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RECORD NUMBER: 130 OF 131Main Title | Water Quality Criteria to Protect the Fish Population Directly Below Sewage Outfalls. | |||||||||||
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Author | Tsa, Chu-fa ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Maryland Univ., College Park. Water Resources Research Center. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1971 | |||||||||||
Report Number | DI-14-01-0001-1910; OWRR-B-006-MD; 07615,; B-006-MD(1) | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB-208 811 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | ( Water pollution ; Environmental surveys) ; ( Outfall sewers ; Water pollution) ; ( Fishes ; Protection) ; Contaminants ; Sewage disposal ; Sewage treatment ; Effluents ; Classifications ; Water quality ; Seasonal variations ; Hazards ; Fresh water biology ; Recommendations ; Bioindicators | |||||||||||
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Collation | 57p | |||||||||||
Abstract | The water quality and fish communities in streams receiving chlorinated effluents from 156 secondary sewage treatment plants in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania were studied during the summers of 1968-1970. The water quality parameters considered were total chlorine, ammonia nitrogen, total phosphate, deterbent (AMS), conductivity, turbidity, hardness, chlorides, acidity, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, and nitrite-nitrate nitrogen. Changes in fish community diversity in the streams were related to these parameters. Several recommendations on plant designs and on selection of outfall sites to achieve natural purification are presented. |