Skip to main content
Log in

Chemometric and high-resolution mass spectrometry tools for the characterization and comparison of raw and treated wastewater samples of a pilot plant on the SIPIBEL site

  • Pharmaceuticals and detergents in hospital and urban wastewater: characterisation and impacts
  • Published:
Environmental Science and Pollution Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Due to its key role in the contamination of natural resources, the assessment of raw and treated wastewater effluents is a current major concern and urges comprehensive analytical methods capable of selectively capturing the chemodiversity of these samples. In this context, the overall objective of this work can be summarized as (i) the assessment of the performance of secondary and tertiary (advanced oxidation) wastewater treatments through multivariate analysis followed by (ii) the comprehensive characterization of wastewater samples based on their spectral fingerprints and a combination of suspect and non-target screening approaches. Several compounds, belonging to different sources of contamination were annotated and/or partially identified: pharmaceuticals, metabolites and transformation compounds, human activity markers, surfactants, and polyethoxy compounds. These results highlight the contribution of filtering and screening tools such as monoisotopic exact mass, mass defect, MS/MS data-dependent acquisitions, isotopic pattern and retention time to the selection, and the identification of environmental contaminants and their metabolites/degradation products. This paper completes the target study conducted in the SIPIBEL site and offers an alternative for the assessment of treatment processes by broadening the spectrum to a larger number of compounds and the correlations between them.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8

Similar content being viewed by others

References

Download references

Acknowledgements

This research is financially supported by the French Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Digital within the framework of the Project TRIUMPH (TReatIng Urban Micropollutants and Pharmaceuticals in wastewaters) labeled and managed by the European Eureka Cluster ACQUEAU and pilot by Suez (Degremont). The experimental pilot program is hosted into the SIPIBEL (field observatory on hospital’s effluents and urban wastewater treatment plants). A French program supported by Rhone-Mediterranean Corsica water agency, The Rhône Alpes Region and others partners.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Emmanuelle Vulliet.

Additional information

Responsible editor: Philippe Garrigues

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Kiss, A., Bergé, A., Domenjoud, B. et al. Chemometric and high-resolution mass spectrometry tools for the characterization and comparison of raw and treated wastewater samples of a pilot plant on the SIPIBEL site. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 9230–9242 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0748-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0748-x

Keywords

Navigation