Table 2.
Medians of parameter estimates for half-lives (DT50s) and retardation coefficients R of selected parent compounds and respective inter quartile ranges (in brackets) on Flowpaths a, b, c and d of Flume 1, as well as average root mean square errors (RMSE).
| Compound | Retardation coefficient R [–] | Half-life DT50 [h] | RMSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | b | c | d | a | b | c | d | average | |
| 1H-Benzotriazole | 1.76 (1.14) | 1.91 (0.22) | 1.90 (0.11) | 1.41 (0.09) | 53.5 (39.5) | 97.3 (42.8) | 287 (208) | Inf | 0.464 |
| Acesulfame | 1.10 (0.13) | 1.00 (0.00) | 1.00 (0.00) | 1.00 (0.01) | 6.63 (0.58) | 36.6 (2.45) | 54.0 (3.34) | 54.4 (5.65) | 1.498 |
| Bezafibrate | 1.09 (0.14) | 1.01 (0.02) | 1.28 (0.03) | 1.05 (0.05) | 7.43 (1.05) | 36.9 (4.29) | 87.5 (13.7) | 92.4 (25.9) | 0.962 |
| Carbamazepine | 2.63 (1.31) | 1.61 (0.11) | 1.98 (0.06) | 1.39 (0.07) | 49.0 (39.4 | 106 (39.2) | 284.6(196) | 85.1 (26.6) | 0.839 |
| Clofibric acid | 2.53 (0.84) | 1.02 (0.02) | 1.17 (0.02) | 1.23 (0.04) | Inf | Inf | Inf | Inf | 0.904 |
| Diclofenac | 5.05 (1.11) | 1.39 (0.09) | 1.11 (0.03) | 1.17 (0.05) | Inf | 44.3 (5.15) | 139 (29.9) | 142 (53.0) | 0.913 |
| Furosemide | 7.58 (9.09) | 1.17 (0.28) | 1.42 (0.16) | 1.26 (0.16) | Inf | 37.0 (10.8) | 163 (125) | Inf | 2.547 |
| Gemfibrozil | 2.62 (0.61) | 1.12 (0.07) | 1.35 (0.03) | 1.31 (0.03) | Inf | 154 (39.8) | 273 (76.6) | 196 (71.3) | 0.278 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 1.29 (0.44) | 1.13 (0.08) | 1.41 (0.04) | 1.21 (0.03) | Inf | Inf | Inf | Inf | 0.733 |
| Ibuprofen | 5.62 (5.04) | 1.20 (0.24) | 1.07 (0.11) | 1.11 (0.13) | 3.71 (1.31) | 24.7 (6.12) | 53.6 (15.8) | 58.3 (31.0) | 1.728 |
| Irbesartan | 1.53 (0.83) | 2.42 (0.23) | 1.91 (0.04) | 1.38 (0.03) | 3.25 (0.32) | 5.06 (0.20) | 93.1 (10.7) | 75.6 (11.9) | 0.819 |
| Ketoprofen | 1.30 (0.42) | 1.03 (0.04) | 1.30 (0.05) | 1.04 (0.06) | 21.1 (7.91) | Inf | 63.5 (10.6) | 75.7 (26.5) | 1.603 |
| Metformin | 10.6 (1.07) | 8.03 (0.28) | 4.31 (0.17) | 4.46 (0.09) | 28.3 (6.56) | 136 (50.2) | 20.0 (0.71) | 36.7 (3.39) | 0.340 |
| Naproxen | 4.76 (1.05) | 1.05 (0.06) | 1.03 (0.04) | 1.01 (0.02) | 30.1 (12.9) | 65.4 (12.9) | 67.7 (8.24) | Inf | 1.358 |
| Sitagliptin | 5.25 (11.6) | 11.8 (4.62) | 7.42 (0.99) | 12.8 (29.0) | 0.19 (0.02) | 4.99 (0.76) | 13.9 (2.13) | 5.86 (1.72) | 0.113 |
| Sotalol | 8.09 (4.88) | 3.48 (0.28) | 2.83 (0.28) | 1.89 (0.10) | 0.67 (0.10) | 6.89 (0.41) | 12.0 (1.55) | 6.43 (0.24) | 0.072 |
| Sulfamethxazole | 3.78 (1.79) | 1.10 (0.12) | 1.28 (0.05) | 1.22 (0.09) | Inf | 56.3 (13.7) | 29.1 (2.15) | Inf | 0.606 |
| Valsartan | 2.26 (0.84) | 1.16 (0.14) | 1.23 (0.03) | 1.01 (0.01) | 6.37 (0.83) | 7.51 (0.27) | 74.2 (8.46) | 39.7 (4.38) | 1.028 |
| Venlafaxine | 47.6 (2.10) | 12.4 (2.71) | 9.23 (1.58) | 12.9 (1.34) | 0.97 (0.12) | 3.59 (0.33) | 8.17 (1.35) | 4.79 (0.32) | 0.620 |