Journal article
Fate of beta-blocker human pharmaceuticals in surface water: comparison of measured and simulated concentrations in the Glatt Valley Watershed, Switzerland.
- Alder AC Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 133, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. alfredo.alder@eawag.ch
- Schaffner C
- Majewsky M
- Klasmeier J
- Fenner K
- 2009-11-06
Published in:
- Water research. - 2010
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Computer Simulation
Geography
Humans
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Rivers
Surface Properties
Switzerland
Waste Disposal, Fluid
Water Purification
English
This study focused on the occurrence and fate of four beta-blockers (atenolol, sotalol, metoprolol, propranolol) in wastewater and surface water. Measured concentrations were compared with predicted concentrations using an implementation of the geo-referenced model GREAT-ER for the Glatt Valley Watershed (Switzerland). Particularly, the question was addressed how measured and simulated data could complement each other for the exposure assessment of human pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants entering surface water through wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). Concentrations in the Glatt River ranged from
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1016/j.watres.2009.10.002
- PMID 19889439
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/16638
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