Consequences of Treated Water Recycling as Regards Pharmaceuticals and Drugs in Surface and Ground Waters of a Medium-Sized Mediterranean Catchment

Rabiet, Marion; Togola, Anne; Brissaud, Francois; Seidel, Jean-Luc; Budzinski, Hélène; Elbaz-Poulichet, Françoise

doi:10.1021/es060528p

Consequences of Treated Water Recycling as Regards Pharmaceuticals and Drugs in Surface and Ground Waters of a Medium-Sized Mediterranean Catchment

In Mediterranean regions where the population is rapidly growing, the risk of water resource contamination by wastewater is likely to increase. This is the case of the Hérault watershed (south of France), where the presence of treated wastewater in surface and ground waters has been shown in a pr…