@inproceedings{8d698c2ab5f544b6a2cc7a6874453a04,
title = "Control of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and other micropollutants: Probing the ability of restored riparian systems to remove trace pollutants",
abstract = "The continuous dosing of micropollutants (MPs), particularly pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), from sources including wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) into surface waters has the potential to alter microbial community structure in both unpreserved and restored wetlands such as those of the Des Plaines River near Wadsworth, Illinois. Of 200 MPs investigated via high resolution LC-MS/MS in that waterway and its tributary Mill Creek, 54 were quantifiable on every sample date across 2 years. Microbial community characterization (performed via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing) indicates unique community structure in areas of restored wetlands, including increased alpha diversity and altered relative abundance of core phylogenetic groups near a riffle structure within the restored riparian zone. Decreases in MP concentration by site relative to restoration structures, particularly across the riffle, suggest that MP removal is due in part to microbial community action and not solely non-biodegradative forms of MP removal.",
keywords = "Confluence, Des Plaines River (DPR), Micropollutants (MPs), Personal Care Products (PPCPs), Pharmaceuticals, Restored wetlands, Riffle structure",
author = "Jeanne LaVergne and Han Gao and Corey Carpenter and Damian Helbling and Kimberly Gray and George Wells",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2017 Water Environment Federation.; Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference 2017, WEFTEC 2017 ; Conference date: 30-09-2017 Through 04-10-2017",
year = "2017",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781510863682",
series = "Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference 2017, WEFTEC 2017",
publisher = "Water Environment Federation",
pages = "1241--1254",
booktitle = "Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference 2017, WEFTEC 2017",
address = "United States",
}