Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 174, Issue -, Pages 100-105Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.10.025
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POCIS; Pharmaceuticals; Hospital wastewaters; Water pollution; Modeling
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- Ile-de-France regional council DIM SEnT research program
- French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES)
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The Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Sampler (POCIS) is a new tool for the sampling of organic pollutants in water. We tested this device for the monitoring of pharmaceuticals in hospital wastewater. After calibration, a field application was carried out in a French hospital for six pharmaceutical compounds (Atenolol, Prednisolone, Methylprednisolone, Sulfamethoxazole, Ofloxacin, Ketoprofen). POCIS were calibrated in tap water and wastewater in laboratory conditions close to relevant environmental conditions (temperature, flow velocity). Sampling rates (R-s) were determined and we observed a significant increase with flow velocity and temperature. Whatever the compound, the Rs value was lower in wastewater and the linear phase of uptake was shorter. POCIS were deployed in a hospital sewage pipe during four days and the estimated water concentrations were close to those obtained with twenty-four hour composite samples. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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