Introduction. The current state and the development of road construction and infrastructure is the cause of increasing the environmental pollution, especially in close proximity to the roads.
Problem Statement. Surface runoff from the roads is a significant volume of polluted water which most often enters water bodies and the surrounding area without treatment, which is contrary to environmental requirements. Not only accidental leaks of oil and chloride residues present in runoff, but also a significant volume of suspended solids, which are often settled and accumulated and are dangerous for the environment and public health. In order to predict measures or prevent such pollution and accumulation, it is necessary to determine the sources of suspended solids, qualitative characteristics, physical and chemical properties of pollutants.
Purpose. The purpose of the work is to determine of suspended solids pollutants (micropollutants), their components, to develop a classification of sources and their formation.
Materials and methods. Analytical, information retrieval methods were used for this study.
Results. As a result of the work, classification, which presents potentially possible types of micropollutants which are the components of suspended solids found in road surface runoff, was developed.
Conclusions. The developed classification of micropollutants sources is the initial stage to study such kind of pollution, migration in the environment, the impacts of accumulation and decomposition products, as well as to develop measures for reducing the formation and dissemination of micropollutants in the environment.
