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Main Title Effects on toxicity of volatile priority pollutants added to a conventional wastewater treatment system /
Author Neiheisel, Timothy W. ; Horning, William B. ; Petrasek, Jr., Albert C. ; Asberry, Vivian R. ; Jones, Debbe A.
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Author Title of a Work
Horning, William B.
Petrasek, Albert C.
Asberry, Vivian R.
Jones, Debbe A.
Marcum, Ronda L.
Hall, Christopher T.
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, Cincinnati, OH. Newtown Fish Toxicology Station.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1983
Report Number EPA-600/3-83-083; PB83-259721
Stock Number PB83-259721
OCLC Number 78366209
Subjects Sewage--Purification--Activated sludge process ; Organic water pollutants--Toxicology
Additional Subjects Toxicity ; Sewage treatment ; Industrial waste treatment ; Activated sludge process ; Laboratory animals ; Aquatic animals ; Bacteria ; Sampling ; Public health ; Bioaccumulation ; Fathead minnows ; Microtox assays
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EKCD  EPA-600/3-83-083 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 07/17/2018
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-3-83-083 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA 600-3-83-083 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 08/28/2018
ELBD  EPA 600-3-83-083 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 08/28/2018
ELDD  EPA 600-3-83-083 CCTE/GLTED Library/Duluth,MN 03/28/2012
NTIS  PB83-259721 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation ii, 18 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
Static acute, unaerated, toxicity tests using fathead minnows and Daphnia magna and a bacterial toxicity assay, Microtox(TM), were conducted on samples of influent and effluent from two conventional activated sludge pilot wastewater treatment systems. The two pilot treatment systems (A and B) were constructed and operated in an identical manner except that a mixture of 16 volatile priority pollutants was continuously added to the influent of the experimental, B system. The common, unspiked influent for both systems was a mixed industrial and domestic wastewater. The toxicity tests were performed on the influent, primary effluent, and secondary effluent samples to determine the acute toxicity of the various samples and to compare the reduction in toxicity across the two treatment systems. The results of these tests indicated that there was no difference in toxicity reduction between the two pilot treatment systems at the level of pollutants added.
Notes
"EPA-600/3-83-083." "PB83-259721." "September 1983." Includes bibliographical references (page 10). Photocopy.
Contents Notes
Static acute, unaerated, toxicity tests using fathead minnows and Daphnia magna and a bacterial toxicity assay, Microtox(TM), were conducted on samples of influent and effluent from two conventional activated sludge pilot wastewater treatment systems. The two pilot treatment systems (A and B) were constructed and operated in an identical manner except that a mixture of 16 volatile priority pollutants were continuously added to the influent of the experimental, B system. The common, unspiked influent for both systems was a mixed industrial and domestic wastewater. The volatile priority pollutants were added to system B to obtain a nominal concentration of 50 [mu]g/l each. The toxicity tests were performed on the influent, primary effluent, and secondary effluent samples to determine the acute toxicity of the various amples and to compare the reduction in toxicity across the two treatment systems. The results of these tests indicated that there was no difference in toxicity reduction between the two pilot treatment systems at the level of pollutants added. Toxicity for pairs of similar samples, influent a and B, primary effluent A and B, and secondary effluent A and B, was essentially the same. Even the influent samples, where the highest concentration of pollutants would be expected in the B samples, was not different.