pocis – current applications, on-going research and future
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POCIS – Current Applications, On-going Research and Future Needs
D.A. Alvarez
USGS, BRD, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MOU.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey
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OUTLINE
State of technology
What types of information can you get
Current/recent application
Calibration
PRCs
Bioindicator tests
Future needs
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Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Sampler (POCIS)
The POCIS was designed to sequester and concentrate waterborne polar organic chemicals.
It consists of a microporous polyethersulfone membrane enveloping various solid phase sorbents and/or mixtures of sorbents.
Its versatility allows for the sequestering medium and membranes to be tailored to specific applications.
Exploded POCIS
Recommend using the “pharmaceutical” configuration containing Oasis HLB for most applications.
Alvarez et al. 2004 Environ Toxicol Chem 23:1640-1648
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Exploded view of the uptake process in POCIS
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Water
Pore Size
0.1 μm
Sorbent particles
Contaminant molecule
Membrane
~ 130 μm thick
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General Processing Scheme for POCIS
Exterior Cleaning
Solvent Extraction & Chemical Recovery
EnrichmentTransport to
andlab sealed
Fractionationin airtight can
Deployed POCIS
Chemical Analysis Bioassay/Toxicity testing
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POCIS
SPMD
Sampling Characteristics of POCIS and SPMDs
Alvarez et al. 2007 Ch. 8 in Passive Sampling Techniques. Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry, vol 48, Elsevier
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SPMDs POCIS
Priority Pollutant PAHs Pharmaceuticals including (also, some alkylated PAHs) Acetaminophen, Carbamazepine, Azithromycin,
Erythromycin, Sulfa drugs (antibiotics) Certain heterocyclic aromatics Tetracycline antibiotics
Organochlorine Pesticides Illicit drugs (methamphetamine, MDMA)
Several Current-Use Pesticides including Several natural and synthetic hormones Pyrethroids and Endosulfan 17β-estradiol, 17α-ethynylestradiol
metabolites: estrone and estriol PCB Congeners
Triazine herbicides including Chlorinated dibenzodioxins including Atrazine and its metabolites
2,3,7,8-TCDD Various polar pesticides including
Chlorinated dibenzofurans including Acetochlor, Alachlor, Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, 2,3,7,8-TCDF Dichlorvos, Diuron, Isoproturon, Metolachlor
Perfluorinated Compounds Various household and industrial products and PFOS, telomer alcohols degradation products including
Alkyl phenols (nonyl phenol), Benzophenone, Flame Retardants Caffeine, DEET, Indole, Triclosan
PBDEs Perfluorinated Compounds
Tributyl Tin PFOS, PFOA
Nonyl phenol Urobilin (fecal contamination marker)
Essentially, compounds with log Kow ≥ 3.0 Essentially, compounds with log Kow ≤ 3.0
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What type of information can you get from the POCIS?
With sampling rate data –
• Quantitative measurements of contaminant water concentrations
• Plus everything under the “Without sampling rate data” list
Without sampling rate data –
• Qualitative measures of contaminant water concentrations
• Relative differences between sites
• Identification of chemicals (is it there? YES / NO )
• Bio-mimic assessment of an organism’s exposure to chemicals
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Current / Recent Applications – Wastewater Monitoring
Tinkers Creek, OH
Las Vegas / Lake Mead, NV
Potomac River Basin, MD and VA
Assunpink Creek, NJ
Fourmile Creek, IA Boulder Creek, CO
Ozark Caves, MO
Santa Ana River, CA
Eagle Bluffs, MO
Golden Gate National Park, CA
Mad River, OH
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Current / Recent Applications - Drugs from WWTPs
Summer – 15 ng/L
Winter – 66 ng/L Summer – 36 ng/L
Summer – 19 ng/L
Methamphetamine Summer – 2.5 ng/L
MDMA
Winter – 0.8 ng/L Summer – 0.5 ng/L
Summer – ND
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Azithromycin (antibiotic)
Illegal Drugs
Jones-Lepp et al. 2004 Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 47, 427-439
Also Detected:
nonylphenol polyethoxylate and alcohol polyethoxylate surfactants
PFOA and PFOS
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Current / Recent Applications - Agricultural Monitoring
POCIS were deployed Summer 2004 in the drainage basins of 3 agricultural areas.
Pesticides and degradates which were commonly found included:
Acetochlor
Alachlor
Atrazine Desethylatrazine
Desisopropylatrazine
Fipronil
Metochlor
Simazine Trifluralin
Alvarez et al. 2007 J. Environ. Qual. IN PRESS
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Current / Recent Applications - CAFO Activities
1. Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
2. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Delmarva Peninsula
- 600 million chickens worth more than 2 billion dollars annually (USDA, 1992)
- 1.6 billion pounds of manure per year
- SPMDs and POCIS were deployed during spring/summer 2000 at 3 locations in each refuge
- 17β-estradiol and tetracycline found at sites impacted by poultry litter field application and runoff
- Several pesticides associated with agriculture were also found
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Current / Recent Applications – Comparison to Grab Sampling
Assunpink Creek near Trenton, NJ
Site 1 – 100 yards downstream from WWTP discharge
Site 2 – 2 miles further downstream
POCIS deployed for 54 days
Water samples taken every 14 days
Samples analyzed by LC/MS and GC/MS for selected pharmaceuticals and wastewater-related contaminants
Alvarez et al. 2005 Chemosphere 61:610-622
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Current / Recent Applications – Comparison to Grab Sampling
Pharmaceuticals
acetaminophen
carbamazepine
dehydronifedipine
diphenhydramine
sulfamethoxazole
thiabendazole
Pesticides
atrazine
DEET
diazinon
metolachlor
pentachlorophenol
prometon
Fire Retardants
Fryol CEF
Fryol FR2
tri(2-butoxyethyl)phosphate
Nonionic Detergent Metabolites
4-cumylphenol
4-tert-octylphenol
nonylphenol, diethoxy
Fragrances
3-methyl-1H-indole
HHCB
indole
methyl salicylate
tonalide
Plasticizers
diethylhexylphthalate
triphenyl phosphate
Miscellaneous
5-methyl-1H-benzotriazole
anthraquinone
benzophenone
caffeine
cotinine
tributyl phosphate
triclosan
triethyl citrate
Chemicals highlighted in green identified in POCIS extracts only Alvarez et al. 2005 Chemosphere 61:610-622 14
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Current / Recent Applications – Pharmaceuticals in UK
A range of therapeutic drug classes were selected based on their prevalent usage and potential risk to the aquatic environment in the United Kingdom.
