title: Transport of PCBs with leachate water from the contaminated soil.
abstract: Contaminated soil was taken from the area around the damaged capacitor of an electrical transformer station in Zadar (Croatia) and a phytoremediation experimental field was constructed with lysimeters. The levels of PCBs in the leachate water samples were measured nearly 3 years. The experiment was conducted under natural climatic conditions, through hot summers and mild winters. Although the amounts of leachated PCBs from the polluted soil were relatively small, their concentrations in leachate water samples from 1,500 to 29,000 ng L(-1) substantially exceeded the maximum allowed concentration of the total PCBs in the fishponds of Croatia (1 ng L(-1)).
authors.affiliation: Rudjer Bosković Institute, Bijenicka 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Vedranka Hodak
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Kobasić
authors.forename: Mladen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Picer
authors.forename: Nena
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Picer
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Calić
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls