Authors: Arbuckle, W. Brian; Alleman, James E.

Source: Water Environment Research, Volume 64, Number 3, May/June 1992 , pp. 263-267(5)

Publisher: Water Environment Federation

Abstract:

ABSTRACT:

In an effort to develop a less expensive method of assessing wastewater toxicity, two bacterial alternatives to Ceriodaphnia were tested: the commercially available Microtox™ procedure (using Photobacterium phosphoreum) and a nitrifier respiration procedure. Forty-four biologically treated municipal wastewaters were evaluated. Neither the Microtox nor the nitrifier test is sufficiently sensitive to detect acute Ceriodaphnia toxicity when testing biologically treated municipal wastewaters. The 7-day chronic Ceriodaphnia procedure is more sensitive than the 48-hour acute Ceriodaphnia test, with 14 of the 16 wastewaters tested for chronic toxicity exhibiting toxicity using 100% wastewater.

Keywords: bioassay; Ceriodaphnia; effluent; inhibition; Microtox™; nitrifiers; Photobacterium; respirometry; toxicity

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2175/WER.64.3.11

Publication date: 1992-05-01

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