Occurrence and Removal Characteristics of Phthalate Esters from Typical Water Sources in Northeast China

Table 2

Concentrations of 15 PAEs in water samples near the Mopanshan Reservoir.

PAEs	Abbreviation	Water (ng/L)
		Range	Mean	Frequency
Dimethyl phthalate	DMP	nd–42.4	14.0	8/16
Diethyl phthalate	DEP	nd–55.0	28.4	15/16
Diisobutyl phthalate	DIBP	40.0–658.8	196.6	16/16
Dibutyl phthalate	DBP	52.5–4498.2	801.4	16/16
bis(2-methoxyethyl)phthalate	DMEP	nd	nd	0/16
bis(4-methyl-2-pentyl)phthalate	BMPP	nd	nd	0/16
bis(2-ethoxyethyl)phthalate	DEEP	nd–54.6	12.8	5/16
Dipentyl phthalate	DPP	nd–92.5	45.5	10/16
Dihexyl phthalate	DHXP	nd–65.1	16.2	5/16
Benzyl butyl phthalate	BBP	nd	nd	0/16
bis(2-n-butoxyethyl)phthalate	DBEP	nd	nd	0/16
Dicyclohexyl phthalate	DCHP	nd	nd	0/16
bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate	DEHP	128.9–6570.9	1774.1	16/16
Di-n-octyl phthalate	DNOP	nd–448.2	54.1	5/16
Dinonyl phthalate	DNP	nd	nd	0/16
∑15PAEs		355.8–9226.5	2943.1	—