The use of caffeine as a chemical marker of domestic wastewater contamination in surface waters: seasonal and spatial variations in Teresópolis, Brazil

The use of caffeine as a chemical marker of domestic wastewater contamination in surface waters: seasonal and spatial variations in Teresópolis, Brazil

This study assessed the suitability of caffeine as an indicator for surface water pollution by domestic wastewaters. Caffeine concentrations determined in samples collected in the Paquequer River, located at the city of Teresópolis, a medium-sized city in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were co...

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Main Authors: Eline Simões Gonçalves, Silvana Vianna Rodrigues, Emmanoel Vieira da Silva-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2017-03-01
Series:Revista Ambiente & Água
Subjects:
Anthropic contamination
caffeine
surface waters
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-993X2017000200192&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=en

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