Table 6.

Concentration of the selected pharmaceuticals in riverine waters and wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in literature data.

	Compounds [ng/L]
Sample location	Caffeine (CAF)	Ibuprofen (IBU)	Carbamazepine (CBM)	References
Rivers
Wisła River, Kraków, Poland	326–1198	38	40	66,67
Rudawa River, Kraków, Poland	367–626	33	58	66,67
Dłubnia River, Kraków, Poland	370	10	47	66
Wilga River, Kraków, Poland	326	–	–	67
Surface water, Poland	113–5250	4–737	28–1840	68,69
Surface water, UK	55–199	< 0.2–5044	< 1–25	70
Surface water, Germany	–	–	< 1–7100	70
Surface water, France	13–107	ND–5	ND–56	71
Surface water, Spain	12–416	6–2784	0.3–104	72
Surface water, Greece	38–72	< LOQ	92–186	73
Surface water, Nigeria	< 4–1080	6720	< 1–342	74
Surface water, South Africa	1170–60,530	–	–	74
Surface water, China	66–8571	< LOD–195	1–30	8,75
Surface water, Brazil	200–14,820	–	< 20–1590	54
WWTPs
Kraków WWTP influent	2334–6768	666–3070	1452–3427	66
Kraków WWTP effluent	< LOQ–1432	17–672	42–137	66
WWTP Poland influent	78,300–156,000	280–23,800	1120–2690	36,68
WWTP Poland effluent	ND–364	0–110	1650–2240	36,68
WWTP Greece influent	856–6679	< LOD–1258	326–1012	73
WWTP Greece effluent	28–119	< LOD–790	172–552	73
WWTP Jordan influent	156,000	–	3138–3352	76
WWTP Jordan effluent	1560	–	2365–3020	76
WWTP Canada influent	–	–	3124	77
WWTP Canada effluent	–	–	2956	77

– lack of data.