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Main Title

Literature study of the biodegradability of chemicals in water /

Author

Geating, John.

CORP Author

Franklin Research Center, Philadelphia, PA.;Municipal Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH.

Publisher

Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Year Published

1981

Report Number

EPA/600-2-81-175; EPA/600-2-81-176; EPA-R-806699

Stock Number

PB82-100843

OCLC Number

08479262

Subjects

Biodegradation ; Biodegradation--Bibliography ; Sewage--Purification

Additional Subjects

Chemical compounds ; Bibliographies ; Biodeterioration ; Sewage treatment ; Water pollution control ; Information systems ; Industrial waste treatment ; Indexes(Documentation)

Internet Access

Description	Access URL
EPA-600-2-81-175	https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=20007FTU.PDF
EPA-600-2-81-176	https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=20007G0Q.PDF

Holdings

Library	Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Last Modified
EJBD	EPA 600-2-81-175		Headquarters Library/Washington,DC	01/10/2017
EJBD	EPA 600-2-81-176		Headquarters Library/Washington,DC	05/17/2016
EKCD	EPA-600-2-81-175		CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL	05/29/2018
EKCD	EPA-600-2-81-176	v.2	CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL	05/29/2018
ELBD ARCHIVE	EPA 600-2-81-175	Received from HQ	AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH	10/04/2023
ELBD RPS	EPA 600-2-81-175	v.1 repository copy	AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH	02/06/2018
ELBD ARCHIVE	EPA 600-2-81-176	Received from HQ	AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH	10/04/2023
ELBD RPS	EPA 600-2-81-176	v.2 repository copy	AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH	02/06/2018
NTIS	PB82-100843	Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown.		07/26/2022
NTIS	PB82-100850	Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown.		07/26/2022

Collation

2 volumes ; 28 cm

Abstract

Post-1974 literature on wastewater treatment was retrieved by on-line searching of eight databases. From 1,000 articles critically examined, 600 were used to generate a three-tiered permutated index keyed to, and presented with the 600 articles bibliography in Volume 2; the three levels of the index are name of chemical, name of microbe affecting or affected by said chemical, and treatment process involved. These same 600 articles were used to generate separate biodegradable and nonbiodegradable lists of chemicals, on which a successful feasiblity study was carried out to create an algorithm to predict biodegradability using only substructural fragments and molecular weight. The results of this study, in Volume 1, indicated 93% accuracy for biodegradables, but only 70% for nonbiodegradables due to the inadequate selection available. Also in Volume 1 is a report on technological advances in wastewater treatment gleaned from the 1,000 documents. In the same selection, in tabular format, are references to commercial literature and some journal articles, supplied with this report to EPA, obtained by canvassing Japanese and West German manufacturers in this field. Rounding out Volume 1 is a condensation of abstracts from the 1913-1974 literature dealing only with adverse effects of chemicals on wastewater treatment, also in tabular format; it is intended to complement references to this topic in the permutated index.

Notes

Prepared for Municipal Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH. "EPA/600-2-81-175, Volume 1." "EPA/600-2-81-176, Volume 2." "September 1981." EPA grant no. R806699-01. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents Notes

v. 1. Biodegradability prediction, advances in and chemical interferences with wastewater treatment -- v. 2. Permutated index of chemicals, microbial populations, and wastewater treatment systems with bibliography.

Place Published

Cincinnati, Ohio

Supplementary Notes