Point sources of emerging contaminants along the Colorado River Basin: Source water for the arid Southwestern United States

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 430, Issue , 2012, Pages 237-245

  Jones Lepp, Tammy L ^a   Sanchez, Charles ^b   Alvarez, David A ^c   Wilson, Doyle C ^d   Taniguchi Fu, Randi Laurant ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^d Public Works Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River Basin; Emerging contaminants; Estrogenicity; Log D OW; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

COLORADO RIVER BASIN; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ESTROGENICITY; LOG D OW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

DRUG PRODUCTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

EXTRACTION;

AZITHROMYCIN; ESTROGEN; METHAMPHETAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DRUG; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER POLLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RIVERS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEASONS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STREET DRUGS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COLORADO BASIN [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84861851099     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.053     Document Type: Article

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