Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 43, Issue 8, Pages 2191-2200Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.02.016
Keywords
Taste and odor; Solid phase micro extraction (SPME); GC-MS-olfactometry; Planktothrix; Cyanobacteria; Lake water
Funding
- European Union project TECHNEAU [018320]
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The occurrence of algal taste and odor (T&O) compounds was investigated in three Swiss lakes which exhibit different nutrient levels from eutrophic to oligotrophic (Lake Greifensee, Lake Zurich and Lake Lucerne). Apart from dissolved T&O compounds, the study also encompassed particle-bound compounds, i.e., compounds that can be released from damaged algal cells during drinking water treatment. A combined instrumental (SPME-GC-MS) and sensory method was applied that allowed to detect and quantify T&O compounds in natural waters in the sub ppt to low ppt-range. In addition to the prominent T&O compounds geosmin and 2-methyl-isoborneol (MIB), four other T&O compounds could be detected in the lake waters, though all at relatively low concentrations (maximum concentrations of geosmin 19 ng L-1, MIB 3 ng L-1, beta-ionone 27 ng L-1, beta-cyclocitral 7 ng L-1, 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine 2 ng L-1, 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine 16 ng L-1). The concentration peaks typically occurred in the epilimnion during summer concurrent with a high phytoplankton biomass. Consistently, the concentration levels for most of the compounds varied substantially between the three lakes and generally decreased in the order eutrophic Lake Greifensee > mesotrophic Lake Zurich > oligotrophic Lake Lucerne. Furthermore, our data revealed that the occurrence of beta-ionone was largely influenced by Planktothrix rubescens. This is the first time that a correlation between beta-ionone and this cyanobacterium has been reported for natural waters. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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