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Antiviral, antibiotics and decongestants in wastewater treatment plants and receiving rivers in the Thames catchment
This dataset contains the concentration of eleven antibiotics (trimethoprim, oxytetracycline, ciprofloxacin, azithromycin, cefotaxime, doxycycline, sulfamethoxazole, erythromycin, clarithromycin, ofloxacin, norfloxacin), three decongestants (naphazoline, oxymetazoline, xylometazoline) and the antiviral drug oseltamivir's active metabolite, oseltamivir carboxylate, measured at 21 locations within the River Thames catchment in England. The measurements were taken weekly during November 2009, once in March 2010 and once in May 2011, with the aim to quantify pharmaceutical usage during the influenza pandemic of 2009 and how this compares to inter-pandemic drug use. River samples were acquired by grab samples in glass jars and analysed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC MS). Two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in southern England (Benson and Oxford) were also sampled during the peak of the second wave of the 2009 influenza A[H1N1]pdm09 pandemic (10-11 November 2009) and on 15 May 2011 using an automated sampler set to acquired hourly (time proportional) samples from the influent and effluent of the WWTPs. The WWTPs are the source for all the drugs found in the river, hence, these were studied to understand the differential fate of the analytes in the two very different WWTPs. Flows for the WWTP and River sampling locations are presented for each of the sampling times to allow for determining hourly loads for the WWTP and daily loads for the river. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/8af983e4-e97d-4c07-a34d-753243fa283b
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- Date (Publication)
- 2014-08-01
- Date (Creation)
- 2009-11-03
- Citation identifier
- CEH:EIDC: / 1406898956642
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/8af983e4-e97d-4c07-a34d-753243fa283b
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- doi: / 10.5285/8af983e4-e97d-4c07-a34d-753243fa283b
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Singer, A.C., Järhult, J.D., Grabic, R., Khan, G.A., Lindberg, R.H., Fedorova, G., Fick, J., Bowes, M.J., Olsen, B., Söderström, H. (2014). Antiviral, antibiotics and decongestants in wastewater treatment plants and receiving rivers in the Thames catchment. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/8af983e4-e97d-4c07-a34d-753243fa283b
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Singer, A.
Point of contact Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Singer, A.C. Author Uppsala University Järhult, J.D. Author University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice Grabic, R. Author Umeå University Khan, G.A.
Author Umeå University Lindberg, R.H. Author University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice Fedorova, G. Author Umeå University Fick, J. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Bowes, M.J. Author Uppsala University Olsen, B.
Author Umeå University Söderström, H. Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Hydrography
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
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- Water quality
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River Thames catchment (UK)
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influenza
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antiviral
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decongestant
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River Thames
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Benson Sewage Works
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Oxford Sewage Works
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Singer, A.C., Järhult, J.D., Grabic, R., Khan, G.A., Lindberg, R.H., Fedorova, G., Fick, J., Bowes, M.J., Olsen, B., Söderström, H. (2014). Antiviral, antibiotics and decongestants in wastewater treatment plants and receiving rivers in the Thames catchment. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/8af983e4-e97d-4c07-a34d-753243fa283b
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Inland waters
- Begin date
- 2009-11-11
- End date
- 2011-05-11
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/8af983e4-e97d-4c07-a34d-753243fa283b Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/8af983e4-e97d-4c07-a34d-753243fa283b.zip Supporting information
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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The sampling of all analytes in the Benson and Oxford WWTP was performed during a 24-hour period spanning 10-11 November 2009. An additional 24-h sampling was initiated on May 15, 2011 from only the Benson WWTP effluent. An automated sampler was used to recover a time-proportional sample (approximately 750 ml) of influent and effluent every hour for 24 hours. Samples were aliquoted into triplicate 50-ml borosilicate glass vials with PTFE-lined caps and immediately stored at -80°C until analysis. Grab samples were acquired from the main river flow at 21 locations within the Thames catchment as part of the CEH Thames Initiative Research Platform on November 3, 11, 17, and 24, 2009, as well as on March 15, 2010 (late-pandemic period) and May 11, 2011 (inter-pandemic period). River flow data was acquired from the National River Flow Archive ( http://www.ceh.ac.uk/data/nrfa/) for all locations at the closest gauging station to the sampling site. Samples were transported from the field to the laboratory in amber glass jars (250 ml) within siz hours and transferred into 50-ml borosilicate glass vials with PTFE-lined caps, in triplicate. The samples were stored at -80°C until analysis. An on-line solid phase liquid extraction/liquid chromatography-tandem mass-spectrometry (SPE/LC-MS/MS) method was used to measure the analyte levels in pre-filtered and acidified 1 mL-samples. This on-line SPE/LC-MS/MS method used has 132 been evaluated and described in detail previously: Khan GA, Lindberg R, Grabic R, Fick J (2012) The development and application of a system for simultaneously determining anti-infectives and nasal decongestants using on-line solid- phase extraction and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Pharm Biomed Anal 66: 24-32.
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- 8af983e4-e97d-4c07-a34d-753243fa283b XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:17:28
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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