Stimulatory Drugs of Abuse in Surface Waters and Their Removal in a Conventional Drinking Water Treatment Plant
Environmental Science & Technology August 6, 2008 Maria Huerta‐fontela, Maria Teresa Galceran, Francesc Ventura 218 citations
The presence of psychoactive stimulatory drugs in raw waters used for drinking water production and in finished drinking water was evaluated in a Spanish drinking water treatment plant (DWTP). Contamination of the river basin which provides raw water to this DWTP was also studied. In surface waters, illicit drugs such as cocaine, benzoylecgonine (cocaine metabolite), amphetamine,...
DOI: 10.1021/es800768h (opens in new tab)
MDMA
Benzoylecgonine
Caffeine
Metabolite
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