Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Investigations — Transport and Fate Studies

Adams, C., Wang, Y., Loftin, K., and Meyer, M.T., 2002,

Removal of antibiotics from surface and distilled water in conventional water treatment processes: Journal of Environmental Engineering, v. 128, no. 3, p. 253-260, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2002)128:3(253).

Alvarez, D.A., Stackelberg, P.E., Petty, J.D., Huckins, J.N., Furlong, E.T., Zaugg, S.D., and Meyer, M.T., 2005,

Comparison of a novel passive sampler to standard water-column sampling for organic contaminants associated with wastewater effluents entering a New Jersey stream: Chemosphere, v. 61, no. 5, p. 610-622, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.03.023.

Barber, L.B., 2008,

Fate of consumer-product chemicals in the subsurface environment--25 years of research on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, in Trefry, M.G., ed., Groundwater Quality 2007--Securing Groundwater Quality in Urban and Industrial Environments: International Association of Hydrological Sciences IAHS Redbook, IAHS Publ. 324, p. 126-132.

Barber, L.B., Brown, G.K., Cahill, J.D., Furlong, E.T., and Keefe, S.H., 2003,

Natural and contaminant organic compounds in the Boulder Creek Watershed, Colorado under high-flow and low-flow conditions, 2000 (Chapter 5), in Murphy, S.F., Verplanck, P.L., and Barber, L.B., ed., Comprehensive water quality of the Boulder Creek Watershed, Colorado, during high-flow and low-flow conditions, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4045.

Barber, L.B., Keefe, S.H., Antweiler, R.C., and Taylor, H.E., 2006,

Response to comment on "Accumulation of contaminants in fish from wastewater treatment wetlands": Environmental Science and Technology, v. 40, no. 10, p. 3438-3439, doi:10.1021/es068003k.

Barber, L.B., Keefe, S.H., Antweiler, R.C., Taylor, H.E., and Wass, R.D., 2006,

Accumulation of contaminants in fish from wastewater treatment wetlands: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 40, no. 2, p. 603-611, doi:10.1021/es0514287.

Barber, L.B., Meyer, M.T., LeBlanc, D.R., Kolpin, D.W., Bradley, P.M., Chapelle, F.H., and Rubio, F., 2008,

Subsurface fate and transport of sulfamethoxazole, 4-nonylphenol, and 17Β-estradiol, in Trefry, M.G., ed., Groundwater Quality 2007--Securing Groundwater Quality in Urban and Industrial Environments: International Association of Hydrological Sciences IAHS Redbook, IAHS Publ. 324, p. 133-139.

Barber, L.B., Murphy, S.F., Verplanck, P.L., Sandstrom, M.W., Taylor, H.E., and Furlong, E.T., 2006,

Chemical loading into surface water along a hydrological, biogeochemical, and land use gradient--A holistic watershed approach: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 40, no. 2, p. 475-486, doi:10.1021/es051270q.

Barnes, K.K., Christenson, S.C., Kolpin, D.W., Focazio, M.J., Furlong, E.T., Zaugg, S.D., Meyer, M.T., and Barber, L.B., 2004,

Pharmaceuticals and other organic waste water contaminants within a leachate plume downgradient of a municipal landfill: Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, v. 24, no. 2, p. 119-126, doi:10.1111/j.1745-6592.2004.tb00720.x.

Boxall, A.B.A., Sinclair, C.J., Fenner, K., Kolpin, D., and Maund, S.J., 2004,

When synthetic chemicals degrade in the environment--What are the absolute fate, effects, and potential risks to humans and the ecosystem?: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 38, no. 19, p. 368A-375A, doi:10.1021/es040624v.

Bradley, P.M., Barber, L.B., Chapelle, F.H., Gray, J.L., Kolpin, D.W., and McMahon, P.B., 2009,

Biodegradation of 17β-estradiol, estrone and testosterone in stream sediments: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 43, no. 6, p. 1902-1910, doi:10.1021/es802797j.

Bradley, P.M., Barber, L.B., Kolpin, D.W., McMahon, P.B., and Chapelle, F.H., 2008,

Potential for 4-n-nonylphenol biodegradation in stream sediments: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 27, no. 2, p. 260-265, doi:10.1897/07-333.

