Effect of rigid PVC bailer contact on detection of pesticides in water samples
1997
Schuh, W.M. | Cline, R.L. | Kosse, M.J. | Sletton, D.W.
A field experiment was conducted to examine the effect of short-term (one minute) contact of pesticide-laden water with a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) bailer on quantitative laboratory measurements of seven pesticide concentrations in distilled water samples subsequently decanted from the bailer. Pesticides were tested at two initial concentrations (low, based on current EPA maximum contaminant levels, or MCL; and high, based on a multiple of approximately four times the MCL). Pesticide species included bromoxynil, diclofop-m, dimethoate, MCPA, methyl parathion, propiconazole, and trifluralin. Dimethoate recoveries were poor for all treatments. For all other pesticides, there was no systematic difference between pesticide concentrations measured before and after bailer contact. Effectiveness of bailer decontamination treatments consisting of distilled water rinse alone was related to water solubility (S) for each species. Distilled water samples decanted from a rigid PVC bailer following initial bailer contact with pesticide-spiked water, and after the bailer had been cleaned with a single distilled water rinse, had measured pesticide concentrations of less than 2 percent of the pesticide concentration in the initial pesticide-spiked water, regardless of S. A single distilled water rinse effectively removed all trace of contaminants having S> 500 mg/L. Multiple distilled water rinses, and multiple distilled water rinses followed by 15 bailings of a well, effectively removed all trace of contaminants having S> 50 mg/L. Below threshold S, cleaning effectiveness decreased as a power function of S.
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