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Determination of contaminants of emerging concern and their transformation products in treated-wastewater irrigated soil and corn

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CHEMOSPHERE
卷 281, 期 -, 页码 -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130735

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Contaminants of emerging concern; Plant uptake; Benzotriazoles; Soil; Non-targeted analysis

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  1. Penn State University Office of the Physical Plant (OPP) Graduate Research Award

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This study found a high presence of contaminants in soil and corn crops irrigated with treated wastewater, showing significant chemical differences compared to control samples. Furthermore, new compounds suspected to be transformation products from the chlorine disinfection process in wastewater treatment plants were tentatively identified in the wastewater effluent.
In many parts of the world, clean water has become increasingly scarce. Irrigation of agricultural land with treated wastewater is commonly used in response to water shortages but there is concern about the environmental fate and transport of contaminants present in the irrigation wastewater. This study aimed to examine the presence of wastewater sourced contaminants in soil and field grown corn (Zea mays) crops spray irrigated with treated wastewater. Soil, corn grain, leaves, and roots were sampled and tested from a long-term wastewater irrigation site as well as a non-irrigated control site in close geographic proximity. Samples were analyzed using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time of flight mass spectrometry (GC x GC-TOFMS) and both targeted and non-targeted analyses were conducted to determine chemical differences between the wastewater irrigated and control samples. Target compounds detected and quantified in the samples include herbicides, phthalates, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Non-targeted analysis showed chemical differences between each the wastewater irrigated and control samples. Furthermore, new chloro-dimethyl-benzotriazole compounds, which are suspected to be transformation products created by the chlorine disinfection process of the wastewater treatment plant, were tentatively identified in the wastewater effluent. Twenty of these new benzotriazoles were detected and semi-quantified in the wastewater irrigated soil samples at a maximum concentration of 472 ng/g. Eight of the most abundant benzotriazoles were also detected in the corn roots at concentrations up to 56 ng/g.

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