Assessing the Transport of Pharmaceutical Compounds in a Layered Aquifer Discharging to a Stream

• Published in: Ground water Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 208 - 223
• Main Authors: Balbarini, Nicola, Frederiksen, Majken, Rønde, Vinni, Møller, Ingelise, Sonne, Anne T., McKnight, Ursula S., Pedersen, Jørn K., Binning, Philip J., Bjerg, Poul L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, US Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2020; Ground Water Publishing Company
• Subjects: Abandoned waste sites; Aquifer systems; Aquifers; Barbiturates; Benzene; Cluster analysis; Contaminants; Contamination; Discharge; Ethene; Ethyl carbamate; Field investigations; Field tests; Flow paths; Groundwater; Groundwater data; Groundwater flow; Groundwater pollution; Hydrogeology; Hyporheic zone; Hyporheic zones; Industrial production; Landfills; Mathematical models; Pharmaceutical industry; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Pharmaceuticals; Plumes; Pollution sources; Principal components analysis; Rivers; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; Sulfonamides; Transport; Transport processes; Unconfined aquifers; Waste disposal sites; Water flow; Water Pollutants, Chemical

A groundwater plume containing high concentrations of pharmaceutical compounds, mainly sulfonamides, barbiturates, and ethyl urethane, in addition to chlorinated ethenes and benzene was investigated. The contamination originating from a former pharmaceutical industry discharges into a multilayered a...