Bradley, P.M., Barber, L.B., Kolpin, D.W., McMahon, P.B., and Chapelle, F.H., 2007,

Biotransformation of caffeine, cotinine, and nicotine in stream sediments--Implications for use as wastewater indicators: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 26, no. 6, p. 1116-1121, doi:10.1897/06-483R.1.

Burkholder, J., Libra, B., Weyer, P., Heathcote, S., Kolpin, D.W., Thorne, P.S., and Wichman, M., 2007,

Impacts of waste from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) on water quality: Environmental Health Perspectives, v. 115, no. 2, p. 308-312, doi:10.1289/ehp.8839.

Conn, K.E., Barber, L.B., Brown, G.K., and Siegrist, R.L., 2006,

Occurrence and fate of organic contaminants during onsite wastewater treatment: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 40, no. 23, p. 7358 - 7366, doi:10.1021/es0605117.

Fogarty, L.R., Haack, S.K., Wolcott, M.J., and Whitman, R.L., 2003,

Abundance and characteristics of the recreational water quality indicator bacteria Escherichia coli and enterococci in gull faeces: Journal of Applied Microbiology, v. 94, no. 5, p. 865-878, doi:10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01910.x.

Fogarty, L.R., and Voytek, M.A., 2005,

Comparison of Bacteroides-Prevotella 16S rRNA genetic markers for fecal samples from different animal species: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 71, no. 10, p. 5999-6007, doi:10.1128/AEM.71.10.5999-6007.2005.

Frick, E.A., and Dalton, M.S., 2005,

Characterization of anthropogenic organic compounds in the source water and finished water for the City of Atlanta, October 2002-September 2004, in Hatcher, K.J., ed., Proceedings of the 2005 Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, Georgia, April 25-27, 2005: Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 125-131, CD-ROM.

Glassmeyer, S., Kolpin, D.W., Furlong, E.T., and Focazio, M.T., 2008,

Environmental presence and persistence of pharmaceuticals--An overview, in Aga, D.S., ed., Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and in Water Treatment Systems: CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Books, p. 3-51, ISBN:9781420052329.

Glassmeyer, S.T., Furlong, E.T., Kolpin, D.W., Cahill, J.D., Zaugg, S.D., Werner, S.L., Meyer, M.T., and Kryak, D.D., 2005,

Transport of chemical and microbial compounds from known wastewater dishcarges--Potential for use as indicators of human fecal contamination: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 39, no. 14, p. 5157-5169, doi:10.1021/es048120k.

Haack, S.K., and Duris, J.W., 2008,

Chemical and microbiological water quality of subsurface agricultural drains during a field trial of liquid dairy manure effluent application rate and varying tillage practices, Upper Tiffin Watershed, southeastern Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1189, 38 p.

Haack, S.K., Duris, J.W., Fogarty, L.R., Kolpin, D.W., Focazio, M.J., Furlong, E.T., and Meyer, M.T., 2009,

Comparing wastewater chemicals, indicator bacteria concentrations, and bacterial pathogen genes as fecal pollution indicators: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 38, no. 1, p. 248-258, doi:10.2134/jeq2008.0173.

Haack, S.K., Fogarty, L.R., and Wright, C., 2003,

Escherichia coli and enterococci at beaches in the Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan--Sources, characteristics and environmental pathways: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 37, no. 15, p. 3275-3282, doi:10.1021/es021062n.

Henderson, A.K., Moll, D.M., Frick, E.A., and Zaugg, S.D., 2001,

Presence of wastewater tracers and endocrine disrupting chemicals in treated wastewater effluent and in municipal drinking water, Metropolitan Atlanta, 1999, in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Water, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 9-11, 2001: National Ground Water Association, p. 110, CD-ROM.

Hinkle, S.R., Weick, R.J., Johnson, J.M., Cahill, J.D., S.G., S., and Rich, B.J., 2005,

Organic wastewater compounds, pharmaceuticals, and coliphage in ground water receiving discharge from onsite wastewater treatment systems near La Pine, Oregon--Occurrence and implications for transport: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5055, 98 p.

