Evaluating pharmaceuticals and caffeine as indicators of fecal contamination in drinking water sources of the Greater Montreal region

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-139

  Daneshvar, Atlasi ^a   Aboulfadl, Khadija ^b   Viglino, Liza ^b   Broséus, Romain ^c   Sauvé, Sébastien ^b   Madoux Humery, Anne Sophie ^c   Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A ^a,d   Prévost, Michèle ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Université Laval   (Canada)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Effluent; Indicators; Occurrence; Pharmaceuticals; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CAFFEINE; COMBINED SEWERS; CONTAMINATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; HERBICIDES; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); METABOLITES; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POTABLE WATER; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ATTENUATION PROCESS; DEISOPROPYLATRAZINE; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; FECAL CONTAMINATION; OCCURRENCE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TRIAZINE HERBICIDES;

RIVERS;

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ATRAZINE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYANAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DRINKING WATER; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; GEMFIBROZIL; NAPROXEN; PROGESTERONE; SIMAZINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ATRAZINE; BIOINDICATOR; DISCHARGE; DRINKING WATER; DRUG; EFFLUENT; FECAL PELLET; HORMONE; METABOLITE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER SYSTEM; SEWAGE; SIMAZINE; SURFACE WATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; FECES; FLOW RATE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84859881872     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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