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Presence of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Effluent and Drinking Water, Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, July-September 1999
Presence of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Effluent and Drinking Water, Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, July-September 1999
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Frick, Elizabeth A.
Henderson, Alden K.
Moll, Deborah M.
Furlong, Edward T.
Meyer, Michael T.
Henderson, Alden K.
Moll, Deborah M.
Furlong, Edward T.
Meyer, Michael T.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
Human and veterinary pharma-
ceutical compounds are a source of increasing
environmental concern because they are used in
large quantities and their physical and chemical
properties make them likely to be transported into
hydrologic systems, where their effects on human
health and aquatic ecosystems generally are
unknown. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) began a study to determine the occurrence
of selected pharmaceuticals in treated effluent
discharged upstream of drinking-water intakes, in
raw drinking water, and in finished drinking water
in the upper Chattahoochee River watershed in
Metropolitan Atlanta. Water samples were
collected at 11 sampling sites once per month
during low-flow conditions from July–September
1999. Two research analytical methods, recently
developed or modified by the USGS Toxics
Program, were used to quantify prescription and
nonprescription pharmaceuticals, including
antibiotics, at parts per billion (ppb) and sub-ppb
concentrations in filtered water samples.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
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2001-03
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