Determination of pesticide multiresidues in drinking water from the municipal district of Araraquara (Ribeirão das Cruzes, Ribeirão das Anhumas and Córrego do Paiol)

Author(s)

Silvia Helena Govoni Brondi

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD)
• Defense date: 2000-06-15

Examining board members

Fernando Mauro Lanças; Plinio Barbosa de Camargo; Luiz Fernando Lopes Guimarães; Maria Eugênia Queiroz Nassur; Eny Maria Vieira

• Advisor: Fernando Mauro Lanças

Abstract

Pesticides are being used more and more with the main objective to increase the quantity and quality of agricultural products; they are toxic substances that cause public and environmental health problems. Because of this increasing use of pesticides, this thesis aimed to determine the concentraction of both pesticides widely used in sugar cane plantation - ametrina, ácido 2,4 D, tebuthiuron, hexazinona, diuron e fipronil, as well as organochlorine BHC, aldrin, endossulfan, dieldrin, endrin e DDT in water samples. The residues of pesticides can be present in rivers that supply the city of Araraquara (Ribeirão das Cruzes, Ribeirão das Anhumas and Córrego do Paiól); this area is highly agricultural and it has a high sugar cane cultivation. The most efficient methodology for the extraction and analysis of multiresidues of pesticides in several fountains has been evaluated. Liquid-liquid extraction, solid phase extraction and supercritical fluid extraction have been studied as extraction teclmiques. Gas chromatography (HRGC) was used for the determination of partially volatile analites and liquid chromatography (HPLC) was employed for less volatile compounds. Samples of water originating from several reception points were analyzed using the developed methodology. Among the three appraised techniques, the best results were obtained being used the solid phase extraction. They were not registered none of the compositions studied at the real samples of water of Ribeirão das Cruzes, Ribeirão das Anhumas and Córrego do Paiól. (AU)