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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025

Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent Contributions to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Potomac River: A Basin-Scale Measuring and Modeling Approach.

Larry B Barber, Samuel A Miller, Lee Blaney, Paul M Bradley, Kaycee E Faunce, Jacob A Fleck, Malinda Frick, Ke He, Ryan D Hollins, Conor J Lewellyn and 3 more

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Larry B BarberU.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Boulder, Colorado 80303,United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0561-0831
Samuel A MillerU.S. Geological Survey, 1730 East Parham Road, Richmond, Virginia 23228, United States.
Lee BlaneyUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Engineering 314, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0181-1326
Paul M BradleyU.S. Geological Survey, 720 Gracern Road, Suite 129, Columbia, South Carolina 29210, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7522-8606
Kaycee E FaunceU.S. Geological Survey, 1730 East Parham Road, Richmond, Virginia 23228, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9178-0692
Jacob A FleckU.S. Geological Survey, 6000 J Street, Placer Hall, Sacramento, California 95819, United States.
Malinda FrickThe MITRE Corporation, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102, United States.
Ke HeUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Engineering 314, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States.
Ryan D HollinsThe MITRE Corporation, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102, United States.
Conor J LewellynThe MITRE Corporation, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102, United States.
Emily H MajcherU.S. Geological Survey, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21228, United States.
Mitchell A McAdooU.S. Geological Survey, 11 Dunbar Street, Charleston, West Virginia 25301, United States.
Kelly L SmallingU.S. Geological Survey, 3450 Princeton Pike, Suite 110, Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1214-4920

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Managing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water resources requires a basin-scale approach. Predicted environmental concentrations (PEC) and stream-vulnerability scores for PFAS were determined for the Potomac River watershed in the eastern United States. Approximately 15% of stream reaches contained municipal and/or industrial wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) discharges that are presumptive PFAS sources, comprising from <1 to >90% of streamflow. Mean annual PEC, based on the summed concentrations of eight PFAS detected in WWTP effluents (ΣPFAS

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FluorocarbonsRiversWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalAlkanesulfonic AcidsCaprylatesEnvironmental MonitoringWaste Disposal, FluidWater PurificationAlkanesulfonic AcidsCaprylatesFluorocarbonsperfluorooctanoic acidWastewaterWater Pollutants, Chemicalaccumulated wastewaterde facto reusegeospatial modelingmeasured environmental concentrationsper- and polyfluoroalkyl substancespredicted environmental concentrationsstream vulnerability score

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PMID40455518
PMCPMC12177913

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