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. 2010 Aug 10;44(17):6591–6600. doi: 10.1021/es100834s

Table 4. Approximate Mass of Antibiotics [g] within Lagoons, Groundwater, Management Unit Surface, and Within the 0−30 cm Soil Horizon Calculated by Multiplying the Average Concentration with the Lagoon Volume, Groundwater Volume in the Monitoring Well Source Area and Areas of Each Management Unit, Respectivelya.

  Dairy I
Dairy II
  lagoon lagoon sediments ground water surface soil lagoon ground water surface soil
tylosin 0.01
sulfadimethoxine 402 0.1 34 36 0.01 1 7
sulfamethazine 550 316 4.1 6 14 0.3 9 170
sulfamethoxazole 103 4 31
total chlorotetracycline 1543 1
iso-chlorotetracycline 42 3
epi-iso-chlortetracycline 29 2
oxytetracycline 18 956 30 11 180
tetracycline 2 368 76 6 1 55
epi-tetracycline 6 98 1 0.3
lincomycin 0.2 3 2.2
trimethoprim 0.4
total erythromycin A 767
a

Assumptions are well source area 15 m wide by 100 m long and affecting an average depth below the water table of 3.5 m with aquifer porosity of 30%, surface depth 5 cm, soil depth 30 cm, the soil density 1.8 g cm−3, the lagoon sediment depth 0.8m, the lagoon sediment density 1.0 g cm−3, and lagoon sediment moisture content 40%. Lagoon sediments at Dairy II were not collected.