Analysis and occurrence of pharmaceuticals, estrogens, progestogens and polar pesticides in sewage treatment plant effluents, river water and drinking water in the Llobregat river basin (Barcelona, Spain)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 358, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 112-123

  Kuster, Marina ^a   López de Alda, Maria José ^a   Hernando, Maria Dolores ^b   Petrovic, Mira ^a,c   Martín Alonso, Jordi ^d   Barceló, Damià ^a,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d AGBAR   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Llobregat river; Monitoring; Organic pollutants; Water analysis; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEON; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PESTICIDES; POTABLE WATER; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPRAYING; SULFATE MINERALS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

ATENOLOL; BARCELONA , SPAIN; BENTAZONE; CHEMICAL GROUPS; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DETECTION LIMIT (DL); DICLOFENAC; DRINKING WATER; ELECTROSPRAY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (ESP TSM); ELSEVIER (CO); EMERGING CONTAMINANTS; EU LIMITS; IBUPROFEN (IBP); INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); MECOPROP; NANOGRAM; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS (PPCPS); POLAR PESTICIDES; PROPANIL; RIVER BASINS; RIVER WATERS; SALICYLIC ACID (SA); SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS (STP); SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE); TRICLOSAN (TCS); WATER SAMPLES;

RIVERS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; DRUG; EFFLUENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLOBREGAT BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 47949133326     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.05.030     Document Type: Article

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