Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39612178›Full record

ArticleWater science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research2024

Composition and concentrations of microplastics including tyre wear particles in stormwater retention pond sediments.

Lisa Öborn, Heléne Österlund, Claudia Lorenz, Alvise Vianello, Jeanette Lykkemark, Jes Vollertsen, Maria Viklander

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Temporarily trapped: stormwater pond sediment is a key transient sink for microplastic debris.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2025
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lisa ÖbornDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden; Environment and Health Administration, City of Stockholm, Fleminggatan 4, Box 8136, Stockholm SE-104 20, Sweden.
Heléne ÖsterlundDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden E-mail: helene.osterlund@ltu.se.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4732-7348
Claudia LorenzDivision of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Thomas Manns Vej 23 Aalborg Øst, 9220 Denmark; Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, Roskilde 4000, Denmark.
Alvise VianelloDivision of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Thomas Manns Vej 23 Aalborg Øst, 9220 Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6069-2625
Jeanette LykkemarkDivision of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Thomas Manns Vej 23 Aalborg Øst, 9220 Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7757-2930
Jes VollertsenDivision of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Thomas Manns Vej 23 Aalborg Øst, 9220 Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0738-0547
Maria ViklanderDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0394-6128

Funding

Interreg R092Svenskt VattenVINNOVA 2016-05176VINNOVA 2022-03092
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stormwater is recognised as a vector for microplastics (MPs), including tyre wear particles (TWPs) from land-based sources to receiving waterbodies. Before reaching the waterbodies, the stormwater may be treated. In this study, sediments from six treatment facilities (five retention ponds and a subsurface sedimentation tank) were analysed to understand MP occurrence, concentrations, sizes, polymer types and distribution between inlet and outlet. The concentrations of MPs showed large variations between and within different facilities with MP concentrations of 1,440-72,209 items/kg (analysed by μFTIR) corresponding to 120-2,950 μg/kg and TWP concentrations from <DL up to 69,300 μg/kg (analysed by pyrolysis-GC-MS), with significantly higher concentrations at the inlet compared to the outlet. Polypropylene (PP) was the predominant MP type in terms of number in all samples. TWPs were dominant by mass in most (nine) samples. The relatively low density of PP polymers implies that density might not be the sole factor influencing particle settlement behaviour. Small particles occurred more frequently than large ones; around 70% of the particles detected in the samples were 100 μm or smaller. In summary, this study highlights the occurrence of MPs, including TWPs, in stormwater facilities and demonstrates variations in concentrations depending on sites and locations within the facility.

Indexed as

Geologic SedimentsMicroplasticsWater Pollutants, ChemicalEnvironmental MonitoringParticle SizePondsRainMicroplasticsWater Pollutants, ChemicalFTIR imagingMPpyrolysis–GC–MSstormwater managementTWPurban runoff

Identifiers

PMID39612178

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.