Detection, Occurrence, and Fate of Fluorotelomer Alcohols in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

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	Detection, Occurrence, and Fate of Fluorotelomer Alcohols in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
	Yang, Min; Zhang, Yu; Hu, Jianying; Chen, Hongrui; Peng, Hui
刊名	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
	2017-08-15
卷号	51 期号:16 页码:8953-8961
英文摘要	Fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs) are the most well-known precursors of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs), but limited information is available on their occurrence and fate in municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The occurrence of FTOHs was investigated in influent, secondary effluent, and sludge of 12 municipal WWTPs in nine cities of China. FTOHs were detected in all WWTPs, and 8:2 FTOH was the predominant congener, with concentrations of 2.10-11.0 ng/L, 3.05-12.4 ng/L, and 0.36-1.91 ng/g dry weight in the influent, secondary effluent, and sludge, respectively. Relatively high proportions of long-chain FTOHs (C10-16) were mainly detected in sludge samples. The mass balance of FTOHs and PFCAs in one of the WWTPs with an anaerobic-anoxic-oxic process was further explored. The decrease of mass loads was observed for 4:2 FTOH (mass change percentage: 21 +/- 3.3%), 8:2 FTOH (22 +/- 1.5%), and 10:2 FTOH (29 +/- 7.3%) through aerobic treatment, while the increase of mass loads was observed for 12 PFCAs from 18 +/- 16% (perfluorononanoic acid) to 165 +/- 15% (perfluorobutyric acid)), suggesting the potential biotransformation of FTOHs to PFCAs in the aerobic unit. This work provides the first report on the occurrence of FTOHs in sludge samples of municipal WWTPs and their mass balance and highlights a new emission route to environment via WWTPs.
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.rcees.ac.cn/handle/311016/39681]
专题	生态环境研究中心_中国科学院饮用水科学与技术重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Min,Zhang, Yu,Hu, Jianying,et al. Detection, Occurrence, and Fate of Fluorotelomer Alcohols in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,2017,51(16):8953-8961.
APA	Yang, Min,Zhang, Yu,Hu, Jianying,Chen, Hongrui,&Peng, Hui.(2017).Detection, Occurrence, and Fate of Fluorotelomer Alcohols in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,51(16),8953-8961.
MLA	Yang, Min,et al."Detection, Occurrence, and Fate of Fluorotelomer Alcohols in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants".ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 51.16(2017):8953-8961.