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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2018 Mar 22;633:249–256. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.175

Table 2.

Mass loading of illicit drugs and their metabolites (mg/d) into two wastewater treatment plants in Western Kentucky, USA.

Mean Mass Loading ± SD at WWTPA
Mean Mass Loading ± SD at WWTPB
Analytes Independence Day
Observation Week
Typical Week First Week of
Semester
Independence Day
Observation Week
Typical Week Solar Eclipse Observation
Week (n=4)
Stimulants
Cocaine (CCN) 1720 ± 948 1580 ± 772 1480 ± 779 5120 ± 1020 3680 ± 117 3730 ± 836
Benzoylecgonine (BEG) 4880 ± 1620 3720 ± 791 3930 ± 1660 23500 ± 7210 21100 ± 3340 21000 ± 6390
Norcocaine (NCCN) 1000 ± 894 448 ± 462 192 ± 129 94.9 ± 101 255 ± 60.7 142 ± 72.1
Cocaethylene (CCE) 797 ± 646 308 ± 301 159 ± 145 258 ± 218 209 ± 92.6 128 ± 52.6
Amphetamine (APT) 3320 ± 1130 3160 ± 462 3060 ± 1350 5920 ± 1570 6900 ± 949 8780 ± 1510
Methamphetamine (MAPT) 13600 ± 5550 10600 ± 1800 11400 ± 2700 34800 ± 12100 33200 ± 4250 31500 ± 4480
Opioids/Narcotics
Heroin (HER) 41200 ± 22700 8990 ± 255 N/A 10300 ± 6160 N/A N/A
6-acetyl morphine (AMPH) 11100 ± 12200 4640 ± 6350 268 ± 298 1120 ± 1300 78.2 ± 121 47.4 ± 32.2
Morphine (MPH) 1800 ± 727 1550 ± 452 1340 ± 409 1910 ± 840 2120 ± 364 2400 ± 367
Methadone (MTD) 1150 ± 537 647 ± 197 527 ± 146 809 ± 284 987 ± 94.3 1070 ± 203
EDDP 3790 ± 1480 2640 ± 1090 2040 ± 440 4230 ± 1380 4580 ± 506 4330 ± 996
Hallucinogens
MDMA 874 ± 413 306 ± 343 154 ± 145 N/A N/A 126 ± 61.3
MDEA 706 ± 39.9 274 ± 304 117 ± 125 N/A N/A N/A
MDA 1020 ± 673 379 ± 413 119 ± 97.8 126 ± 104 N/A N/A
THC 379 ± 410 312 ± 139 N/A 190 ± 223 799 ± 1270 1330 ± 1590
THCA 2540 ± 2820 6860 ± 1881 7675 ± 3880 14700 ± 5400 11200 ± 1860 14500 ± 8150
THC-OH 27600 ± 56000 16000 ± 7090 11000 ± 7980 2500 ± 1540 3860 ± 1450 4980 ± 2810