The Jordan River is a principle source of ground water along Utah's Wasatch front. Treated waste water is discharged by multiple facilities into its source, Utah Lake, and into the river itself at several locations before it empties into the Great Salt Lake. Qualitative and quantitative information about common pharmaceutical compounds in the river's water do not exist. The presence of pharmaceutical products in the river may result from human and animal excretion directly into the watershed, into sewage and septic systems that feed into the river, or by the disposal of excess pharmaceutics into these systems. Many pharmaceutical compounds may pass untransformed by treatment processes into its source or the river itself.  This study intends to analyze Jordan River water at various locations between its source and the Great Salt Lake. LC-MS will be used to analyze and identify over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceutical products present in the river water. Both qualitative and quantitative data will be collected. Identification of common pharmaceutics in the water may lead to better methods for their removal and improve public awareness of the potential problems these compounds present.

Identification of pharmaceutics in the Utah's Jordan River

247th National Meeting (2014)

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