Position paper on passive sampling techniques for the monitoring of contaminants in the aquatic environment – Achievements to date and perspectives

Miège, Cécile; Mazzella, Nicolás; Allan, Ian; Dulio, Valeria; Smedes, Foppe; Tixier, C.; Vermeirssen, Etiënne L.M.; Brant, Jan L.; O’Toole, Simon; Budzinski, Hélène; Ghestem, Jean Philippe; Staub, Pierre-François; Lardy-Fontan, Sophie; Gonzalez, Jean-Louis; Coquery, Marina; Vrana, Branislav

doi:10.1016/j.teac.2015.07.001

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“…The recently organised NORMAN/AQUAREF workshop on passive sampling techniques for monitoring of contaminants in the aquatic environment [24] concluded that currently, the mechanisms of uptake to adsorption based PS are neither completely understood, nor fully under control. The calibration data that are available from literature are often variable and (unlike in partitioning PS) very substance specific [25].…”

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An interlaboratory study on passive sampling of emerging water pollutants

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Section: Availability Of Accurate Calibration Data For Adsorption Basmentioning

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An interlaboratory study on passive sampling of emerging water pollutants

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“…This calibration in combination with knowledge of the accumulation mechanisms of passive samplers allows the estimation of time-weighted average (TWA) water concentrations. However, the mechanisms of accumulation and desorption of polar contaminants into passive samplers are still not fully understood (Miège et al 2015), particularly for short durations (<1d). To date, contaminant concentrations in sewer overflows have mainly been monitored with traditional sampling methods such as grab samples and auto-samplers which have their short-comings.…”

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“…The Chemcatcher® sampler (Kingston et al 2000) is one of two common designs used to sample polar organic contaminants (Miège et al 2015). For the monitoring of short duration pollution events, suggested the use of styrenedivinylbenzene reverse phase sulfonated disks (SDB-RPS) without polyethersulfone (PES) membrane to obtain a high mass uptake of the passive samplers.…”

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Passive samplers to quantify micropollutants in sewer overflows: accumulation behaviour and field validation for short pollution events

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Contaminants in sewer overflows can contribute to exceedances of environmental quality standards, thus the quantification of contaminants during rainfall events is of relevance. However, monitoring is challenged by i) high spatiotemporal variability of contaminants in events of hard-to-predict durations, and ii) a large number of remote sites, which would imply enormous efforts with traditional sampling equipment. Therefore, we evaluate the applicability of passive samplers (Empore styrenedivinylbenzene reverse phase sulfonated (SDB-RPS)) to monitor a set of 13 polar organic contaminants. We present calibration experiments at high temporal resolution to assess the rate limiting accumulation mechanisms for short events (<36h), report parameters for typical sewer conditions and compare passive samplers with composite water samples in a field study (three locations, total 10 events). With sampling rates of 0.35 to 3.5L/d for one hour reference time, our calibration results indicate a high sensitivity of passive samplers to sample short, highly variable sewer overflows. The contaminant uptake kinetic shows a fast initial accumulation, which is not well represented with the typical first-order model. Our results indicate that mass transfer to passive samplers is either controlled by the water boundary layer and the sorbent, or by the sorbent alone. Overall, passive sampler concentration estimates are within a factor 0.4 to 3.1 in comparison to composite water samples in the field study. We conclude that passive samplers are a promising approach to monitor a large number of discharge sites although it cannot replace traditional stormwater quality sampling in some cases (e.g. exact load estimates, high temporal resolution). Passive samplers facilitate identifying and prioritizing locations that may require more detailed investigations.

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“…Passive sampling techniques have become popular for the monitoring of organic compounds present in aquatic systems (Chen et al 2013, Chen et al 2015b, Miège et al 2015, Mills et al 2014, Mills et al 2007, Vrana et al 2005) since first introduced in the 1980s (Soedergren 1987).…”

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Diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) for in situ sampling of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in waters

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A passive water sampler based on the diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) technique was developed and tested for 3 groups of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs, including oestrogens, alkyl-phenols and bisphenols). Three different resins (hydrophilic-lipophilic-balanced (HLB), XAD18 and Strata-XL-A (SXLA)) were investigated for their suitability as the binding phase for DGT devices. Laboratory tests across a range of pH (3.5-9.5), ionic strength (0.001-0.5 M) and dissolved organic matter concentration (0-20 mg L) showed HLB and XAD18-DGT devices were more stable compared to SXLA-DGT. HLB-DGT and XAD18-DGT accumulated test chemicals with time consistent with theoretical predictions, while SXLA-DGT accumulated reduced amounts of chemical. DGT performance was also compared in field deployments up to 28 days, alongside conventional active sampling at a wastewater treatment plant. Uptake was linear to the samplers over 18 days, and then began to plateau/decline, indicating the maximum deployment time in those conditions. Concentrations provided by the DGT samplers compared well with those provided by auto-samplers. DGT integrated concentrations over the deployment period in a way that grab-sampling cannot. The advantages of the DGT sampler over active sampling include: low cost, ease of simultaneous multi-site deployment, in situ analyte pre-concentration and reduction of matrix interferences compared with conventional methods. Compared to other passive sampler designs, DGT uptake is independent of flow rate and therefore allows direct derivation of field concentrations from measured compound diffusion coefficients. This passive DGT sampler therefore constitutes a viable and attractive alternative to conventional grab and active water sampling for routine monitoring of selected EDCs.

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Position paper on passive sampling techniques for the monitoring of contaminants in the aquatic environment – Achievements to date and perspectives

Cited by 94 publications

References 11 publications

An interlaboratory study on passive sampling of emerging water pollutants

An interlaboratory study on passive sampling of emerging water pollutants

Passive samplers to quantify micropollutants in sewer overflows: accumulation behaviour and field validation for short pollution events

Diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) for in situ sampling of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in waters

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