Occurrence of PCBs in raw and finished drinking water at seven public water systems along the Hudson River外文学习材料.pdfVIP

Environ Monit Assess (2011) 175:487–499 DOI 10.1007/s10661-010-1546-9 Occurrence of PCBs in raw and finished drinking water at seven public water systems along the Hudson River Patrick M. Palmer · Lloyd R. Wilson · Ann C. Casey · Robert E. Wagner Received: 4 December 2009 / Accepted: 26 May 2010 / Published online: 17 June 2010 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 Abstract Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were finished water concentrations ranged from 5.0 measured in raw and finished drinking water at to 200.9 ng/L. Most finished water samples above seven Public Water Systems (PWSs) along the 73.0 ng/L were from a PWS with wells drilled near Hudson River as part of a baseline monitoring the river. Excluding the well data, total PCB con- program prior to the extensive sediment dredging centrations in raw water at systems in the Upper of the Upper Hudson River. Water samples were River were similar to concentrations at systems either analyzed using an Aroclor method (based in the Lower River, though the congener patterns on USEPA Method 508) or a congener method differed. Paired comparison of total PCB concen- (Modified Green Bay Mass Balance Method). trations using the two analytical methods showed Using the congener-based method, raw water good agreement, although raw water showed a concentrations ranged from 9.3 to 164.3 ng/L different relationship than finished water. and finished water concentrations ranged from 9.3 to 186.6 ng/L. Using the Aroclor method, Keywords Polychlorinated biphenyls · PCBs · Congeners · Aroclor · Drinking water ·