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TABLE 8.4
Antibiotic.Concentrations.(Mean.±.SD).in.Inluent.and.Efluent.Samples.from.STW.in.Hong.Kong

SampleConcentration(ng/L)

STWLocation SampleSource TET(Tetracycline) CLX(Cephalexin) NOR(Norloxacin) ERY(Erythromycin) TMP (Trimethoprim)

Wan.Chai Inluent 660.±.2.8 1200.±.18 110.±.2.5 810.±.11 120.±.0.7

Efluent 620.±.12 980.±.6.0 110.±.7.8 850.±.2.1 170.±.2.5

Stonecutters.
Island

Inluent
Efluent

550.±.10
510.±.13

1900.±.8.0
1800.±.3.0

280.±.9.0
320.±.10

550.±.8.0
510.±.9.0

210.±.3.0
230.±.7.0

Tai.Po Inluent 96.±.1.6 670.±.13 110.±.0.4 470.±.2.5 120.±.2.1

Efluent 180.±.6.7 240.±.5.7 85.±.0.1 520.±.8.5 140.±.5.7

Shatin Inluent 1300.±.0 2900.±.3.5 460.±.48 740.±.1.4 320.±.1.4

Efluent 370.±.32 330.±.13 100.±.8.7 600.±.11 120.±.4.2

Source: . Data.extracted.from.Gulkowska,.A..et.al.,. Water Res .,.42,.395,.2008.