An Evaluation of Illicit Stimulants and Metabolites in Wastewa ter Effluent and the Wisconsin River Along the Central Wisconsin River Basin

The goals of the study were to develop a method for extracting and quantifying illicit stimulants and metabolites, methamphetamine, amphetamine, cocaine, and benzoylecogonine from wastewater effluent and surface water grab samples, and evaluate Central Wisconsin wastewater treatment p...

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Main Authors: Erik S. Hendrickson, Isaiah J. Robertson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Agriculture in Krakow 2015-09-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Formatio Circumiectus
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Online Access:http://www.formatiocircumiectus.actapol.net/pub/14_3_65.pdf
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description The goals of the study were to develop a method for extracting and quantifying illicit stimulants and metabolites, methamphetamine, amphetamine, cocaine, and benzoylecogonine from wastewater effluent and surface water grab samples, and evaluate Central Wisconsin wastewater treatment plant’s (WWTP) removal efficiency of compounds of interest. The method created used HLB solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridges to extract substances of interest and High Performance Liquid Chromatography tandem Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS) for quantification and qualification. All four wastewater effluent samples and three Wisconsin River samples had quantifiable concentrations of at least one analyte. Conclusions derived from the study were: The method created is effective for separating, quantifying, and identifying amphetamine, cocaine, and benzoylecognine from wastewater effluent and surface water grab samples, and each illicit stimulant and metabolite analyzed in this study were all quantified in wastewater effluent, indicating these compounds have the ability to survive WWTP.
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spelling doaj-art-07499f39b0d14ea3a70a74206bba83062025-01-02T12:08:57ZengUniversity of Agriculture in KrakowActa Scientiarum Polonorum. Formatio Circumiectus1644-07651644-07652015-09-01143657410.15576/ASP.FC/2015.14.3.65An Evaluation of Illicit Stimulants and Metabolites in Wastewa ter Effluent and the Wisconsin River Along the Central Wisconsin River BasinErik S. Hendrickson0Isaiah J. Robertson1The University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointThe University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointThe goals of the study were to develop a method for extracting and quantifying illicit stimulants and metabolites, methamphetamine, amphetamine, cocaine, and benzoylecogonine from wastewater effluent and surface water grab samples, and evaluate Central Wisconsin wastewater treatment plant’s (WWTP) removal efficiency of compounds of interest. The method created used HLB solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridges to extract substances of interest and High Performance Liquid Chromatography tandem Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS) for quantification and qualification. All four wastewater effluent samples and three Wisconsin River samples had quantifiable concentrations of at least one analyte. Conclusions derived from the study were: The method created is effective for separating, quantifying, and identifying amphetamine, cocaine, and benzoylecognine from wastewater effluent and surface water grab samples, and each illicit stimulant and metabolite analyzed in this study were all quantified in wastewater effluent, indicating these compounds have the ability to survive WWTP.http://www.formatiocircumiectus.actapol.net/pub/14_3_65.pdfnarcoticswastewaterwastewater treatmentWWTPliquid chromatographyHPLCmass spectrometry (MS)solid-phase extractionSPEcocainemethamphetamineamphetaminebenzoylecogonineenvironmental chemistryWisconsin River
spellingShingle Erik S. Hendrickson
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An Evaluation of Illicit Stimulants and Metabolites in Wastewa ter Effluent and the Wisconsin River Along the Central Wisconsin River Basin
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Formatio Circumiectus
narcotics
wastewater
wastewater treatment
WWTP
liquid chromatography
HPLC
mass spectrometry (MS)
solid-phase extraction
SPE
cocaine
methamphetamine
amphetamine
benzoylecogonine
environmental chemistry
Wisconsin River
title An Evaluation of Illicit Stimulants and Metabolites in Wastewa ter Effluent and the Wisconsin River Along the Central Wisconsin River Basin
title_full An Evaluation of Illicit Stimulants and Metabolites in Wastewa ter Effluent and the Wisconsin River Along the Central Wisconsin River Basin
title_fullStr An Evaluation of Illicit Stimulants and Metabolites in Wastewa ter Effluent and the Wisconsin River Along the Central Wisconsin River Basin
title_full_unstemmed An Evaluation of Illicit Stimulants and Metabolites in Wastewa ter Effluent and the Wisconsin River Along the Central Wisconsin River Basin
title_short An Evaluation of Illicit Stimulants and Metabolites in Wastewa ter Effluent and the Wisconsin River Along the Central Wisconsin River Basin
title_sort evaluation of illicit stimulants and metabolites in wastewa ter effluent and the wisconsin river along the central wisconsin river basin
topic narcotics
wastewater
wastewater treatment
WWTP
liquid chromatography
HPLC
mass spectrometry (MS)
solid-phase extraction
SPE
cocaine
methamphetamine
amphetamine
benzoylecogonine
environmental chemistry
Wisconsin River
url http://www.formatiocircumiectus.actapol.net/pub/14_3_65.pdf
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