Mils, K. Sabo, and R. Van Hulle this project would not have been possible.

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Sutherland, R.A., Tack, F.M.G. Sequential Extraction of Lead from Grain Size Fractionated River Sediments Using the Optimized BCR Procedure. Water Air Soil Pollut 184, 269–284 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-007-9415-z

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