Using Caffeine as a Water Quality Indicator in the Ambient Monitoring Program for Third Fork Creek Watershed, Durham, North Carolina

Caffeine has been suggested as a chemical indicator for domestic wastewater in freshwater systems, although it is not included in water quality monitoring programs. The Third Fork Creek watershed in Durham, NC, is highly urbanized, with a history of receiving untreated wastewater from leaking and ov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Porché L. Spence
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Environmental Health Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/EHI.S19588