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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 13.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2016 Dec 24;581-582:909–922. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.004

Table 3.

Analysis of qualitative and quantitative detections by location in Phase II. Values in bold indicate statistically significant change between detections in source and treated samples.

Analysis of qualitative detections

Location All Pharmaceuticals PFASs AWIs Inorganic Microorganisms






Number of pairs Med % change Number of pairs Med % change Number of pairs Med % change Number of pairs Med % change Number of pairs Med % change Number of pairs Med % change
DWTP 2 61 −100 15 −100 12 −98 8 −100 24 −3 2 −100
DWTP 3 89 −100 31 −100 12 −25 10 −100 30 −9 6 −100
DWTP 22 65 −80 14 −100 14 −7 10 −100 27 −3 0
DWTP 19 54 −57 6 −100 9 −1 11 −100 28 −57 0
DWTP 18 55 −56 11 −100 12 −49 5 −100 26 −7 1 −100
DWTP 21 64 −54 13 −100 10 1 10 −100 30 −9 1 −100
DWTP 11 45 −50 4 −100 8 −29 2 −100 25 −11 6 −100
DWTP 4 86 −48 33 −100 11 0 13 −50 25 9 4 0
DWTP 27 70 −45 21 −100 10 −39 8 −46 27 −6 4 −96
DWTP 1 67 −34 18 −100 14 −9 1 50 30 −23 4 −97
DWTP 10 63 −11 8 −100 13 −2 10 −16 25 −1 7 −100
DWTP 24 43 −10 1 −2 9 −4 6 25 27 −43 0
DWTP 20 54 −6 9 −100 7 15 3 −67 28 −4 7 100
DWTP 26 68 −6 12 −100 10 7 14 −75 26 −2 6 −100
DWTP 17 50 −6 8 −100 11 4 4 −100 24 −3 3 −100
DWTP 25 48 −5 3 −100 10 −4 7 −100 23 −5 5 100
DWTP 15 45 −5 3 −100 8 −3 5 100 28 −4 1 −100
DWTP 28 50 −3 8 −100 10 2 4 −100 25 −1 3 −100
DWTP 16 45 −1 4 0 9 9 3 −27 27 −4 2 0
DWTP 29 35 −1 4 −100 7 −1 5 100 16 −3 3 100
DWTP 12 44 −1 3 −100 10 4 5 100 25 −1 1 −100
DWTP 5 34 0 7 −100 1 25 0 25 0 1 100
DWTP 14 39 2 4 −100 8 1 1 100 26 10 0
DWTP 13 36 9 4 −100 9 9 0 23 9 0
DWTP 23 47 18 2 75 12 7 6 −25 23 77 4 −100
Grand Median −6 −100 −1 −67 −3 −100
Analysis of quantitative detections

Location All Pharmaceuticals PFASs AWIs Inorganic Microorganisms






Number of pairs Wilcoxon P Number of pairs Wilcoxon P Number of pairs Wilcoxon P Number of pairs Wilcoxon P Number of pairs Wilcoxon P Number of pairs Wilcoxon

DWTP 2 47 0.000 4 0.063 11 0.000 6 0.281 24 0.126 2 0.250
DWTP 18 49 0.000 9 0.002 11 0.000 2 0.750 26 0.079 1
DWTP 3 65 0.000 17 0.000 10 0.019 2 0.250 30 0.301 6 0.016
DWTP 22 53 0.000 11 0.000 12 0.367 3 0.125 27 0.098 0
DWTP 24 39 0.001 1 9 0.180 2 0.750 27 0.001 0
DWTP 28 44 0.002 4 0.063 10 0.884 2 0.250 25 0.051 3 0.125
DWTP 27 53 0.003 10 0.001 9 0.064 3 0.625 27 0.314 4 0.313
DWTP 21 52 0.012 6 0.016 10 0.646 5 0.219 30 0.319 1
DWTP 1 52 0.016 6 0.156 12 0.291 0 30 0.076 4 0.188
DWTP 17 41 0.024 3 0.625 10 0.470 1 24 0.137 3 0.125
DWTP 11 36 0.032 0 6 0.656 0 25 0.221 5 0.031
DWTP 4 59 0.052 17 0.000 11 0.232 2 0.750 25 0.862 4 0.438
DWTP 10 49 0.056 2 0.250 10 0.080 5 0.313 25 0.468 7 0.344
DWTP 19 38 0.062 1 9 0.500 0 28 0.029 0
DWTP 25 41 0.095 2 0.500 10 0.044 1 23 0.035 5 0.594
DWTP 26 51 0.152 6 0.078 10 1.000 3 0.875 26 0.460 6 0.016
DWTP 20 43 0.203 1 6 0.953 2 0.750 28 0.094 6 0.656
DWTP 16 42 0.206 1 9 0.994 3 0.125 27 0.226 2 0.500
DWTP 15 38 0.267 1 7 0.469 1 28 0.321 1
DWTP 12 38 0.307 0 10 0.941 2 0.750 25 0.173 1
DWTP 29 28 0.375 1 7 0.289 1 16 0.281 3 0.625
DWTP 5 30 0.598 3 0.625 1 0 25 0.466 1
DWTP 23 39 0.761 0 11 0.761 1 23 0.951 4 0.063
DWTP 14 36 0.946 1 8 0.727 1 26 0.838 0
DWTP 13 34 0.981 2 0.500 9 0.914 0 23 0.980 0
Median P 0.056 0.063 0.470 0.469 0.226 0.250