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Occurrence of antibiotics in the Xiaoqing River basin and antibiotic source contribution-a case study of Jinan city, China

Journal

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 20, Pages 25241-25254

Publisher

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-12202-z

Keywords

Antibiotics; Occurrence; Xiaoqing River; Source contribution; Surface water; Risk evaluation

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [41672340]

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The study investigated antibiotic pollution in the Xiaoqing River basin, finding high risks posed by antibiotics such as ofloxacin and spatial-temporal distribution differences. The contribution rate of sewage treatment plants was high, with approximately 972.31 kg of antibiotics discharged into Bohai Bay in 2017, potentially threatening the marine ecosystem.
Twenty antibiotics were investigated to evaluate the degree of antibiotic pollution, the temporal and spatial antibiotic distribution and the ecological risks in the Xiaoqing River basin (main stream). The total antibiotic concentrations in surface water and sediment were 0.99 to 832.4 ng L-1 and 9.71 to 7841.61 ng g(-1), respectively, and that ofloxacin was the dominant antibiotic. However, ofloxacin, erythromycin, clarithromycin and sulfamethoxazole posed high risks to algae, among which clarithromycin presented the highest risk quotients (23.8). In addition, there were spatial and temporal differences in the antibiotic concentration distribution. Temporally, the following trend was detected: dry season > normal season > wet season; spatially, the following trend was detected: Jinan > Dongying > Binzhou > Zibo > Weifang. Meanwhile, we used the PCA-MLR model to quantify the contribution rate of the four sewage treatment plants A, B, C and D. Factor 1 (co-sources A, B, C, D) contributed 64.1% of the total antibiotic concentration in the Xiaoqing River. According to the estimated flux into the sea, approximately 972.31 kg of antibiotics were discharged into Bohai Bay in 2017, posing a potential threat to the marine ecosystem. As a comprehensive river channel used for flood control, waterlogging, irrigation and shipping, its water quality safety is of great significance to the surrounding residents and ecological safety. Therefore, further investigations of antibiotic pollution and source contribution are necessary.

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