Sources of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Groundwater of Barcelona Urban Area
Diego Schmidlin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
GHS, Institute of Environmental Assessment & Water Research
(IDAEA), CSIC, Jordi Girona 18–26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
Laura Scheiber
GHS, Institute of Environmental Assessment & Water Research
(IDAEA), CSIC, Jordi Girona 18–26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
Marc Teixidó
GHS, Institute of Environmental Assessment & Water Research
(IDAEA), CSIC, Jordi Girona 18–26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
Enric Vázquez
GHS, Institute of Environmental Assessment & Water Research
(IDAEA), CSIC, Jordi Girona 18–26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
Rotman Criollo
Institute of Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA),
CSIC, c/Miquel Marquès 21, 07190 Esporles – Illes Balears, Spain
Anna Jurado
GHS, Institute of Environmental Assessment & Water Research
(IDAEA), CSIC, Jordi Girona 18–26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
Diana Puigserver
Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology, Faculty of
Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Water Research Institute
(IdRA-UB), Serra Húnter Tenure-elegible Lecturer, C/ Martí i
Franquès, s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Silvia Burdons
Barcelona Cicle de l'Aigua, S.A. (BCASA), c/Acer, 16, 08038 Barcelona,
Spain
Mónica Enrich
Barcelona Cicle de l'Aigua, S.A. (BCASA), c/Acer, 16, 08038 Barcelona,
Spain
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Short summary
The demand of water for human consumption in urban areas is crucial where groundwater must be consider a useful resource, but commonly in these context due to anthropic activities these water are highly contaminated. Among these contaminants of special interest are the contaminants of emerging concern which present a high risk to the aquatic environment and human health. We found and study a series of these compounds in Barcelona’s groundwaters and identify some possible origins/sources of them.
The demand of water for human consumption in urban areas is crucial where groundwater must be...