Longitudinal Analysis of Sucralose at a Water Treatment Wetland

Sales of low-calorie sweeteners are increasing in the Unites States, with sucralose representing second largest U.S. market share. Since >99% ingested is excreted as parent compound, it represents a contaminant emerging concern and has been proposed an indicator pollution natural waters by anthropogenic waste. Many report that increasingly omnipresent surface, coastal, drinking water. Given consumption sweeteners, changes influent effluent concentrations presage their waters. The aim this research was to quantify at constructed treatment wetland designed remove nutrients (nitrogen phosphorus) from secondary treated wastewater. We surface water, sediment, porewater throughout flow train wetlands over period three years include water sampling following extreme weather event. average concentration 24 ± 2 ppb, outfall 20 6 indicating not subjected chemical or physical adsorption sediment within wetland.