Jurisson, S., Gawenis, J., and Landa, E.R., 2004,

Sorption of ^99mTc radiopharmaceutical compounds by soils: Health Physics, v. 87, p. 423-428.

Kinney, C.A., Furlong, E.T., Kolpin, D.W., Burkhardt, M.R., Zaugg, S.D., Werner, S.L., Bossio, J.P., and Benotti, M.J., 2009,

Response to "Comment on 'Bioaccumulation of Pharmaceuticals and Other Anthropogenic Waste Indicators in Earthworms from Agricultural Soil Amended with Biosolid or Swine Manure'": Environmental Science and Technology, v. 43, no. 2, p. 545-547, doi:10.1021/es802721d.

Kinney, C.A., Furlong, E.T., Kolpin, D.W., Burkhardt, M.R., Zaugg, S.D., Werner, S.L., Bossio, J.P., and Benotti, M.J., 2008,

Bioaccumulation of pharmaceuticals and other anthropogenic waste indicators in earthworms from agricultural soil amended with biosolid or swine manure: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, no. 6, p. 1863-1870, doi:10.1021/es702304c.

Kinney, C.A., Furlong, E.T., Werner, S.L., and Cahill, J.D., 2006,

Presence and distribution of wastewater-derived pharmaceuticals in soil irrigated with reclaimed water: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 25, no. 2, p. 317-326, doi:10.1897/05-187R.1.

Kolpin, D.W., Skopec, M., Meyer, M.T., Furlong, E.T., and Zaugg, S.D., 2004,

Urban contribution of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants to streams during differing flow conditions: Science of the Total Environment, v. 328, no. 1-3, p. 119-130, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.01.015.

Kolpin, D.W., Thurman, E.M., Lee, E.A., Meyer, M.T., Furlong, E.T., and Glassmeyer, S.T., 2006,

Urban contributions of glyphosate and its degradate AMPA to streams in the United States: Science of the Total Environment, v. 354, no. 2-3, p. 191-197, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.028.

Kurwadkar, S.T., Adams, C.D., Meyer, M.T., and Kolpin, D.W., 2007,

Effects of sorbate speciation on sorption of selected sulfonamides in three loamy soils: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, v. 55, no. 4, p. 1370-1376, doi:10.1021/jf060612o.

Landmeyer, J.E., Tanner, T.L., and Watt, B.E., 2004,

Biotransformation of tributyltin to tin in freshwater river-bed sediments contaminated by an organotin release: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 38, no. 15, p. 4106-4112, doi:10.1021/es030697z.

Leenheer, J.A., and Rostad, C.E., 2004,

Fractionation and characterization of organic matter in wastewater from a swine waste-retention basin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5217, 21 p.

Loftin, K.A., Adams, C.D., and Meyer, M.T., 2008,

Effects of ionic strength, temperature, and pH on degradation of selected antibiotics: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, no. 2, p. 378-386, doi:10.2134/jeq2007.0230.

Metcalfe, C.D., Boxall, A., Fenner, K., Kolpin, D., Servos, M., Silberhorn, E., and Staveley, J., 2008,

Exposure assessment of veterinary medicines in aquatic systems, in Crane, M., Boxall, A.B.A., and Barrett, K., eds., Veterinary Medicines in the Environment: Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press, p. 57-96, ISBN:978-1-880611-94-4.

Murphy, S.F., 2006,

State of the watershed--Water quality of Boulder Creek, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1284, 34 p.

Murphy, S.F., Barber, L.B., Verplanck, P.L., and Kinner, D.A., 2003,

Environmental setting and hydrology of the Boulder Creek Watershed (Chapter 1), in Murphy, S.F., Verplanck, P.L., and Barber, L.B., eds., Comprehensive water quality of the Boulder Creek Watershed, Colorado, during high-flow and low-flow condition, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4045, p. 5-26.

Murphy, S.F., Verplanck, P.L., and Barber, L.B., 2003,

Comprehensive water quality of the Boulder Creek Watershed, Colorado, during high-flow and low-flow conditions, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4045, 198 p.

