Similar concentration of surfactants in rural and urban areas

Ewa Olkowska; Żaneta Polkowska; Marek Ruman; Jacek Namieśnik

doi:10.1007/s10311-014-0485-z

Similar concentration of surfactants in rural and urban areas

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Since surfactants are used in various products, they end up in surface and wastewater. Surfactants may therefore impact ecosystems and living organisms. Actually, only few anionic surfactants and some alkylphenols are regulated. There is no comprehensive evaluation of surfactants in the atmosphere, surfaces and waters of areas of increasing anthropic levels. Here, we measured the levels of cationic, anionic and nonionic surfactants in atmospheric precipitation, surface and run-off waters collected from urban and rural areas. Compounds were analysed by spectrophotometry. Results show that the highest contaminations of 0.058–1.3 mg/L are observed for anionic and nonionic surfactants. This finding is explained by the more frequent use of anionic and nonionic surfactants versus cationic surfactants. Results also show unexpectedly no difference of surfactant concentration between urban and rural areas.

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Ewa Olkowska mgr inż.
Żaneta Polkowska prof. dr hab. inż.
Marek Ruman
- Zakład Hydrologii i Gospodarki Katedra Geografii Fizycznej
Jacek Namieśnik prof. dr hab. inż.

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:: Environmental Chemistry Letters no. 13, edition 1, pages 97 - 104,
ISSN: 1610-3653
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2015
Bibliographic description:: Olkowska E., Polkowska Ż., Ruman M., Namieśnik J.: Similar concentration of surfactants in rural and urban areas// Environmental Chemistry Letters. -Vol. 13, iss. 1 (2015), s.97-104
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s10311-014-0485-z
Verified by:: Gdańsk University of Technology