Human Health Risk Assessment of Toxic Chemical Pollutants in Stormwater: Implications for Urban Stormwater Reuse

This book presents a detailed analysis in relation to human health risk assessment of the main toxic chemical pollutants in urban stormwater generated from urban traffic and land use activities. The knowledge presented in this book was derived based on comprehensive experimental investigations including field sampling, laboratory testing, mathematical modelling, spatial analysis and multivariate and univariate statistical data analyses.

The key highlights of the book include the quantitative assessment of the human health risk posed by key toxic chemical pollutants in urban stormwater and the development of linkages between risk and traffic and land use. Additionally, a suite of mathematical equations are presented to predict human health risk based on traffic and land use characteristics through mathematical modelling. These outcomes can significantly assist in effective stormwater risk management under changing traffic and land use in the urban environment. The knowledge presented is of particular interest to readers such as stormwater treatment design specialists, decision-makers and urban planners since these outcomes provide practical suggestions and recommendations for effective urban stormwater treatment design.

Yukun Ma is a lecturer in the School of Environment, Beijing Normal University. She was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She received Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Hunan University in 2012 and Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from Queensland University of Technology in 2016. Her research interests include urban non-point source pollution, urban stormwater quality, low impact development (LID), stormwater treatment design and hydrologic modelling. Dr Ma has published a number of research papers primarily focusing on urban stormwater quality.

Prasanna Egodawatta is a senior lecturer in Water/Environmental Engineering at Queensland University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Queensland University of Technology in 2007. He has over fifteen years of experience in both, industry and academia in water and environmental engineering fields. The main focus of his current research is urban hydrology, stormwater quality and water, and environmental systems modelling. Dr Egodawatta has published extensively in environmental science and environmental engineering fields with key focus on stormwater quantity and quality modelling. He has also undertaken a number of research and consultancy projects establishing links between research domain and industry practice. 

James McGree is a professor in Statistics at Queensland University of Technology. His recent research interests include optimal experimental design, Bayesian computational algorithms and big data analytics. He has authored and co-authored over 100 articles in scientific journals, books and peer-reviewed conference proceedings. He has also undertaken a number of research and consultancy projects with a total over $10 million in research income. He is the program leader in the QUT Centre for Data Science, the associate investigator of the ARC CoE Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers and the adjunct senior research scientist for the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Ashantha Goonetilleke is a professor in Water/Environmental Engineering at Queensland University of Technology. His areas of expertise include; water security and adaptation to climate change, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), stormwater and wastewater recycling, water conservation and water pollution and treatment. Since 2000, Prof. Goonetilleke has published more than 200 scholarly publications, including books, book chapters and peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. Additionally, for ten years, he served as a technical advisor in sustainability with Brisbane Airport Corporation and has also held the professorial chair in Airport Innovation providing advice on a range of sustainability initiatives.