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Adsorption behaviours and transfer simulation of levofloxacin in silty clay

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Fluoroquinolone antibiotics in soil can cause serious antibiotic pollution. Adsorption is the main factor that influences their destination and transport of antibiotics. Therefore, research on the behaviour of antibiotics once they reach the soil environment is meaningful to design appropriate measures to reduce their potential risks. This research took levofloxacin (LVFX) as the research object and used a static adsorption experiment to study the adsorption behaviour of the vadose zone of silty clay on the North China Plain. The results showed that LVFX had high retention in silty clay, with an average adsorption ratio of more than 90%. Adsorption of LVFX on silty clay reached equilibrium in 24 h with an adsorption amount of 93.5 mg/kg at an initial LVFX concentration of 10 mg/L. Acidity, cations and soil organic matter could affect the adsorption of LVFX, with adsorption variation ratio of 3.3%, 3.4% and 0.6%, respectively. In addition, numerical simulation with Hydrus-1D was utilized, and the results show that LVFX may infiltrate into underground water through silty clay after 28 days and completely penetrate in 100 days.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks are due to my advisors, Dr.Lv and Prof.Cao, for assistance with the experiments and valuable discussion. We also thank Key Laboratory of Groundwater Sciences and Engineering, Ministry of Natural Resources for Economic support.

Funding

This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 41602273), Geological Survey Project “Zhengzhou Urban Geological Survey of China Geological Survey (Grant no. DD20189262) the Geological Survey Project of China Geological Survey (Grant no. DD20211309) and Key Laboratory of Groundwater Sciences and Engineering, Ministry of Natural Resources.”

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  1. Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, 050000, Hebei Province, China

    Mengxian Wei & Kai Jiang

  2. Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and Key Laboratory of Groundwater Science and Engineering, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shijiazhuang, 050000, Hebei Province, China

    Dunyu Lv

  3. Surveying and Geo-informatics, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan Province, China

    LianHai Cao

  4. Subterranean Hydrology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei Province, China

    Kai Zhou

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation was performed by K J (resources). Data collection and analysis, first draft of the manuscript and investigation were finished by MX W (investigation and writing—original draft). DY L led financial support for the project (funding acquisition) and provided ideas (conceptualization). LH C and K Z were major contributors in editing the manuscript before submission (writing—review and editing). All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Wei, M., Lv, D., Cao, L. et al. Adsorption behaviours and transfer simulation of levofloxacin in silty clay. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 46291–46302 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13955-x

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