Detection of Antibiotics in Drinking Water Treatment Plants in Baghdad City, Iraq

Table 2

Antibiotics in raw and finished water in the Al-Wihda treatment plant. Mean ± SD values for the three antibiotics between the raw and finished water (μg L⁻¹) are listed. Statistical analyses were done with P< 0.05, between W1 and W3. The asterisk represents the significant differences. NS refers to no significant differences.

Antibiotics	Concentrations in water samples (g L^-1)		LSD value
	W1	W3
Ciprofloxacin	0.47± 0.005774	0.146± 0.0003333	0.0912
Levofloxacin	0.123± 0.0005774	0.020± 0.0006173	0.0415
Amoxicillin	0 ± 0	0 ± 0	0.00 NS