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https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-59-59-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-59-59-2023
03 Jan 2023
 | 03 Jan 2023

Sources of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Groundwater of Barcelona Urban Area

Diego Schmidlin, Laura Scheiber, Marc Teixidó, Enric Vázquez, Rotman Criollo, Anna Jurado, Diana Puigserver, Silvia Burdons, and Mónica Enrich

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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.