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Created: May 08, 2024
Last Modified: May 08, 2024
Protocol Integer ID: 99427
Keywords: water sampling, water processing, water analysis, waste water treatment, advanced tertiary treatment SOP
Funders Acknowledgement:
Horizon Europe
Grant ID: 101084245
Abstract
The protocol summarises the procedures used for analytical control. The protocol describes the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the optimization of advanced tertiary treatment of water, based on a comprehensive quality and risk assessment.
Guidelines
Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy.
Materials
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B
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D
E
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G
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Parameter
V (mL) x R
S
Processing
Analytical method
Result
LOD / LOQ
Goal value
Organic contaminants
500 x 2
On ice
Solid-phase extraction
HPLC/MS-TOF
Presence/absence
-
Not present
Materials:
A
B
C
D
Becker
cartridges (OASIS HLB 200 mg)
Pre-filteration
Buchner flask
SPE
vacuum pump
PVDF 0.45 µm filters
graduated cylinder
trap flask
becker
vacuum pump
trap flask
SPE vacuum manifold system
Safety warnings
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Organic Contaminants:
Organic Contaminants:
The water production for AWARE main activities includes three stages – disinfection by ultraviolet C radiation (UVC), storage for12:00:00-24:00:00(according to water load and season) and ozonation. The water quality is monitored at these three stages, for the parameters indicated in Figure 1 below.
1d 12h
Sampling, Processing, and Analyses
Water samples are collected (see Figure 2) and processed within a06:00:00interval, before being shipped for the partner responsible for the analyses (Table 1). In case no processing is needed, samples are frozen and stored at-80 °Cwithin03:00:00.
For each sampling event, the date, day of the week and hour; the temperature and rain. Sampling points, indicated in Figure 2 were designated from A to I:
- Influent of primary treatment (A)
- Influent of biological treatment (activated sludge) (B)
Collect200 mLof the filtered water sample (e.g. volumetric flask or beaker) and spike with 50 µL of an internal standard solution. Produce two200 mLreplicates per sample. Mix well after the internal standard is added.
Cleaning/Conditioning of the cartridges (OASIS HLB200 mg)
3.1. Pass5 mLof MeOH
3.2. Pass5 mLof ultrapure water
Pass the200 mLof sample
Rinse the volumetric flask or beaker that contained the sample with 2x10 mLof ultrapure water, which are then passed through the cartridege
Drying the cartridge resin (e.g. N2 flow for00:30:00)
30m
Store the cartridges in a freezer (-20 °C)
All samples are to be processed in duplicate.
For the cartridge blanks (n=2): start withgo to step #2.3, and then spike directly on the cartridge the same amount of internal standard as for samples (50 µLmix de0 mL). Then go directly togo to step #2.6.
For the ultrapure water blanks (n=2), the same type of sampling flasks are filled with ultrapure water24:00:00before sampling. Then they are treated using the same protocols as for samples.
Elution of the loaded cartridges was carried out by gravity using10 mLof methanol followed by10 mLof dichloromethane. The eluates were concentrated approximately to ca.0.5 mLusing a Turbovap II concentrator (Zymark, Hopkinton, MA, USA), then to dryness under a gentle nitrogen stream and finally reconstituted in500 µLof methanol and filtered with a1ug mLGHP‱13 mmsyringe filter (Pall Corporation). The extracts were injected in an Agilent 1290 LC coupled with and Agilent 550 QTOF system.
1d
Parameters framed by Legal and Regulatory Requirements:
Parameters framed by Legal and Regulatory Requirements:
Using the EU Drinking Water Directive:
Organic contaminants - DIRECTIVE 2008/105/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE
COUNCIL of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy.
Protocol references
Montes, R.; Méndez, S.; Carro, N.; Cobas, J.; Alves, N.; Neuparth, T.; Santos, M.M.; Quintana, J.B.; Rodil, R. Screening of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in SurfaceWater and Wastewater.
Effluents, Assisted by the Persistency-Mobility-Toxicity Criteria.