AMINOPROPANONE AS A MARKER FOR RAW SEWAGE IN NATURAL-WATERS

Authors
FITZSIMONS MF RASHID MKA RILEY JP WOLFF GA
Citation
Mf. Fitzsimons et al., AMINOPROPANONE AS A MARKER FOR RAW SEWAGE IN NATURAL-WATERS, Marine pollution bulletin, 30(5), 1995, pp. 306-312
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology","Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Marine pollution bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
0025326X
Volume
30
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
306 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-326X(1995)30:5<306:AAAMFR>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Aminopropanone has been identified in raw sewage. Its presence at high concentrations (up to 60 mumol l-1) in several samples from the Merse y Estuary (UK) and Port Erin Bay (Isle of Man) is consistent with the contamination at those sites. The lifetime of the ketone is sufficient ly long (t 1/2 ca 8-10 days in raw sewage) for it to be useful as a tr acer for untreated sewage.