Table 3.
Environmental data week average (results for 7 days sampling campaign with 24-h composite (wastewater) or grab (river water) samples)
| Analyte | Wastewater influent (ng L−1) |
Wastewater effluent (ng L−1) |
River upstream (ng L−1) |
River downstream (ng L−1) |
Digested sludge (ng g−1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,4,5- & 2,4,6-trichlorophenol | 2.5 ± 1.4 | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 0.1 ± 0.3 | 0.04 ± 0.16 | 57.5 ± 3.7 |
| 2-ethylhexanoic acid* | 17,612.3 ± 21,685.4 | 417.0 ± 236.1 | 4290.5 ± 2277.5 | 3030.9 ± 1594.6 | n.a. |
| 2-naphthol | 78.0 ± 20.5 | 9.3 ± 6.4 | 7.9 ± 9.2 | 6.7 ± 8.0 | n.a. |
| 4,4′-dihydroxybenzophenone | 24.2 ± 4.2 | 15.2 ± 1.5 | 1.7 ± 0.4 | 2.0 ± 0.4 | 3.2 ± 0.19 |
| 4-benzylphenol | 10.4 ± 6.0 | 18.2 ± 9.2 | 43.0 ± 64.9 | 28.3 ± 38.7 | n.a. |
| 4-chloro-3,5-dimethylphenol | 8492.4 ± 3344.6 | 3975.2 ± 932.8 | 34.7 ± 13.7 | 100.8 ± 29.5 | 455.6 ± 7.5 |
| 4-chloro-3-methylphenol | 2632.9 ± 903.7 | 43.3 ± 16.2 | 4.4 ± 1.5 | 3.3 ± 0.9 | 520.5 ± 16.6 |
| 4-n-nonylphenol | < MQL | 31.2 ± 16.5 | 12.1 ± 7.9 | 13.3 ± 6.5 | 3.4 ± 0.06 |
| 4-n-octylphenol | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
| Atrazine | 48.3 ± 4.1 | 45.3 ± 6.7 | 66.6 ± 5.2 | 59.5 ± 9.6 | n.d. |
| Benzophenone-1 | 47.1 ± 14.6 | 6.8 ± 1.5 | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 8 ± 0.6 |
| Benzophenone-2 | 13.1 ± 2.5 | 10.6 ± 0.9 | 0.9 ± 0.6 | 0.9 ± 0.7 | 3.8 ± 0.4 |
| Benzophenone-3 | 753.0 ± 129.2 | 44.7 ± 7.2 | 32.4 ± 34.1 | 4.5 ± 11.7 | 42.4 ± 5 |
| Benzophenone-4 | 2711.5 ± 808.1 | 660.9 ± 157.7 | 41.6 ± 19.4 | 55.3 ± 27.9 | 33.1 |
| Benzylparaben | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.44 ± 0.07 |
| Bisphenol A | 812.5 ± 52.2 | 23,215.9 ± 21,945.31 | 14.3 ± 8.5 | 12.9 ± 3.4 | 15,690 ± 542 |
| BADGE-2-Cl | 0.9 ± 0.67 | 0.31 ± 0.3 | 0.73 ± 0.38 | 0.77 ± 0.43 | 3.2 ± 0.07 |
| Butylparaben | 11.1 ± 4.9 | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 1.4 ± 0.7 | 1.7 ± 0.6 | n.a. |
| Chlorothymol | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 5.6 ± 0.1 |
| Dibutyl phthalate | 49,208.3 ± 15,473.6 | 3909.9 ± 1069.8 | 943.0 ± 796.7 | 631.0 ± 365.0 | n.a. |
| Ethylparaben; | 143.3 ± 23.2 | 1.1 ± 0.3 | 2.6 ± 3.5 | 1.2 ± 1.3 | 5.34 ± 1.5 |
| Galaxolide | 164.5 ± 40.2 | 50.2 ± 18.7 | 11.0 ± 4.2 | 9.4 ± 2.7 | n.a. |
| HBCD* | 1.29 ± 0.84 | 0.73 ± 0.33 | 0.93 ± 0.88 | 0.57 ± 0.49 | 6.03 ± 1 |
| MEHP | 174.4 ± 319.4 | 47.0 ± 55.8 | 45.0 ± 24.4 | 38.8 ± 14.2 | 149 ± 3.4 |
| Methylparaben | 749.7 ± 136.8 | 2.8 ± 0.7 | 9.7 ± 9.1 | 5.8 ± 7.1 | 88.8 ± 2.7 |
| Monobutyl phthalate | 1305.4 ± 139.0 | 397.1 ± 52.5 | 18.0 ± 14.7 | 12.3 ± 9.7 | 49.5 ± 2.4 |
| Musk ketone | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.a. |
| Padimate O | 140.4 ± 42.0 | 94.6 ± 32.3 | 139.8 ± 147.8 | 248.5 ± 157.1 | n.a. |
| Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid | 4.5 ± 1.0 | 7.5 ± 2.8 | 11.9 ± 3.1 | 12.8 ± 3.7 | n.d. |
| Perfluorooctanoic acid | 10.0 ± 6.7 | 12.3 ± 7.6 | 12.6 ± 3.6 | 12.1 ± 4.5 | 4 ± 0.7 |
| PBSA | 2152.1 ± 484.1 | 1606.0 ± 473.9 | 3655. 4 ± 5504.6 | 298.2 ± 100.6 | 162 ± 27.7 |
| Prochloraz | 100 ± 62 | 5 ± 4.5 | 35.3 ± 32.8 | 22 ± 20.1 | n.a. |
| Propylparaben | 143.1 ± 23.3 | 4.7 ± 0.7 | 1.5 ± 1.2 | 1.4 ± 1.8 | 4.4 ± 0.5 |
| Tetrabromobisphenol A | 13.9 ± 11 | 1.67 ± 0.32 | n.d. | n.d. | 25.1 ± 1.4 |
| Triclocarban | 17.1 ± 5.1 | 8.5 ± 1.6 | 4.7 ± 3.4 | 3.4 ± 2.0 | n.a. |
| Triclosan | 589.0 ± 59.3 | 133.2 ± 14.6 | 19.8 ± 10.0 | 18.7 ± 6.2 | n.a. |
| Vinclozolin | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.a. |
Note: 1: based on triplicate extractions. 2: based on triplicate injections, for some analytes one injection had to be removed making n = 8 3: n.a. non analysed as compounds showed poor or no recovery from solid samples; *- results are only semi-quantitative dues to poor accuracy and precision