“…The most common anthropogenic sources of phenol in natural water include coal tar (Michałowicz, and Duda, 2007) and waste water from manufacturing industries such as resins, plastics, fibers, adhesives, iron, steel, aluminum, leather, rubber (Gardziella at al. 2013), and effluents from synthetic fuel manufacturing, paper pulp mills (Couto, and Herrera, 2006) and wood treatment facilities (Goerlitz et al 1985). Concentrations of phenols in unpolluted waters are usually less than 0.02 mgL -1 .…”