3 sites located near STWs were sampled over three successive 30 day periods.
7 out of 10 targeted pharmaceuticals were detected including sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, propranolol, erythromycin, dextropropoxyphene, diclofenac, and mefenamic acid.
Alvarez et al. 2007 Ch. 8 in Passive Sampling Techniques. Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry, vol 48, Elsevier 15
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Current / Recent Applications - Regulatory Applications
For more details on this project, see the poster by Akin Babatola.
Most emerging contaminants for which POCIS is ideally suited are not currently regulated.
A pilot study by the City of Santa Cruz, CA, using POCIS and SPMDs to monitor effluent from a WWTP has demonstrated the usefulness of this technique once new regulations are made.
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Determination of Sampling Rates (Calibration Studies)
Initial tank studies –
Static renewal under stirred and non-stirred conditions
Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, hormones
Current field calibration –
Treated WW effluent under controlled flow, temperature, and light
Wastewater chemicals, pharmaceuticals
Current diluter –
Flow-through system
Agricultural pesticides
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Performance Reference Compounds (PRCs)
PRCs are chemicals added to the sampler prior to deployment. PRC loss rate can be used to account for site-specific environmental factors (i.e., flow and temperature)
POCIS sorbents have a high sorptive capacity making selection of PRC with sufficient fugacity problematic.
Alternatives –
Mini PRC-SPMD mounted in POCIS rings can act as a surrogate for chemicals which are under water boundary layer control
Use of other chemical reservoirs placed between the PES membranes which are less sorptive (i.e., C18, silicone)
Alvarez et al. 2007 Ch. 8 in Passive Sampling Techniques. Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry, vol 48, Elsevier 18
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SPMD o POC S extract
Fract onat on Scheme
1) 20 mL 25% D ch orome hane/Hexane
2) 20 mL 40% D ch orome hane/Hexane
3) 20 mL 60% D ch orome hane/Hexane
4) 20 mL 80% D ch orome hane/Hexane
5) 40 mL 100% D ch orome hane
6 30 mL 30% Ace one D chlorome hane
7) 30 mL 100% Ace one
Top row 17β Estrad ol positive con o(serial dilution
Fractions tested in duplicate w h ema ning wells serving as negative cont ols
GC MS Total on Ch omatogram
Spect um o selected peak
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Combination with Bioindicator/Toxicity tests
Extracts have been screened using the Microtox acute toxicity assay and the YES. In general, POCIS extracts can be used in conjunction with almost any assay or exposure test.
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SPMD or POCIS extract
Fractionation Scheme
1) 20 mL 25% Dichloromethane/Hexane
2) 20 mL 40% Dichloromethane/Hexane
3) 20 mL 60% Dichloromethane/Hexane
4) 20 mL 80% Dichloromethane/Hexane
5) 40 mL 100% Dichloromethane
6) 30 mL 30% Acetone/Dichloromethane
7) 30 mL 100% Acetone
Top row - 17β-Estradiol positive control(serial dilution)
Fractions tested in duplicate with remaining wells serving as negative controls
GC/MS Total Ion Chromatogram
Spectrum of selected peak
Silica gel fractionation/YES/GC-MS identification Standard serial dilution YES assay
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Future Research Needs
Optimization of extraction schemes/methods
Different custom configurations for specific chemical classes not easily sampled and/or recovered from the current design
Modeling of the uptake curve
effects of flow and temperature
measurement of partition coefficients
Continued determination of sampling rates
Finalization of the PRC approach
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Acknowledgements
Jim Petty, Jim Huckins, Walter Cranor, Stephanie Perkins, Vickie Schroeder, Randal Clark, Jon Lebo – USGS CERC
Tammy Jones-Lepp – US EPA
Dominic Getting, Jon Goddard, Anthony Gravell – Environment Agency UK
Andrew Rastall – University of Heidelberg, Germany
Steve Goodbred, John Tertuliani, Dana Kolpin, Paul Stackelberg, Ed Furlong, Mike Meyer, Steve Zaugg, Larry Barber, James Gray, Roger Hothem – USGS
Chris Guy, Fred Pinkney, Beth McGee, Scott Sobiech – US FWS
Roger Stewart – Virginia DEQ
John Holmes – Friends of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River
Doug Novinger – Missouri Department of Conservation
Akin Babatola – City of Santa Cruz, CA
And Many More That I’m Forgetting, Sorry.
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