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BIOMONITORING TO ACHIEVE CONTROL OF TOXIC EFFLUENTS
Citation:
Mount, D., R. Brandis, AND A. Steen. BIOMONITORING TO ACHIEVE CONTROL OF TOXIC EFFLUENTS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/625/8-87/013.
Description:
This 48 - page Technology Transfer Report provides a case study of how water quality-based toxicity control procedures can be combined with chemical analyses and biological stream surveys to achieve more effective water pollution control. t describes how regulatory agencies used laboratory toxicity testing and biological stream surveys to confirm that the Akron, OH ublicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) caused the Cuyahoga Rivers water quality problem downstream from Akron, and that effluent toxicity, rather than conventional or nonconventional pollutants, were observed. t describes the toxicity testing and chemical analysis procedures that researchers used to search for toxicants responsible for he effluent toxicity. inally, the report presents sample permit limit derivation for the Akron POTW. his derivation is presented for educational purposes only and does not represent an official EPA regulatory action. erivation calculations are followed sequentially through to recommendations which outline the toxicity tests that were most valuable for monitoring the toxicity of the Akron POTW's effluent. The objective of this case study report was to provide National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program managers, NPDES permit writers, and water quality specialists with an example of how toxicity testing can be used to address pre-identified toxic water quality problems.