Table 3.

Concentration ranges and mean values (n = 6) of target contaminants in wastewater influent and limit of quantitation (LOQ) with standard deviation in parentheses (n = 6).

Compounds	LOQ (ng/L)	Range (μg /L)	Mean (μg /L)
Caffeine	10.6 (4.1)	8.53–33.7	18.4
Atenolol	8.54 (3.32)	0.012–0.409	0.166
Metoprolol	9.85 (4.56)	0.437–3.21	1.73
Amoxicillin	6.11 (4.07)	0.008–0.035	0.02
Trimethoprim	11.2 (7.35)	n.d. −0.023	0.007
Sulfadimidine	4.75 (2.32)	0.005–0.131	0.059
Sulfamethoxazole	6.83 (3.22)	0.012–0.092	0.037
Norfloxacin	10.63 (6.12)	0.014–0.226	0.106
Ofloxacin	14.46 (10.32)	0.1–0.912	0.560
Ciprofloxacin	3.65 (1.55)	n.d. −0.089	0.034
Lomefloxacin	2.12(1.46)	n.d. −0.0388	0.01
Enrofloxacin	3.56 (1.47)	n.d. −0.008	0.004
Oxytetracycline	2.66 (1.75)	0.009–0.035	0.018
Tetracycline	2.32 (1.02)	0.003–0.008	0.023
Chlortetracycline	4.11 (1.36)	n.d. −0.022	0.008
Doxycycline	2.33 (1.21)	n.d. −0.08	0.018
Clarithromycin	35.11 (15.88)	n.d. −1.26	0.368
Erythromycin-H2O	43.4 (45.9)	n.d. −0.082	0.020
Roxithromycin	35.3 (15.44)	n.d. −0.253	0.079
Azithromycin	23.12 (4.98)	0.047–4.42	1.41
Carbamazpine	3.13 (1.78)	n.d. −0.032	0.014
Benzhabeite	20.3 (8.65)	0.022–0.151	0.074
Bisphenol A	16.46 (6.21)	0.3–1.52	0.833
Nonylphenol	15.2 (10.6)	0.126–0.873	0.421
Estrone	7.65 (3.32)	0.078–0.158	0.106
17β-Estradiol	10.1 (4.40)	0.011–0.054	0.030
Estriol	8.32 (4.67)	0.042–0.162	0.092

n.d.: not detectable (below the LOQ).