Determination of Alkyl Sulfates and Alkyl Ethoxysulfates in Wastewater Treatment Plant Influents and Effluents and in River Water Using Liquid Chromatography/Ion Spray Mass Spectrometry

1994 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 1620-1629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darwin D. Popenoe ◽  
Samuel J. Morris ◽  
Paul S. Horn ◽  
Kevin T. Norwood
Author(s):  
Ángeles Martínez-Orgániz ◽  
José Elías Becerril Bravo ◽  
María Llompart ◽  
Thierry Dagnac ◽  
J. Pablo Lamas ◽  
...  

Abstract Different groups of emerging pollutants (EPs) were identified (drugs, pesticides, hormones, illicit drugs, and fire retardant), and the removal of four antibiotics was determined (sulfamethoxazole 62.2–94.4%, ciprofloxacin 71–83.1%, norfloxacin 82–89%, and ofloxacin 78–97.9%) in a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Acapulco, Gro. Mexico. The compounds were extracted from influent and effluent samples by solid phase extraction (SPE). The identification of non-target EPs was performed by liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS). The antibiotic quantification was performed by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Most of the non-target compounds were detected only in the influent samples. Antibiotics levofloxacin and nalidixic acid, the anticonvulsants carbamazepine and oxycarbamazepine, the local anesthetic lidocaine, and the pesticide tridemorph were the main EPs not removed by the WWTP. In this study, it was shown that the Aguas Blancas WWTP does not manage to remove 100% of the various EPs identified in the effluent, although the elimination degree is high in most cases, despite being one of the model plants in Mexico.


2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Iwane ◽  
T. Urase ◽  
K. Yamamoto

Escherichia coli and coliform group bacteria resistant to seven antibiotics were investigated in the Tama River, a typical urbanized river in Tokyo, Japan, and at a wastewater treatment plant located on the river. The percentages of antibiotic resistance in the wastewater effluent were, in most cases, higher than the percentages in the river water, which were observed increasing downstream. Since the possible increase in the percentages in the river was associated with treated wastewater discharges, it was concluded that the river, which is contaminated by treated wastewater with many kinds of pollutants, is also contaminated with antibiotic resistant coliform group bacteria and E.coli. The percentages of resistant bacteria in the wastewater treatment plant were mostly observed decreasing during the treatment process. It was also demonstrated that the percentages of resistance in raw sewage are significantly higher than those in the river water and that the wastewater treatment process investigated in this study works against most of resistant bacteria in sewage.


2016 ◽  
Vol 409 (5) ◽  
pp. 1395-1404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Ken Dimzon ◽  
Joke Westerveld ◽  
Christoph Gremmel ◽  
Tobias Frömel ◽  
Thomas P. Knepper ◽  
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