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. 2024 Mar 27;29(7):1480. doi: 10.3390/molecules29071480

Table 2.

Overview of the pharmaceuticals determined in the influent (inflow) and the effluent (outflow) from ten WWTPs in the Czech Republic (n.d.—not detected).

Analyte Concentration [μg L−1]
WWTP
1
Inflow		 WWTP
1
Outflow		 WWTP
2
Inflow		 WWTP
2
Outflow		 WWTP
3
Inflow		 WWTP
3
Outflow		 WWTP
4
Inflow		 WWTP
4
Outflow		 WWTP
5
Inflow		 WWTP
5
Outflow		 WWTP
6
Inflow		 WWTP
6
Outflow		 WWTP
7
Inflow		 WWTP
7
Outflow		 WWTP
8
Inflow		 WWTP
8
Outflow		 WWTP
9
Inflow		 WWTP
9
Outflow		 WWTP
10
Inflow		 WWTP
10
Outflow
Atenolol 0.093 0.152 n.d. 0.014 0.234 0.214 0.528 0.025 1.87 0.102 3.59 0.088 0.773 0.025 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.421 0.300
Caffeine 38.5 2.21 17.1 1.89 21.4 0.959 117.3 1.98 140.7 4.92 160.4 2.09 195.7 1.55 61.6 1.21 45.7 5.90 22.1 2.18
Carbamazepine 0.671 0.849 0.964 0.179 0.139 0.265 0.380 0.432 n.d. 0.003 2.44 0.880 1.42 0.935 0.239 0.336 0.037 n.d. 0.135 0.270
Citalopram 0.206 0.210 0.164 0.150 0.186 0.195 0.825 0.494 4.44 1.44 1.86 0.521 1.35 0.640 0.493 0.711 n.d. n.d. 0.186 0.222
Diclofenac 3.14 2.03 0.308 0.275 0.213 0.367 3.01 1.79 6.53 3.10 5.21 2.06 5.70 0.496 0.205 0.553 0.050 13.1 0.343 0.322
Enalapril 0.033 n.d. 0.007 n.d. 0.007 n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.076 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Furosemide 1.08 1.98 1.71 1.20 1.14 1.19 3.03 1.57 43.2 10.7 2.44 1.16 16.3 1.29 25.8 4.96 2.11 0.009 0.080 0.168
Gabapentin 10.9 12.6 2.00 2.16 4.30 7.33 27.9 3.16 51.7 7.79 19.9 3.92 69.1 3.79 109.9 3.67 2.04 0.372 4.59 8.23
Hydrochlorothiazide 0.635 1.71 0.800 1.27 0.974 1.39 3.96 3.30 11.1 2.52 8.28 3.37 9.03 4.78 9.38 8.76 6.25 0.149 3.04 2.33
Indomethacin 0.104 0.112 0.020 0.046 0.056 0.077 0.049 0.110 0.121 0.103 0.012 0.102 0.164 0.171 0.009 0.090 n.d. n.d. 0.055 0.088
Iomeprol 0.133 2.90 0.079 n.d. 4.57 1.12 0.110 0.122 222.4 144.0 6.68 2.33 298.1 2.05 n.d. 0.074 n.d. n.d. 5.33 0.995
Iopromide n.d. 0.077 n.d. n.d. 0.052 0.029 0.019 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.071 0.804 0.112 n.d. 0.251 n.d. n.d. 0.083 n.d.
Ketoprofen 0.089 0.045 3.88 n.d. 0.031 0.036 0.012 0.051 1.39 0.070 0.196 0.044 1.26 0.019 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.034 0.032
Metoprolol 0.643 0.985 0.700 0.438 0.600 0.800 2.90 1.76 30.8 3.63 12.0 1.82 8.64 2.77 2.40 2.53 3.11 0.026 0.622 0.902
Metronidazole 0.034 0.024 0.006 0.015 0.033 0.112 0.040 0.032 n.d. 0.018 n.d. 0.007 n.d. 0.011 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.042 0.118
Naproxen 0.265 0.094 3.49 n.d. 0.270 0.085 4.90 0.651 3.93 0.509 2.49 1.16 12.6 0.078 1.82 n.d. 2.18 n.d. 0.867 0.045
Oxazepam 0.095 0.183 0.008 0.020 0.037 0.077 n.d. 0.012 n.d. 0.020 0.192 0.151 0.216 0.150 n.d. n.d. 0.202 n.d. 0.040 0.081
Paracetamol 28.7 n.d. 30.3 n.d. 11.0 n.d. 28.6 n.d. 54.5 n.d. 104.2 n.d. 83.7 n.d. 21.4 n.d. 14.7 n.d. 11.8 n.d.
Sulfamethoxazole 0.006 0.009 0.041 0.028 0.503 0.961 1.95 0.678 0.024 0.126 1.82 0.568 4.09 0.557 1.21 0.759 n.d. n.d. 0.431 1.10
Tramadol 0.231 0.396 0.123 0.247 0.164 0.405 1.97 1.89 17.1 7.11 0.666 1.40 3.59 1.93 n.d. 0.839 0.375 0.022 0.315 0.782
Trimethoprim 0.009 0.106 0.030 0.167 0.152 0.340 0.333 0.316 0.408 0.629 0.206 0.117 0.333 0.160 0.099 0.455 n.d. n.d. 0.152 0.357
Valsartan 0.347 0.946 0.550 0.038 0.475 0.142 5.45 0.146 29.0 8.11 4.48 0.134 11.3 0.109 8.20 0.145 5.19 0.011 0.477 0.145
Warfarin 0.003 0.006 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.004 0.022 0.007 0.022 0.033 0.024 0.017 0.016 0.019 n.d. 0.016 n.d. n.d. 0.003 0.003
Zolpidem 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.004 0.005 0.055 0.019 0.005 0.005 0.019 0.006 0.003 0.008 n.d. n.d. 0.001 0.002