**4. Conclusions**

The combination of SPE and UV-Vis spectrophotometry offers a simple, inexpensive and selective procedure for the assessment of UV-filters in wastewater samples. With the aid of multivariate optimisation of key parameters in the solid phase extraction procedure, it was possible to achieve satisfactory analytical performance. Real sample analysis showed that as explained by [27], wastewater treatment plant processes are not exhaustive enough to completely remove emerging organic pollutants. There were still some traces of benzophenone and sulisobenzone found in the effluent which is released into the nearby river. This means that the flora and fauna in the river is exposed to these potentially toxic compounds. Thus, the next step would be to study the distribution of these UV-filters in the river where the effluent is released into.
