PMID- 35647583
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220716
IS  - 2690-0637 (Electronic)
IS  - 2690-0637 (Linking)
VI  - 2
IP  - 2
DP  - 2022 Feb 11
TI  - Organic Chemical Contaminants in Water System Infrastructure Following Wildfire.
PG  - 357-366
LID - 10.1021/acsestwater.1c00401 [doi]
AB  - Wildfires have destroyed multiple residential communities in California in recent 
      years. After fires in 2017 and 2018, high concentrations of benzene and other 
      volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were found in public drinking water systems in 
      fire-affected areas. The sources of the contamination and appropriate remediation 
      have been urgent matters for investigation. This study characterizes target and 
      non-target VOCs and semi volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in water from a 
      highly contaminated service line after the 2018 Camp Fire (Paradise, CA). 
      Ninety-five organic compounds were identified or tentatively identified in the 
      service line. Laboratory combustion experiments with drinking water pipes made of 
      polyvinyl chloride (PVC), cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) and high-density 
      polyethylene (HDPE) and a review of the literature were used to evaluate 
      potential sources of the detected chemicals. Among the service line contaminants 
      were thirty-two compounds associated with PVC pyrolysis and twenty-eight organic 
      compounds also associated with the pyrolysis of polyethylene. The service line 
      sample also contained fifty-five compounds associated with uncontrolled burning 
      of biomass and waste materials. The findings support hypotheses that wildfires 
      can contaminate drinking water systems both by thermal damage to plastic pipes 
      and intrusion of smoke. Residual chlorine disinfectant in the water system 
      modifies the contaminant distribution observed.
FAU - Draper, William M
AU  - Draper WM
AD  - Drinking Water & Radiation Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, 
      Richmond, CA 94804, United States.
FAU - Li, Na
AU  - Li N
AD  - Drinking Water & Radiation Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, 
      Richmond, CA 94804, United States.
FAU - Solomon, Gina M
AU  - Solomon GM
AD  - Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA 94804, United States.
FAU - Heaney, Yvonne C
AU  - Heaney YC
AD  - California State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento, CA 95814, United 
      States.
FAU - Crenshaw, Reese B
AU  - Crenshaw RB
AD  - California State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento, CA 95814, United 
      States.
FAU - Hinrichs, Richard L
AU  - Hinrichs RL
AD  - California State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento, CA 95814, United 
      States.
FAU - Chandrasena, R Esala P
AU  - Chandrasena REP
AD  - Drinking Water & Radiation Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, 
      Richmond, CA 94804, United States.
LA  - eng
GR  - R21 ES031501/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220201
PL  - United States
TA  - ACS ES T Water
JT  - ACS ES&T water
JID - 101778136
PMC - PMC9135032
MID - NIHMS1809200
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - drinking water infrastructure
OT  - mechanisms
OT  - organic chemical contaminants
OT  - sources
OT  - wildfire damage
EDAT- 2022/06/02 06:00
MHDA- 2022/06/02 06:01
PMCR- 2022/05/26
CRDT- 2022/06/01 11:51
PHST- 2022/06/01 11:51 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/06/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/06/02 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/05/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1021/acsestwater.1c00401 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - ACS ES T Water. 2022 Feb 11;2(2):357-366. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.1c00401. Epub 
      2022 Feb 1.