title: Preliminary study on the occurrence and distribution of polycyclic musks in a wastewater treatment plant in Guandong, China.
abstract: The occurrence and distributions of six polycyclic musks were studied in influent, primary and effluent waters from a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Guangdong. Five polycyclic musk compounds, 1,2,3,5,6,7-hexahydro-1,1,2,3,3-pentamethyl-4H-inden-4-one (DPMI), 4-acetyl-1,1-dimethyl-6-tert-butylindan (ADBI), 6-acetyl-1,1,2,3,3,5-hexamethylindan (AHMI), 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta(g)-2-benzopyran (HHCB) and 7-acetyl-1,1,3,4,4,6-hexamethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (AHTN) were found in wastewater in the WWTP. DPMI, HHCB and AHTN were measured at 0.38-0.69, 11.5-146, 0.89-3.47 microg/l, respectively, in influents. Meanwhile 0.06-0.10 microg/l DPMI, 0.95-2.05 microg/l HHCB, 0.10-0.14 microg/l AHTN were detected in effluents, ADBI and AHMI were also detected in some primary waters and effluents. The results suggested that wastewater from cosmetic plants cause high loadings of polycyclic musks to this WWTP. Under the currently applied treatment technology, the removal efficiencies achieved were 61-75% for DPMI, 86-97% for HHCB and 87-96% for AHTN by transfer to sludge as the main removal route.
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environment and Resources, State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
authors.forename: Xiangying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Guoying
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Hongyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gui
authors.forename: Duohong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wenlan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Jiamo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D018508:Water Purification
chemical_list: D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014867:Water