Petty, J.D., Huckins, J.N., Alvarez, D.A., Brumbaugh, W.G., Cranor, W.L., Gale, R.W., Rastall, A.C., Jones-Lepp, T.L., Leiker, T.J., Rostad, C.E., and Furlong, E.T., 2004,

A holistic passive integrated sampling approach for assessing the presence and potential impacts of waterborne environmental contaminants: Chemosphere, v. 54, no. 6, p. 695-705, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.08.015.

Phillips, P.J., Stinson, B., Zaugg, S.D., Furlong, E.T., Kolpin, D.W., Esposito, K.M., Bodniewicz, B., Pape, R., and Anderson, J., 2008,

A multi-disciplinary approach to the removal of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewater treatment plans in New York State, 2003-2004: Clearwaters, v. 38, no. 3, p. 48-59.

Plumlee, G.S., Meeker, G.P., Lovelace, J.K., Rosenbauer, R., Lamothe, P.J., Furlong, E.T., and Demas, C.R., 2006,

USGS environmental characterization of flood sediments left in the New Orleans area after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005--Progress report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1023, 74 p.

Sarmah, A.K., Meyer, M.T., and Boxall, A.B.A., 2006,

A global perspective on the use, sales, exposure pathways, occurrence, fate and effects of veterinary antibiotics (VAs) in the environment: Chemosphere, v. 65, p. 725-759, doi:doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.03.026.

Simon, N.S., 2005,

Loosely bound oxytetracycline in riverine sediments from two tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 39, no. 10, p. 3480-3487, doi:10.1021/es049039k.

Stackelberg, P.E., Furlong, E.T., Meyer, M.T., Zaugg, S.D., Henderson, A.K., and Reissaman, D.B., 2005,

Response to comment on "Persistence of pharmaceutical compounds and other organic wastewater contaminants in a conventional drinking-water-treatment plant" by Stackelberg, P.E., and others, 2004, v. 329, p. 99-113: Science of the Total Environment, v. 354, p. 93-97, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.04.012.

Stackelberg, P.E., Furlong, E.T., Meyer, M.T., Zaugg, S.D., Henderson, A.K., and Reissman, D.B., 2004,

Persistence of pharmaceutical compounds and other organic wastewater contaminants in a conventional drinking-water-treatment plant: Science of the Total Environment, v. 329, no. 1-3, p. 99-113, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.03.015.

Stackelberg, P.E., Gibs, J., Furlong, E.T., Meyer, M.T., Zaugg, S.D., and Lippincott, R.L., 2007,

Efficiency of conventional drinking-water-treatment processes in removal of pharmaceuticals and other organic compounds: Science of the Total Environment, v. 377, no. 2-3, p. 255-272, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.095.

Swartz, C.H., Reddy, S., Benotti, M.J., Yin, H., Barber, L.B., Brownawell, J.B., and Rudel, R., 2006,

Steroid estrogens, nonylphenol ethoxylate metabolites, and other wastewater contaminants in groundwater affected by a residential septic system on Cape Cod, MA: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 40, p. 4894-4902, doi:10.1021/es052595+.

Van Metre, P.C., Horowitz, A.J., Mahler, B.J., Foreman, W.T., Fuller, C.C., Burkhardt, M.R., Elrick, K.A., Furlong, E.T., Skrobialowski, S.C., Smith, J.J., Wilson, J.T., and Zaugg, S.D., 2006,

Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the chemistry of bottom sediments in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, USA: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 40, no. 22, p. 6894-6902, doi:10.1021/es060933g.

Van Metre, P.C., Wilson, J.T., Horowitz, A.J., Skrobialowski, S.C., Foreman, W.T., Fuller, C.C., Burkhardt, M.R., Elrick, K.A., Mahler, B.J., Smith, J.J., and Zaugg, S.D., 2007,

Chemical constituents in sediment in Lake Pontchartrain and in street mud and canal sediment in New Orleans, Louisiana, following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 206, 159 p.

Verplanck, P.L., McCleskey, R.B., and Roth, D.A., 2003,

Inorganic water chemistry of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado, during high-flow and low-flow conditions, 2000 (Chapter 4), in Murphy, S.F., Verplanck, P.L., and Barber, L.B., eds., Comprehensive water quality of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado, during high-flow and low-flow conditions, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4045, p. 71-102.

