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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Water Works Assoc. 2018 Apr 9;110(4):E2–E18. doi: 10.1002/awwa.1052

TABLE 5.

Quantitative detections assessment

Location With Max Detection Analyte CAS Number n Qualitative Frequency of Detection %a Quantitative Frequency of Detection %a Max Source Water Conc ng/La Max WWTP-Influenced Conc ng/Lb Source as % of WWTP Impacted Conc

DWTP2 Tri(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate 78-51-3 25 36 4 470.0
Tri(2-chloroethyl) phosphate 115-96-8 25 32 4 65.0
DWTP3 Tramadol 27203-92-5 25 32 16 1,723.0 1,311.3 1.8
Trimethoprim 738-70-5 25 28 16 9.9 198.8 5.0
Diltiazem 42399-41-7 25 20 8 15.5 56.0 27.7
Ibuprofen 15687-27-1 25 8 8 17.7 1,620.0 1.1
Furosemide 54-31-9 25 4 4 17.5
Paraxanthine 611-59-6 25 4 4 29.2
DWTP4 Galaxolide (HHCB) 1222-05-5 25 36 36 110.0 1,400.0 7.9
Metoprolol 51384-51-1 25 52 32 37.8 367.1 10.3
Carbamazepine 298-46-4 25 56 28 35.7 382.7 9.3
Estrone 53-16-7 25 52 20 0.3 31.5 0.9
Hydrochlorthiazide 58-93-5 25 24 20 67.3
Desvenlafaxine 93413-62-8 25 28 16 60.4 1,953.5 3.1
Bromoform 75-25-2 25 12 12 88.0
Caffeine 58-08-2 25 32 12 2,790.9 1,275.9 7.1
Triclosan 3380-34-5 25 52 12 3.5 534.0 0.7
Valsartan 137862-53-4 25 20 12 79.2
Cotinine 486-56-6 25 16 8 18.9 68.1 27.7
Fexofenadine 83799-24-0 25 12 8 163.1 2,047.4 8.0
Venlafaxine 93413-69-5 25 12 8 26.3 407.3 6.5
Atenolol 29122-68-7 25 28 4 29.8 551.1 5.4
Diphenhydramine 58-73-1 25 16 4 10.3 145.3 7.1
Progesterone 57-83-0 25 12 4 0.1 0.9 16.0
DWTP 12 Bisphenol A 80-05-7 25 4 4 28.5 163.0 17.5
DWTP 18 Triclocarban 101-20-2 21 57 24 2.9
Dihydrotestosterone 521-18-6 24 4 4 0.3 1.6 19.8
N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide 134-62-3 25 48 4 98.0
Testosterone 58-22-0 25 4 4 0.2 1.1 14.1
DWTP 21 Atrazine 1912-24-9 25 44 24 323.3 5,170.0 6.3
Metolachlor 51218-45-2 25 36 12 130.0 1,490.0 8.7
Norverapamil 67018-85-3 25 20 8 47.2
10-hydroxy-amitriptyline 1159-82-6 25 4 4 0.3 9.4 3.2
Amitriptyline 50-48-6 25 4 4 12.1 10.2 118.1
Verapamil 52-53-9 25 20 4 45.9 12.9 355.7
DWTP 22 PFHpa 375-85-9 25 96 96 184.0
PFHxA 307-24-4 25 96 96 55.1
PFNA 375-95-1 25 96 96 41.4
PFBA 375-22-4 25 92 92 96.8
PFPeA 2706-90-3 25 92 92 501.0
PFOS 1763-23-1 25 96 88 48.3
PFOA 335-67-1 25 100 76 112.0
PFDA 335-76-2 25 92 60 31.1
PFUnDA 2058-94-8 25 36 32 2.9
PFDoDA 307-55-1 25 20 8 0.3
Carisoprodol 78-44-4 25 16 4 5.0 155.9 3.2
Fluconazole 86386-73-4 25 8 4 33.7 232.4 14.5
Meprobamate 57-53-4 25 32 4 14.2 405.9 3.5
Sulfadimethoxine 122-11-2 25 8 4 7.0 1,800.0 0.4
DWTP 24 PFBS 375-73-5 25 100 96 11.1
PFHxS 355-46-4 25 92 92 44.8
Tributyl phosphate 126-73-8 25 8 4 87.0 503.0 17.3
DWTP 26 Bupropion 34841-39-9 25 20 20 9.4 159.6 5.9
Cholesterol 57-88-5 25 24 4 200.0 3,170.0 6.3
DWTP 27 Methyl-1H-benzotriazole 136-85-6 25 48 44 1,199.9 921.0 130.3
Sulfamethoxazole 723-46-6 25 60 40 161.1 1,500.0 10.7
Pseudoephederine 90-82-4 25 24 20 4.5 89.0 5.0
Desmethyldiltiazem 85100-17-0 25 8 8 6.0 19.8 30.3
Methocarbamol 532-03-6 25 36 8 32.3 2,627.3 1.2
Hydrocodone 125-29-1 25 4 4 8.1 45.8 17.7
Ranitidine 66357-35-5 25 4 4 13.1 313.9 4.2
DWTP 29 Lidocaine 137-58-6 25 20 8 29.7 408.8 7.3
a

Source water concentrations are taken from Glassmeyer et al. 2017.

b

Wastewater-influenced concentrations are taken from Bradley et al. 2017.

Conc—concentration, DWTP—drinking water treatment plant, WWTP—wastewater treatment plant