Occurrence and removal of drugs and endocrine disruptors in the Bolonha Water Treatment Plant in Belém/PA (Brazil)

Occurrence and removal of drugs and endocrine disruptors in the Bolonha Water Treatment Plant in Belém/PA (Brazil)

This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of drugs and endocrine disrupters in water supplies and in water for human consumption. Twelve sampling campaigns were carried out during the rainy and dry season at four sampling points in the Bolonha Complex, in the city of Belém, northern region of B...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment Vol. 193; no. 5; p. 246
Main Authors: Teixeira, Luiza C. G. M., das Chaves, Juliane Ribeiro, Mendonça, Neyson, Sanson, Ananda L., Alves, Mariana C. P., Afonso, Robson J. C. F., Aquino, Sérgio F.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01-05-2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Analytical methods
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Bisphenol A
Brazil
Catchment area
Chromatography
Contaminants
Drugs
Dry season
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Endocrine disruptors
Endocrine Disruptors - analysis
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental science
Household wastes
Humans
Ingestion
Liquid chromatography
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Octylphenol
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Rainy season
Raw water
Reservoirs
Sampling
Sewage
Solid phases
Treated water
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water Purification
Water supply
Water tanks
Water treatment
Water treatment plants
Wet season
Brazil
Endocrine disruptors
Water treatment
Microcontaminants
Risk analysis
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Summary:This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of drugs and endocrine disrupters in water supplies and in water for human consumption. Twelve sampling campaigns were carried out during the rainy and dry season at four sampling points in the Bolonha Complex, in the city of Belém, northern region of Brazil: Bolonha reservoir (catchment) and Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Bolonha (filtered water chamber, treated water tank, and washing water from the filters). The determination of the compounds was performed by solid phase extraction followed by gas and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. The results confirmed the anthropic influence that the reservoir and WTP-Bolonha have been suffering, as consequence of the discharge of domestic sewage in natura . Among 25 microcontaminants analyzed, 12 were quantified in raw water and 10 in treated water. The antiallergic Loratadine (LRT) was the contaminant that occurred most frequently in all sample points, having been poorly removed (median 12%) in the conventional treatment used. Losartana (LST), 4-octylphenol (4-OP), and Bisphenol A (BPA) also occurred very frequently in raw water with concentrations ranging from 3.7 to 194 ng L −1 . Although such contaminants occurred in treated water in concentrations varying from 4.0 to 135 ng L −1 , the estimated margin of exposure ranged from 55 to 3333 times which indicates low risk of human exposure to such contaminants through ingestion of treated water.
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-021-09025-x