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Pollutants of Emerging Concern in Rivers of Catalonia: Occurrence, Fate, and Risk

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The present chapter provides a review of the occurrence, fate, and risk associated to different families or emerging and priority organic micropollutants in the rivers of Catalonia. Compounds belonging to diverse groups such as industrial compounds, perfluoroalkyl substances, pesticides, halogenated flame retardants, pharmaceuticals and hormones, personal care products, and illegal drugs, as well as their transformation products, are examined. Both emission levels from sewage systems and those found at the receiving water bodies are compared. Potential fate and transformation of the parent compounds is taken into consideration. Finally their environmental risk in terms of the associated ecotoxicity with respect to three trophic levels (Daphnia, algae, and fish) as recommended by the WFD is assessed. This prioritization exercise allows identifying those micropollutants that are more relevant in Catalonian Rivers.

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Acknowledgments

This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness project Consolider-Ingenio 2010 SCARCE CSD2009-00065 and by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Consolidated Research Groups “2014 SGR 418 – Water and Soil Quality Unit”). Maja Kuzmanovic acknowledges AGAUR fellowship from the Generalitat de Catalunya.

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  2. Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Scientific and Technological Park of the University of Girona, Emili Grahit 101, 17003, Girona, Spain

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Ginebreda, A., Pérez, S., Rivas, D., Kuzmanovic, M., Barceló, D. (2015). Pollutants of Emerging Concern in Rivers of Catalonia: Occurrence, Fate, and Risk. In: Munné, A., Ginebreda, A., Prat, N. (eds) Experiences from Surface Water Quality Monitoring. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 42. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2015_348

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