Initial sampling results of emerging contaminants at the Llobregat delta deep aquifer (Barcelona, Spain) are presented. Among micro contaminants selected are 82 pharmaceuticals (antibiotics, lipid regulation agents, analgesic/anti-inflammatory drugs, etc), 18 personal care products (sunscreen agents, preservatives and disinfectants/antiseptics), 4 metals, 44 pesticides, 6 volatile priority poll...

Recent advances in environmental analytical chemistry have resulted in an explosion of knowledge regarding the presence of previously undetectable chemical contaminants in water and wastewater. Many of these contaminants are anthropogenic, resulting from commercial products from human society and subsequently dispersed throughout the aquatic environment, passing between wastewater effluents, na...

A mathematical model for emerging contaminants sorption in multispecies biofilms, based on a continuum approach and mass conservation principles is presented. Diffusion of contaminants within the biofilm is described using a diffusion-reaction equation. Binding sites formation and occupation are modeled by two systems of hyperbolic partial differential equations are mutually connected through t...

Executive Publisher: Sharon B. Megdal Authors: Madhumitha Raghav, Susanna Eden, Katharine Mitchell, Becky Witte Layout: John Polle, Katharine Mitchell The Arroyo is published by the Water Resources Research Center College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona 350 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85719; Phone: 520-621-9591 Email: [email protected]; Web Site: wrrc.arizona.e...

Emerging contaminants (ECs) associated with consumer products such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and plastics, are an issue of growing concern for water quality human environmental health. Growth in use ECs is outcome populations, increased incomes the emergence new products. Two examples used illustrate value social science research understanding patterns consumption sources ECs,...

Environmental context There is potential for a range of metals being used in emerging industries to pose risk if they reach aquatic environments. This assessed by evaluating known environmental concentrations against available toxicity data. In most instances risks are low with current usage. Areas identified where additional data needed. Abstract The and technology-critical comprising platinum...