Widespread, routine occurrence of pharmaceuticals in sewage effluent, combined sewer overflows and receiving waters

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• 作者：Paul Kay^a ; ^{p.kay@leeds.ac.uk} ; Stephen R. Hughes^a ; ¹ ; James R. Ault^b ; Alison E. Ashcroft^b ; Lee E. Brown^a
• 关键词：Pharmaceuticals ; Water quality ; Effluent ; Pollution ; Emerging contaminants
• 刊名：Environmental Pollution
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：220
• 期：part_PB
• 页码：1447-1455
• 全文大小：1084 K
• 卷排序：220

文摘

Pharmaceuticals were routinely present in effluent and receiving waters.Mean concentrations were in the range of tens to hundreds ng l-1.Peak concentrations reached almost 5 μg l-1.Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are a source of pharmaceuticals.No dissipation of pharmaceuticals was found over a 5 km length of river.