Spatiotemporal Variation and Risk Assessment of Pesticides in Water of the Lower Catchment Basin of Acheloos River, Western Greece

Table 7

Compliance of detected concentrations with environmental quality standards (EQS) (μ L⁻¹) established for the priority pesticides monitored in the present study.

Pesticide	AA-EQS	MAC-EQS	AA-River			MAC-River
	Inland waters	Inland waters	Acheloos			Acheloos
			2005	2006	2007	2005	2006	2007
Alachlor	0.3	0.7	0.037	0.006	0.012	0.213	0.039	0.098
Atrazine	0.6	2	0.041	0.014	0.005	0.288	0.138	0.068
Chlorpyrifos	0.03	0.1	0.035	0.004	0.002	0.101	0.024	0.034
Diazinon	0.02	—	0.019	0.011	0.031	0.041	0.039	0.070
Simazine	1	4	Sporadically detections			Sporadically detections
Trifluralin	0.03	Not applicable	0.021	0.023	0.002	0.115	0.237	0.031