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PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PREDICTION OF THE FATE OF ORGANIC PRIORITY POLLUTANTS IN BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
Citation:
Kirsch, E., C. Grady, AND R. Wukasch. PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PREDICTION OF THE FATE OF ORGANIC PRIORITY POLLUTANTS IN BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-85/141.
Description:
Research was conducted on biodegradability of toxic and/or hazardous organic priority pollutant compounds. The studies have produced a biodegradation testing protocol to provide a scientific basis for predicting the fate of these compounds in typical activated sludge treatment plants that employ anaerobic digestion as a method of solids stabilization. The biodegradation protocol includes a three-level approach for aerobic studies. The testing procedure focuses on the study of (1) biodegradability of substrate including kinetics and effluent quality as a function of solids retention time; (2) partitioning and intermedia transport including volatilization and sorption; and (3) toxicity to activated sludge systems and to anaerobic digestion.