Specific stability of organic matter in a stormwater infiltration basin

• DOI: 10.1007/s11368-012-0549-2
• Publication Date: 2012-06-27T13:29:25Z
• Authors: Anaïs Coulon; Amelène El-Mufleh; Patrice Cannavo; Laure Vidal-Beaudet; Béatrice Béchet; Sylvain Charpentier
• Keywords: Infiltration (HVAC)

Purpose In stormwater infiltration basins, sediments accumulate at the soil surface and cause a gradual filling up of soil pores. These sediments are composed of a mixture of natural and anthropogenic (as oil products) organic matters (OMs). The degradation kinetics of these sediment OMs and their biological stability has been neglected. This study aimed to characterize sediments OMs to assess their evolution and their capacity to degrade.