Analysis of organic micropollutants in water : proceedings of the Second European Symposium held in Killarney (Ireland), November 17-19, 1981

The Commission of the European Communities presents with this volume the proceedings and the conclusions of the second European Symposium on the analysis of organic micropollutants in water. This symposium has been organized within the framework of the Concerted Action "Analysis of Organic Micropollutants in Water". This research programme is jointly implemented by the European Communities and Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia within the framework of a COST (Cooperation Scientifique et Technique) agreement. The project, also known as COST Project 64b bis, aims at coordinating all relevant research in this field in the participating countries. An effort is made to improve methods and techniques for the identification and quantitative determination of organic compounds present in all types of water. The symposium permitted to review the results achieved during the past three years of research in the following areas: - Sampling and sample treatment - Gas-chromatography Separation of non-volatile compounds, in particular high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) - Mass-spectrometry - Data processing - Specific analytical problems, in particular the analysis of organic halogens and phenolic compounds. The volume gives a rather complete overview of the activities in this field in Europe. We are confident that it constitutes a valuable contribution to solving the important problems posed by the huge number of already identified or yet unknown organic pollutants in water. The Commission of the European Communities wishes to express their sincere thanks to the co-organizers, the National Board for Science and Technology, Dublin and An Foras Forbartha, Dublin. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Analysis of Organic Micropollutants in Water — Some Introductory Remarks....Pages 1-3 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 Recent Concepts in Sampling Methodology....Pages 7-15 A New Method for the Quantitative Analysis of Organochlorine Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls....Pages 16-23 Concentration and Identification of the Main Organic Micro-Pollutants Classes in Waters....Pages 24-37 Recovery of Organic Micropollutants....Pages 38-41 Influence of Humus with Time on Organic Pollutants and Comparison of Two Analytical Methods for Analysing Organic Pollutants in Humus Water....Pages 42-44 Improved Accumulation of Organophosphates from Aqueous Media by Formation of Ion-Associates with Tetraphenylarsonium Cation....Pages 45-47 The Use of ECD and FID Fingerprint Techniques for the Evaluation of River Water Purification Contaminated with Organic Pollutants....Pages 48-50 Lekkerkerk....Pages 51-53 Front Matter....Pages 55-55 Sampling Techniques for Capillary GC....Pages 57-60 Recent Developments of Selective Detectors in GC....Pages 61-92 Progress in Column Technology....Pages 93-98 Recent Developments in Capillary Column Preparation....Pages 99-104 Techniques for Quantitation and Identification of Organic Micropollutants by High Resolution Gas Chromatography and Element Specific Emission Spectroscopy....Pages 105-112 Applications in Gas Chromatography....Pages 113-117 The Use of Fused-Silica Capillary Columns in Gas Chromatography and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry....Pages 118-132 The Determination of Linear PTGC Retention Indices for Use in Environmental Organics Analysis....Pages 133-138 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Developments in Selective Detectors for HPLC....Pages 141-148 Kopplung Eines Hochleistungschromatographen Mit Einem Massenspektrometer....Pages 149-158 Identification of Non-Volatile Organic Compounds in Water....Pages 159-173 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Routine HPLC of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons....Pages 174-177 Evaluation of a Mass Detector for HPLC Determination of Organic Compounds in Water....Pages 178-187 Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH’S) at the Low ng/l Level in the Biesbosch Water Storage Reservoirs (NETH.) for the Study of the Degradation of Chemicals in Surface Waters....Pages 188-192 Assessment of a Moving Belt Type HPLC-MS Interface with Respect to its Use in Organic Water Pollution Analysis....Pages 193-198 Front Matter....Pages 199-199 Apport De La Spectrometrie De Masse Avec Collisions (CID/MS/MS) A L’etude Des Micropolluants Organiques....Pages 201-216 Front Matter....Pages 217-217 Software Systems for Mass Spectrometry....Pages 219-230 Compilation of an Inventory of Organic Pollutants in the Aqueous Environment....Pages 231-237 Status of the Computerized Compilation of Mass-Spectra of Organic Pollutants....Pages 238-242 Current Status of The Compilation of Reference Data....Pages 242-245 Front Matter....Pages 247-247 Determination of Organic Halogens; A Critical Review of Sum Parameters....Pages 249-263 Volatile Halogenated Hydrocarbons in River Water, Ground Water, Drinking Water and Swimming-Pool Water in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 264-271 Simultaneous Determination of Total Purgable Organo-Chlorine, -Bromine and -Fluorine Compounds in Water by Ion-Chromatography....Pages 272-276 Etude Pes Trihalomethanes Dans L’eau Potable De Barcelone. Evolution De L’efficacite Pes Filtres a Charbon Actif....Pages 277-281 Analysis of Trihalomethanes Formed During Drinking Water Chlorination....Pages 282-285 Determination of Phenolics in the Aquatic Environment....Pages 286-297 Analysis of Alkylphenols in an Aqueous Matrix Containing Aromatic Hydrocarbons....Pages 298-310 Analysis of Nitrogenous Organic Substances in Water....Pages 311-322 The Electroanalysis of Organic Pollutants in Aquatic Matrices....Pages 323-329 Determination of Nonylphenols and Nonylphenolethoxylates in Secondary Sewage Effluents....Pages 330-334 Determination of Phenols in Water by HPLC....Pages 335-338 Front Matter....Pages 247-247 Surfactants Survey in the Surface Waters in the Paris-Area....Pages 339-340 Conclusions....Pages 341-357 Back Matter....Pages 359-365