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Main Title Verification of a toxic organic substance transport and bioaccumulation model /
Author Schnoor, Jerald L. ; Rao, Narasinga ; Cartwright, Kathryn J. ; Noll, Richard M. ; Ruiz-Calzada, Carlos E.
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Schnoor, Jerald L.
CORP Author Iowa Univ., Iowa City.;Environmental Research Lab., Athens, GA.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1983
Report Number EPA/600/3-83/007; EPA-R-806059
Stock Number PB83-170563
Subjects Pesticides--Environmental aspects--Iowa ; Agricultural chemicals--Environmental aspects--Iowa
Additional Subjects Organic compounds ; Pesticides ; Water pollution ; Mathematical models ; Transport properties ; Dieldrin ; Sites ; Sampling ; Sediments ; Field tests ; Laboratory equipment ; Computer programming ; Toxic substances ; Bioaccumulation ; Biological processes ; Pesticide residues ; Lasso ; Aatrex
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NTIS  PB83-170563 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 178 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
A field verification of the Toxic Organic Substance Transport and Bioaccumulation Model (TOXIC) was conducted using the insecticide dieldrin and the herbicides alachlor and atrazine as the test compounds. The test sites were two Iowa reservoirs. The verification procedure included both steady-state analyses and quasi-dynamic simulations using time-variable flows and pollutant loadings along with model coefficients derived from laboratory and literature data. Laboratory measurements were used in simulations of alachlor, atrazine and dieldrin, and model predictions were well within an order of magnitude of field observations. For the herbicide alachlor, for example, laboratory protocol measurements were used directly in model simulations with excellent agreement between model predictions and measured concentrations. The TOXIC model, therefore, was considered to be field verified. Moreover, the successful field verification supports the validity of EPA's Exposure Analysis Modeling System (EXAMS), which handles pollutant transport and transformation kinetics in an almost identical manner.
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Caption title. "EPA-600/3-83-007." Includes bibliographical references. Microfiche.