Temporal and spatial patterns of micropollutants in urban receiving waters

Musolff, Andreas; Leschik, Sebastian; Möder, Monika; Strauch, Gerhard; Reinstorf, Frido; Schirmer, Mario

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.037

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“…Other detergents, plasticisers and fire retardants have been reported (Table S1). Bisphenol A is used as a plasticiser and common sources include treated waste water as well as septic tanks and landfills (Osenbruck et al, 2007;Buszka et al, 2009;Musolff et al, 2009). Other groups of detected industrial compounds include solvent stabilisers, surfactants and corrosion inhibitors , Loos et al, 2010, Stuart et al, 2011.…”

Section: Industrial Compoundsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other groups of detected industrial compounds include solvent stabilisers, surfactants and corrosion inhibitors , Loos et al, 2010, Stuart et al, 2011. Tonalide, also a musk, was reported in three different studies across Europe (Musolff et al, 2009;Bruchet et al, 2005 andStuart et al, 2011). Fluorinated organic compounds have a large range of uses including as refrigerants, fire retardants, in packaging and as protective coatings and there is growing interest in there environmental fate and occurrence (de Voogt et al, 2006).…”

Section: Industrial Compoundsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many national and regional studies have been biased towards sites with 'potential' contamination so the real frequency of occurrence and distribution in the environment remains poorly understood. More regional-scale studies are needed to fully assess the occurrence of EOC in groundwater, and characterise the spatial and temporal nature of EOC contamination, in agricultural biosolids and manure, sources from diffuse urban leakage as well as transport networks (Musolff et al, 2009;Stuart et al, 2011).…”

Section: Impacts On Groundwater Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence

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Emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) detected in groundwater may have adverse effects on human health and aquatic ecosystems. This paper reviews the existing occurrence data in groundwater for a range of EOCs including pharmaceutical, personal care, 'life-style' and selected industrial compounds. The main sources and pathways for organic EOCs in groundwater are reviewed, with occurrence data for EOCs in groundwater included from both targeted studies and broad reconnaissance surveys. Nanogram-microgram per litre concentrations are present in groundwater for a large range of EOCs as well as metabolites and transformation products and under certain conditions may pose a threat to freshwater bodies for decades due to relatively long groundwater residence times. In the coming decades, more of these EOCs are likely to have drinking water standards, environmental quality standards and/or groundwater threshold values defined, and therefore a better understanding of the spatial and temporal variation remains a priority.Keywords: emerging contaminants; review; groundwater; pharmaceuticals; occurrence Capsule: A large range of emerging organic contaminants are now being detected in groundwater as a result of recent and historical anthropogenic activities. IntroductionA diverse array of synthetic organic compounds are used by society in vast quantities for a range of purposes including the production and preservation of food, industrial manufacturing processes, as well as for human and animal healthcare. In the last few decades there has been a growing interest in the occurrence of these, so called, 'micro-organic contaminants' in the terrestrial and aquatic environment, their environmental fate and their potential toxicity (Stan and Linkerhagner, 1992;Stan et al., 1994;Halling-Sørensen et al., 1998;Daughton and Ternes, 1999;Schwarzenbach et al., 2006;Kümmerer, 2009). The contamination of groundwater resources by micro-organics is a growing concern and relatively poorly understood compared to other freshwater resources. Groundwater provides the most reliable perennial source of freshwater on Earth. It maintains flows and levels in rivers and lakes, is essential for the health of groundwater-dependant ecosystems, and in many parts of the world is the most important source of drinking water.Of particular concern are 'emerging organic contaminants' (EOCs). This term is used to cover not only newly developed compounds but also compounds newly discovered in the environment -often due to analytical developments (Lindsey et al., 2001;Petrovic and Barceló, 2006;Richardson and Ternes, 2011) and compounds that have only recently been categorised as contaminants. EOCs include a wide array of different compounds (as well as metabolites and transformation products-collectively referred to here as degradates)including; pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), pesticides, veterinary products, industrial compounds/by-products, food additives as well as engineered nanomaterials. Because of the vast array of possible comp...

