title: Spectrophotometric characterization of human impacted surface waters in the Moselle watershed.
abstract: In order to characterize the pollution discharged into the Moselle River and some of its tributaries, spectroscopic techniques, namely UV-vis spectroscopy and synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy, have been combined. UV-visible spectra were analysed using the maximum of the second derivative at 225 nm (related to nitrates), the SUVA254 and E2/E3 indices (related to the nature of organic matter). Synchronous fluorescence spectra (delta lambda = 50 nm) presented different shapes depending upon the type of pollution. The pollution results from anthropogenic activities: untreated domestic sewage due to misconnections in a periurban river, effluent from urban WWTPS, agricultural runoff (nitrates) in several streams, discharge from a paper mill (humic-like substances due to wood processing) and from steel mills (PAHs).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire réactions et Génie des procédés--CNRS, Nancy Université, INPL, 1 rue Grandville, BP 20451, 54001 Nancy cedex, France. Marie-Noelle.Pons@ensic.inpl-nancy.fr
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pons
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Potier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pontvianne
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: France
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Battaglia
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical