Long-term study of antibiotic presence in Ebro river basin (Spain): identification of the emission sources

Moles, S. ; Gozzo, S. ; Ormad, M. P. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Mosteo, R. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Gómez, J. ; Laborda, F. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Szpunar, J.

Resumen: Water monitoring is key to determining the presence of potentially hazardous substances related to urban activities and intensive farming. This research aimed to perform a long-term (four years) quantitative monitoring of selected antibiotics (azithromycin, enrofloxacin, trimethoprim and sulfadiazine) both in rivers and wastewaters belonging to the Ebro River basin (North of Spain). The target antibiotics were chosen on the basis of a preliminary multispecies screening. The analysis of the antibiotics was carried out by LC-MS/MS on wastewater-treatment plant (WWTP) effluent, effluents of a slaughterhouse and hospital, rivers downstream and upstream of these WWTPs, and rivers close to extensive farming areas. The ANOVA test was performed to study the significant differences between the points exposed to concrete emission sources and antibiotic concentration. The monitoring, carried out from 2018 to 2020, has been essential to illustrating the presence of the most abundant antibiotics that were detected in the Ebro River basin. Enrofloxacin has appeared in river waters in significant concentrations, especially near intensive farming, meanwhile azithromycin has been frequently detected in wastewaters. Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/w14071033

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Water (Switzerland) 14, 7 (2022), 1033 [16 pp]
ISSN: 2073-4441

Factor impacto JCR: 3.4 (2022)

Categ. JCR: WATER RESOURCES rank: 38 / 103 = 0.369 (2022) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES rank: 135 / 275 = 0.491 (2022) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 5.5 - Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Q1) - Social Sciences (Q1) - Environmental Science (Q2) - Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.723 - Geography, Planning and Development (Q1) - Aquatic Science (Q1) - Water Science and Technology (Q2) - Biochemistry (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EUR/INTERREG-POCTEFA/OUTBIOTICS-EFA183/16

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Química Analítica (Dpto. Química Analítica)
Área (Departamento): Área Tecnologi. Medio Ambiente (Dpto. Ing.Quím.Tecnol.Med.Amb.)