Table 1.

First-order apparent rate constants (k, sec^-1) for permanganate decay with and without progestagens in wastewaters at 22 ± 2°C for pH 6.3 (WWTP B, DOC 7.7 mg C L^-1) and 8.2 (WWTP A, COD 2.3 mg C L^-1)^a

	kKMO4(×10–3sec–1)
	Progestagens
Wastewaters	pH 6.3	pH 8.2
without SH	0.57 ± 0.02	0.44 ± 0.06
	(0.99)	(0.99)
with SH	1.2 ± 0.1	1.13 ± 0.07
	(0.94)	(0.98)
Milli-Q water	pH 6.0	pH 8.0
with SH	1.1 ± 0.2	1.0 ± 0.2
	(0.90)	(0.93)

^a Values in parentheses represent coefficients of determination (R²) and uncertainties on k values represent calculated standard deviation (SD) given from the linear regression equation.