Dataset of pharmaceuticals in the Danube and related drinking water wells in the Budapest region

Attila Csaba Kondor; Gergely Jakab; Anna Vancsik; Tibor Filep; József Szeberényi; Lili Szabó; Gábor Maász; Árpád Ferincz; Péter Dobosy; Zoltán Szalai

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.106062

Dataset of pharmaceuticals in the Danube and related drinking water wells in the Budapest region

Data Brief. 2020 Jul 23:32:106062. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106062. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

Attila Csaba Kondor¹, Gergely Jakab^{1

2

3}, Anna Vancsik¹, Tibor Filep¹, József Szeberényi¹, Lili Szabó^{1

2}, Gábor Maász⁴, Árpád Ferincz⁵, Péter Dobosy⁶, Zoltán Szalai^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Geographical Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, MTA Centre for Excellence, Budaörsi út 45., Budapest H-1112, Hungary.
² Department of Environmental and Landscape Geography, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C., Budapest H-1117, Hungary.
³ Institute of Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Miskolc, Egyetemváros, Miskolc H-3515, Hungary.
⁴ MTA-Centre for Ecological Research, Balaton Limnological Institute, Klebelsberg Kuno u. 3., Tihany, H-8237, Hungary.
⁵ Department of Aquaculture, Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1., Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary.
⁶ MTA-Centre for Ecological Research, Danube Research Institute, Karolina út 29., Budapest, H-1113, Hungary.

Abstract

The present dataset provides data on the pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) concentrations measured in the Danube and the drinking water abstraction wells (DWAW) in the Budapest region. Grab samples were collected during five periods. One hundred and seven water samples from the Danube and ninety water samples from the relevant DWAWs were analyzed to quantify physical-chemical parameters, trace element concentrations, and one hundred and eleven PhACs, including pharmaceutical derivatives, illicit drugs, and alkaloids. The ion concentrations were measured using dual channel ion chromatography, spectrophotometric and titrimetric methods, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. PhACs concentrations were measured after solid-phase extraction applying supercritical fluid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. Fifty-two PhACs were quantified in the Danube, and ten PhACs were present in >80% of the samples. Whereas thirty-two PhACs were quantified in the DWAWs. The present dataset is useful for further comparisons and meta-analyses.

Keywords: Danube; Drinking water; Organic micropollutants; Persistency.