List of scientific journal publications derived from the UKWIR Chemical Investigations Programme (CIP) – phases 1 and 2 (published 2012 to 2022) 

Supplementary to published UKWIR reports:

1. Assessing the impact of wastewater treatment works effluent on downstream water quality, S. D. W. Comber, M. J. Gardner, L. Ansell and B. Ellor. Science of The Total Environment (open access), (July 2022).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157284
   
   
2. Summary of data from the UKWIR chemical investigations programme and a comparison of data from the past ten years' monitoring of effluent quality, M.J. Gardner, S.D.W. Comber and B. Ellor. Science of The Total Environment (open access), (April 2022).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155041
   
   
3. Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances: Sewage treatment and implications for receiving waters, S.D.W. Comber, M.J. Gardner, and B. Ellor, Science of The Total Environment, (June 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148391 
   
   
4. Effects of iron dosing used for phosphorus removal at wastewater treatment works; impacts on forms of phosphorus discharged and secondary effects on concentrations and fate of other contaminants, S.D.W. Comber, M.J. Gardner, and B. Ellor, Science of The Total Environment, Science of The Total Environment 767(8):145434, (January 2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145434   
   
   
5. The importance of over-the-counter-sales and product format in the environmental exposure assessment of active pharmaceutical ingredients, T. J Austin, S.D.W. Comber, E. Forrester, M.J. Gardner, O. R. Price, R. Oldenkamp, M. J. Ragas, A. J. Hendriks, Science of the Total Environment.     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141624 
   
   
6. Modelling scenarios of environmental recovery after implementation of controls on emissions of persistent organic pollutants, S.D.W. Comber, M.J. Gardner, , C. Constantino, S. Firth, A. Hargreaves and R. Davies, ,Environ.Sci.:Processes Impacts, (August 2020) https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EM00137F
   
   
7. Seasonal variation of contaminant concentrations in wastewater treatment works effluents and river waters, S.D.W. Comber, M.J. Gardner, and B. Ellor, Environmental Technology, 41:21, 2716-2730 published online March 2019 https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2019.1579872
   
   
8. The removal of pharmaceuticals during wastewater treatment: Can it be predicted accurately? S.D.W. Comber, M.J. Gardner, P. Sörme and B. Ellor.  Sci Total Environ. 2019, 676, 222-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.113
   
   
9. Detecting environmental change: How many samples are required? M. J. Gardner and S.D.W. Comber, Environ.Sci.:Processes Impacts, 2018, 20, 311-317. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7EM00562H
   
   
10. Development of a chemical source apportionment decision support framework for lake catchment management. S.D.W. Comber, R. Smith, P. Daldorph, M. J. Gardner, C. Constantino and B. Ellor, Science of the Total Environment 622–623 (2018) 96–105.
    
    
11. Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Entering the Aquatic Environment from Wastewater Treatment Works: A Cause for Concern? S.D.W. Comber, M. J. Gardner, P. Sörme, D. Leverett, and B. Ellor Science of The Total Environment 613-614:538- 547, September 2017 DOI: 10.1016 /j. scitotenv.2017.09.101
    
    
12. Determination of the Forms and Stability of Phosphorus in Wastewater Effluent from a variety of Treatment Processes. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 3 (2015) 2924–2930. M.J Gardner, J. Darmovzalova, B. Ellor and S.D.W Comber.  
    
    
13. The impact of tertiary wastewater treatment on copper and zinc complexation. Environmental Technology (2015) 36 (22) 2863–2871. C. Constantino, M.J. Gardner S.D.W. Comber, M. Scrimshaw and B. Ellor. 
    
    
14. Source Apportionment of Trace Contaminants in Urban Sewer Catchments. Environmental Technology, (2014) 36(5), 573-587. S.D.W. Comber, M.J. Gardner, V. Jones and B. Ellor.
    
    
15. Concentrations of trace substances in sewage sludge from 28 wastewater treatment works in the UK. Chemosphere, 111 (2014) 478–484. V. Jones, M.J. Gardner and B. Ellor.
    
    
16. LogNormality of trace contaminant concentrations in sewage effluents. Environ. Monit. Assess.  (2014) 186:4819–4827. M. J. Gardner. 
    
    
17. Development of a Chemical Source Apportionment Decision Support Framework for Catchment Management, Env. Sci. Technol. (2013), S.D.W. Comber, R Smith, P. Daldorph, M.J. Gardner, C. Constantino and B. Ellor
    
    
18. Performance of UK Wastewater Treatment Works with Respect to Trace Contaminants, Sci. Total Environ (2013), 456-457: 359–369. M. J. Gardner, V. Jones, S.D.W. Comber, M. D. Scrimshaw, T. Coello-Garcia, E. Cartmell, J. Lester and B. Ellor. 
    
    
19. The Significance of Hazardous Chemicals in Wastewater Treatment Works Effluents, Sci. Total Environ (2012), 437: 363–372. M. J. Gardner, S.D.W. Comber, M. D. Scrimshaw, E. Cartmell, J. Lester and B. Ellor. 
    
    
20. Sample Stability of Trace Priority Substances in Wastewater. Analytical Letters, (2012) 45:12, 1686-1694. M.J. Gardner, S.D.W. Comber, D. Leverett and A. Gravell.