The important organic pollution of combined wet weather flows (WWF), its acute impact on receiving waters have been widely demonstrated. The main three possibly origins for this organic pollution are: runoff water (streets and roofs), wastewater and erosion of sewer sediments in combined sewer system. This work, for tracing the origin of organic particles bound in combined sewer system, has been focused on the innovative use of sterols. So, eight sterols have been selected and analysed for each kind of sample. Results are represented in contents of sterols (μg g−1) and in sterol profiles (%).The comparison of contents and profiles leads the separation between two groups: runoff water, characterized by the total absence of coprostanol, epicoprostanol and coprostanone, and the group of sewer deposits (gross bed sediment (GBS), organic layer (OL), biofilms) and wastewater. Moreover, sewer deposits and wastewater can be distinguished by their sterol contents and profiles. To evaluate their contribution to WWF a comparison between sterol signatures is done which shows that these effluents have a strong similarity in profiles and in contents of sterols to the organic layer.
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June 01 2008
Sterols: a tracer of organic matter in combined sewers
S. Zgheib;
1CEREVE, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 6-8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Champs sur Marne, 77455 Marne la Vallée Cedex 2, France
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M. C. Gromaire;
M. C. Gromaire
1CEREVE, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 6-8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Champs sur Marne, 77455 Marne la Vallée Cedex 2, France
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C. Lorgeoux;
C. Lorgeoux
1CEREVE, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 6-8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Champs sur Marne, 77455 Marne la Vallée Cedex 2, France
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M. Saad;
M. Saad
1CEREVE, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 6-8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Champs sur Marne, 77455 Marne la Vallée Cedex 2, France
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G. Chebbo
G. Chebbo
1CEREVE, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 6-8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Champs sur Marne, 77455 Marne la Vallée Cedex 2, France
2Engineering Faculty, Lebanese University, Shweifat, Lebanon
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Water Sci Technol (2008) 57 (11): 1705–1712.
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S. Zgheib, M. C. Gromaire, C. Lorgeoux, M. Saad, G. Chebbo; Sterols: a tracer of organic matter in combined sewers. Water Sci Technol 1 June 2008; 57 (11): 1705–1712. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2008.285
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S. Zgheib, M. C. Gromaire, C. Lorgeoux, M. Saad, G. Chebbo; Sterols: a tracer of organic matter in combined sewers. Water Sci Technol 1 June 2008; 57 (11): 1705–1712. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2008.285
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