Water Pollution: Organic Compounds in the Charles River, Boston
Hites RA and Biemann K. 1972. Water Pollution: Organic Compounds in the Charles River, Boston. Science. 178(4057):158-160
The major lipophilic organic compounds present in water collected during November and December 1971 from the Charles River Basin (Boston) are as follows: normal alkanes (Carbon-15 to Carbon-31), alkyl naphthalenes, alkyl anthracenes or phenanthrenes, pyrene, fluoranthene, dibutyl phthalate, and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. The concentration of the naphthalenes (determined by liquid chormatography) correlates with the effective storm-water runoff content of the river. These data suggest a multiplicity of sources ranges from indigenous biological materials to automobile exhaust condensate.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Hites, Ronald; Biemann, K
- Units
- BOHA
- Keywords
- Charles River, Modeling, Organic Compounds, Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Runoff, Survey