Abstract
For caffeine and its seven major metabolites (i.e., theobromine, theophylline, paraxanthine, 1-methylxanthine, 3-methylxanthine, 7-methylxanthine, and xanthine), an optimized analytical method using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for their detection in wastewater samples was developed in this study. Extraction of these compounds (recoveries ranged from 60.3 to 83.2%) was made possible by combining universal polymeric reversed-phase cartridge and polymeric strong cation exchange cartridge. This method was applied to the determination of caffeine and its metabolites in the influent and effluent of an anaerobic-anoxic-oxic (A2O) process. In the A2O influent, caffeine and its metabolites (except xanthine) ranged from 1.39 to 5.45 μg/L, and their concentrations in the A2O effluent ranged from 10.2 to 171.3 ng/L. The mass load of caffeine was 14.9 g/day/1000 inhabitants, considering the population served by the target wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The concentration of caffeine derivatives in wastewater influent is a tool for estimating the population size in the area served by WWTPs.
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