A method for the determination of 27 compounds in drinking-water treatment sludge was evaluated.
A QuEChERS method and UPCL-ESI-MS/MS parameters were optimized.
QuEChERS method provides clean extracts with few matrix effects.
The method was successfully applied to determination of the analytes in real samples.
Caffeine and benzophenone-3 were detected in ng g−1 levels.