What priority pollutants occur in stormwater and wastewater?

International audienceAfter the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), there is an increasing need to monitor pollutant concentrations entering surfaces waters This concerns all kinds of effluents, as well as urban waters (i e, wastewater and stormwater) This study provides the first database on the occurrence of 88 individual substances in urban water and highlights direct discharges of these substances to the aquatic environment Indeed, these hazardous pollutants, listed or not in the WFD, could be released without any treatment to watercourses during a stor