Caffeine vs. carbamazepine as indicators of wastewater pollution in a karst aquifer

Dvory, Noam Zach; Livshitz, Yakov; Kuznetsov, Michael; Adar, Eilon; Gasser, Guy; Pankratov, Irena; Lev, Ovadia; Yakirevich, Alexander

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6371-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6371-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6371-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

Research article

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10 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 10 Dec 2018

Caffeine vs. carbamazepine as indicators of wastewater pollution in a karst aquifer

Noam Zach Dvory, Yakov Livshitz, Michael Kuznetsov, Eilon Adar, Guy Gasser, Irena Pankratov, Ovadia Lev, and Alexander Yakirevich

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Final revised paper (published on 10 Dec 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 29 Aug 2018)

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Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'A review of: Caffeine vs Carbamazepine as indicators for wastewater pollution in a karst aquifer by Dvory et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Sep 2018
- SC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', NOAM ZACH DVORY, 17 Sep 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', NOAM ZACH DVORY, 01 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Caffeine vs Carbamazepine as indicators for wastewater pollution in a karst aquifer', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Sep 2018
- SC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', NOAM ZACH DVORY, 17 Sep 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', NOAM ZACH DVORY, 01 Oct 2018

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (05 Nov 2018) by Insa Neuweiler

AR by NOAM ZACH DVORY on behalf of the Authors (05 Nov 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (09 Nov 2018) by Insa Neuweiler

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Nov 2018) by Insa Neuweiler

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Nov 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (27 Nov 2018)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (27 Nov 2018) by Insa Neuweiler

AR by NOAM ZACH DVORY on behalf of the Authors (29 Nov 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This research is paramount given the significance of karst aquifers as essential drinking water sources. While CBZ is considered conservative, CAF is subject to sorption and degradation, and therefore each of these two pollutants can be considered effective tracers for specific assessment of aquifer contamination. The model presented in this paper shows how each of the mentioned contaminants could serve as a better tool for aquifer contamination characterization and its treatment.