Using Urban Streams as Drinking Water: The Potential Risk in Respect to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Content in Sediments

Autor:	Ronaldo J. Torres, Leidy R. Niño, Antonio A. Mozeto, Pedro Sergio Fadini
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Pollution Pollutant Polymers and Plastics Urban stream Chemistry Potential risk media_common.quotation_subject Organic Chemistry Sediment STREAMS Environmental chemistry Materials Chemistry Water treatment Surface runoff media_common
Zdroj:	Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds. 34:518-531
ISSN:	1563-5333 1040-6638
DOI:	10.1080/10406638.2014.918553
Popis:	Several polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are considered carcinogenic and mutagenic. 16 of these compounds are listed as priority control pollutants by the USEPA. The present study aimed at the evaluation of the presence of PAHs in sediments of an urban stream by GC-MS. The study area was located in Indaiatuba-Sao Paulo-Brazil, and supplies to approximately 40,000 people of a region with limited availability of water. Therefore, this water body flowing in the urban region represents a case study of the potential risk in using this water for drinking. The results show that, in general, the sampling site near the intake of the water treatment plant for human consumption had the highest concentration of total PAHs (247.7μg kg−1). This is the site that presents more contact with urban pollution and surface runoff from the streets. The PAHs composition pattern by ring number presented a higher proportion of hydrocarbons of 4- and 5-rings, and showed a tendency, in the majority of the samples, of predominance of...
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