title: Occurrence and mass flows of fluorochemicals in the Glatt Valley watershed, Switzerland.
abstract: Fluorochemicals are persistent contaminants that are globally distributed in air, water, sediments, and biota. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play an important role in mitigating pollutant releases from municipalities to aquatic and terrestrial environments. However, because WWTPs are point sources of fluorochemicals, it is important to understand their contribution to fluorochemical burdens in the greater context of watersheds. To this end, over a 1 week period, the mass flows of 11 fluorochemicals from seven WWTPs that discharge effluent into the Glatt River in Switzerland were measured and compared to the measured mass flows within the Glatt River. Overall, the fluorochemicals were not removed efficiently during wastewater treatment. Effluents from WWTPs and Glatt River water were dominated by perfluorooctane sulfonate, which was detected in all samples, followed by perfluorohexane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoate. The mass flows of fluorochemicals emanating from WWTPs were found to be conserved within the 35 km Glatt River, which indicates that input from the WWTPs is additive and that removal within the Glatt River is not significant. Per capita discharges of fluorochemicals were calculated from the populations served by the WWTPs studied; the values determined also account for the fluorochemical content of Lake Greifen (Greifensee), which is a lake at the headwaters of the Glatt River that also receives treated wastewater.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA.
authors.forename: Carin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Huset
authors.forename: Aurea C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chiaia
authors.forename: Douglas F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Barofsky
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jonkers
authors.forename: Hans-Peter E
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kohler
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ort
authors.forename: D Walter
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Giger
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Field
mesh_terms: D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D011786:Quality Control; D012015:Reference Standards; D013557:Switzerland; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005466:Fluorocarbons
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