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Section: Industrial Compoundsmentioning

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Section: Industrial Compoundsmentioning

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Section: Impacts On Groundwater Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…the macropollutants determined from monitoring the impacts of landfill (Peel, 2014) septic tanks and sewage networks (Navarro and Carbonell, 2007) and legacy industries (Hatheway and Doyle, 2006). This contrasts with low levels of understanding with respect to the impacts of emerging groundwater contaminants (Stuart et al, 2012), such as micropollutants (Musolff et al, 2009) and nanoparticles (Baun et al, 2009). Specific determinands commonly detected in UK groundwater include pesticides, metabolites, pharmaceuticals including carbamazepine and triclosan, nicotine, food additives and alkyl phosphates (Stuart et al, 2012).…”

Section: Urban-groundwater Systemsmentioning

confidence: 68%

Accounting for groundwater in future city visions

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A B S T R A C TCity planners, urban innovators and researchers are increasingly working on 'future city' initiatives to investigate the physical, social and political aspects of harmonized urban living. Despite this, sustainability principles and the importance of urban groundwater are lacking in future city visions. Using London as a case study, the importance of groundwater for cities is highlighted and a range of future city interventions may impact on groundwater are reviewed. Using data from water resource plans and city planning strategies, changes in the groundwater balance which may occur as a result of city interventions are calculated for two future city scenarios: a 'strategic' future informed by organisational policy and an 'aspirational' future guided by sustainability principles. For London, under a strategic future, preferential investment in industry-scale technologies such as wastewater treatment and groundwater storage would occur. Acknowledgement that behaviour change offers the potential for a faster rate of transformation than innovation technologies is ignored. The capacity of community-led action and smart-home technologies to deliver sustainable water use under an aspirational future is evident, with a measurable impact on urban groundwater. These methods may be used to inform city interventions that consider the social context in addition to environmental constraints and business drivers.

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“…BPA can also partially accumulate by passing through soil and river sediments. [15] 60-600 [43] 360-1620 [18] 378-890 [9] 416-2050 [23] 1800 [40] 2-44 [43] 30-1100 [15] 35-86 [23] 110-300 [18] 700 [40] 1.2-1900 [1] 2.1-87 [13] 2.2-4230 [21] 6-34 [23] 6-68 [11] 6-500 [26] 6-881 [22] 7.5-334 [12] 55-162 [27] 192-215 [15] 460-4800 [25] b.l.q.-494 [17] b.l.q.-7000 [19] b.l.q.-9300 [28] 1-1136 [20] 1-11 [4] 79-2550 [15] 600-11000 [14] 0.17-1.25 [2] 0.58-36700 [8] 1.1-43 [42] 4.3-130 [25] 10-530 [23] 53-196 [43] 0.32 [6] Fu and Kawamura [5] showed that bisphenol A is also present in air samples. In the agricultural areas of China, its concentration in the air does not exceed 240 pg/m3, but the air samples in urban areas are more contaminated (20-2.340 pg/m 3 ).…”

Section: Occurrence In the Environmentmentioning

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Sources of endocrine-disrupting compounds and their migration to the environment

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Rezka

2017

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The aim of this article is to present issues related to the presence and pathways of bisphenol A emission and its migration to wastewater and the environment. Bisphenol A (BPA) is an organic compound mainly used in the production of plastics. It is classified as an endocrine disrupting compound (EDC) and should therefore not be emitted to the environment. This paper presents basic information on bisphenol A, its applications and potential sources of emission to the environment. A wide review of literature confirming the occurrence of bisphenol A in sewage, sediments, natural waters, drinking water and the atmosphere is performed. Effective wastewater treatment and neutralisation of bisphenol A in sewage sludge could partially reduce the levels of BPA pollution in the aquatic environment.

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Temporal and spatial patterns of micropollutants in urban receiving waters

Cited by 126 publications

References 47 publications

Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence

Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence

Accounting for groundwater in future city visions

Sources of endocrine-disrupting compounds and their migration to the environment

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