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Several migration tests are performed from various epoxy paint samples that, according to the regulation, can be used in food reservoirs such as drinking water reservoirs. The level of the organic compounds capable of producing migrations to water with special attention to endocrine disruptor compounds (EDCs) are identified and estimated by closed loop-stripping analysis (CLSA) and liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) methods coupled with gas chromatography (GC)-mass spectrometry (MS). Bisphenol A, a strong endocrine disruptor, is found in all migration experiments. Its concentration level reaches between 0.02 and 0.03 mg/cm2. The higher concentration corresponds with benzylic alcohol, which is used as a solvent and curing agent in epoxy paint. Other EDCs identified in the migration tests are phthalates, 4-nonylphenol, and t-butylphenol. The main non-EDCs identified are solvents, antioxidants, and rubber-like compounds. No great differences are found in the use of metallic plates or concrete slabs for migration experiments; only additional compounds related with the pretreatment of the concrete wall have been identified, too. In the study of a drinking water sample the same organic compounds identified in the migration test is not seen. This is probably because of the dynamic situation in a drinking water reservoir. Finally, a GC profile of a direct epoxy paint analysis is shown. The main peak identified is bisphenol A diglycidyl ether, monomer, and an active principle of the polymerization of epoxy resins based on bisphenol A. In addition, we report the recoveries of a selected group of EDCs using CLSA and LLE methods coupled with GC-MS.

A study of organic compounds which caused several odor problems in water supplies from NW Spain was carried out. Sour dish-cloths, potato bin and musty were the main descriptors associated with these events. Closed loop stripping analysis combined with sensory-GC and GC/MS detection was used. The compound producing the initial odor event was 3,5-dimethyl-2-methoxypyrazine, identified for the first time as the compound responsible for odor incidents in finished water. Concentration levels were up to 300 ng/L in the effluent from an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and 3 ng/L in finished water. 3-isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazine and other alkyl methoxypyrazines were the compounds responsible for the odor events that occurred several months later. Concentration levels in the mg/L range were measured in the activated sludge of a WWTP.

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