Water
Resources Update
Universities
Council on Water Resources
Issue No. 120: September 2001
Pharmaceuticals
and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Emerging Contaminants in Water
Table
of Contents
Pharmaceuticals
and Endocrine Disruptors in Rivers and On Tap
by
Robert W. Masters.......
1
Occurrence
and Fate of Pharmaceuticals During Bank Filtration – Preliminary Results From
Investigations in Germany and the United States
by Thomas Heberer, Ingrid M. Verstraeten, Michael T. Meyer,
Andy Mechlinski, and Kirsten Reddersen... 4
Removal
of Pharmaceutical Residues and Other Persistent Organics From Municipal Sewage
and Surface Waters Applying Membrane Filtration by
Thomas Heberer, Dirk Feldmann, Kirsten Reddersen, Hans-Jürgen Altmann, and Thomas
Zimmermann................. 18
Assessment
of Potential Antibiotic Contaminants in Water and Preliminary Occurrence Analysis
by Ching-Hua Huang, Jay E. Renew, Kristen
L. Smeby, Karen Pinkston and David L. Sedlak....... 30
Occurrence,
Distribution, and Fate of 4-Nonylphenol in Kansas Domestic Wastewater Treatment
Plants
by K. Xia, H.L. Keller, A. Bhandari, and
A. J. Wagner................. 41
Effects
of Exposure to Low Levels of Water-Borne 17b-Estradiol on Nest Holding Ability and Sperm Quality
in Fathead Minnows
by Heiko L. Schoenfuss, Dalma Martinovic,
and Peter W. Sorensen... 49
Factors
Affecting the Concentrations of Pharmaceuticals Released to the Aquatic Environment
by David L. Sedlak and Karen E. Pinkston...
56