Verplanck, P.L., Murphy, S.F., and Barber, L.B., 2003,

Water quality of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 043-03, 4 p.

Verplanck, P.L., Taylor, H.E., Nordstrom, D.K., and Barber, L.B., 2005,

Aqueous stability of gadolinium in surface waters receiving sewage treatment plant effluent, Boulder Creek, Colorado: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 39, no. 18, p. 6923-6929, doi:10.1021/es048456u.

Versteeg, D.J., Alder, A.C., Cunningham, V.L., Kolpin, D.W., Murray-Smith, R., and Ternes, T., 2005,

Environmental exposure modeling and monitoring of human pharmaceutical concentrations in the environment, in Williams, R.T., ed., Human pharmaceuticals - assessing the impacts on aquatic ecosystems: SETAC Press, p. 71-110, ISBN:978-1-880611-82-1.

Verstraeten, I.M., Fetterman, G.S., Meyer, M.T., Bullen, T., and Sebree, S.K., 2005,

Use of tracers and isotopes to evaluate vulnerability of water in domestic wells to septic waste: Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, v. 25, no. 2, p. 107-117, doi:10.1111/j.1745-6592.2005.0015.x.

Verstraeten, I.M., Fetterman, G.S., Sebree, S.K., Meyer, M.T., and Bullen, T.D., 2004,

Is septic waste affecting drinking water from shallow domestic wells along the Platte River in eastern Nebraska?: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 072-03, 4 p.

Vogel, J.R., Barber, L.B., Furlong, E.T., Coplen, T.B., Verstraeten, I.M., and Meyer, M.T., 2005,

Occurrence of selected pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical compounds and stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in a riverbank filtration study, Platte River, Nebraska, 2002-2005, volume 2: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 141, 92 p.

Vogel, J.R., Harris, S.I., Coplen, T.B., Rice, E.W., and Verstraeten, I.M., 2005,

Microbe concentrations, laser particle counts, and stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in samples from a riverbank filtration study, Platte River, Nebraska, 2002-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 133, 70 p.

Vogel, J.R., Verstraeten, I.M., Coplen, T.B., Furlong, E.T., Meyer, M.T., and Barber, L.B., 2005,

Occurrence of selected pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical compounds, and stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios, in a riverbank filtration study, Platte River, Nebraska, 2001-2003, Volume 1: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 117, 64 p.

Wilde, F.D., Britton, L.J., Miller, C.V., and Kolpin, D.W., 2000,

Effects of animal feeding operations on water resources and the environment--Proceedings of the technical meeting, Fort Collins, Colorado, August 30-September 1, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-204, 107 p.

Wilkison, D.H., Armstrong, D.J., Brown, R.E., Poulton, B.C., Cahill, J.D., and Zaugg, S.D., 2005,

Water-quality and biologic data for the Blue River Basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, October 2000 to October 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 127, 166 p.

Wilkison, D.H., Armstrong, D.J., Norman, R.D., Polton, B.C., Furlong, E.T., and Zaugg, S.D., 2006,

Water quality in the Blue River Basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, July 1998 to October 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3103, 6 p.

Wilkison, D.H., Armstrong, D.J., Norman, R.D., Poulton, B.C., Furlong, E.T., and Zaugg, S.D., 2006,

Water quality in the Blue River Basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, July 1998 to October 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5147, 170 p.

Williams, J.D., Kolpin, D.W., and eds., 2003,

Agricultural hydrology and water quality, in Proceedings of the AWRA 2003 Spring Specialty Conference: Kansas City, MO, American Water Resources Association, p. CD-ROM.

Ye, Z., Weinberg, H.S., and Meyer, M.T., 2007,

Trace analysis of trimethoprim and sulfonamide, macrolide, quinolone, and tetracycline antibiotics in chlorinated drinking water using liquid chromotagrphy electrospray tandem mass spectrometry: Analytical Chemistry, v. 79, no. 3, p. 1135-1144, doi:10.1021/ac060972a.

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