期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 430, 期 -, 页码 119-125出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.069
关键词
Steroidal estrogen; Biodegradation; Wastewater treatment plant; Removal efficiency; Estrogenic potency
资金
- National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
We measured steroidal estrogens in wastewater in Ottawa and Cornwall (Ontario, Canada) to determine removal efficiency of these steroids during the treatment process, and whether removal varies during a seasonal cycle. Estrone (E1), 17 beta-estradiol (E2) and 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2) were found at maximum concentrations in raw sewage (RS), at 104, 66.9 and 5.7 ng L-1, respectively. For the Ottawa wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), there was sufficient data to show that El concentrations in RS correlated with both ambient air temperature and mean daily flow of the WWTP (R-2 = 0.792, p = 0.003 and R-2 = 0.757, p = 0.005). El removal was correlated with the percent difference in cBOD from RS to FE (final effluent) (R-2 = 0.435, p = 0.075). However estrogenic potency, as determined by a sensitive in vitro reporter gene assay, did not decrease during the water treatment process, suggesting that many estrogenic chemicals are conserved in FE. El and EE2 were found in river water, both upstream and downstream of the WWTPs, and at much lower concentrations than in FE Our study demonstrates the persistence of steroidal estrogens and estrogenic potency in Ontario WWTP effluents and surface waters, and has uncovered temporal patterns of release that may be used to help predict risks to aquatic organisms in these environments. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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