Removal of 28 micropollutants and fluorescence EEM indexes was investigated.• 7 fluorescence EEM indexes specific to adsorption were found using PARAFAC analysis.• Correlations were found between the removal of spectroscopic indexes and most OMPs.• UV254 provided much less accurate correlations than most fluorescence indexes.• OMPs interactions with fluorescing DOM likely promoted their co-adsorption.
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