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:: Volume 7, Issue 4 ( Autumn 2020) ::
Environ. Health Eng. Manag. 2020, 7(4): 271-276 Back to browse issues page
Rapid assessment of toxicity of chlorinated aqueous solution by dissolved oxygen depletion and optical density bioassays
Mohammad Mehdi Amin , Ali Fatehizadeh , Nasrin Bagheri
Corresponding author: Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, and Student Research Center, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran , n_bagheri70@yahoo.com
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Background: Chlorination of wastewater effluent with high levels of residual organic matter has been suspected to the production of toxic and hazardous disinfection by-products (DBPs) including trihalomethane (THM) compounds.
Methods: In this study, two rapid techniques including dissolved oxygen depletion (DOD) and optical density (OD) bioassays were used to evaluate the chloroform toxicity of aqueous solution. The activated sludge was collected from aeration tank of a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant and used as a biological inoculum. In order to achieve an active and stabilized mixed culture of bacteria, the test cultures were transferred to a fresh nutrient broth culture media every day. The influence of chloroform on DOD and OD bioassays was examined at chloroform initial concentrations of 10-1000 μg/L.
Results: It was revealed that the application of chloroform at concentrations of 100 and 1000 μg/L showed moderate and extreme toxicity, respectively, and reduced bacterial activity. The estimated chemical concentration with 50% inhibition of bacterial activity for DOD and OD bioassays was 457 and 961 μg/L, respectively.
Conclusion: According to the results, the wastewater effluent should use bioassays in order to evaluate the effects of DBPs where the wastewater effluent is disinfected by chlorine compounds.
Keywords: Trihalomethanes, Chloroform, Disinfection, Wastewater, Biological assay, Oxygen, Inhibition
eprint link: http://eprints.kmu.ac.ir/id/eprint/35103
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Type of Study: Original Article | Subject: General
Received: 2020/12/9 | Accepted: 2020/10/31 | Published: 2021/01/1
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Amin M M, Fatehizadeh A, Bagheri N. Rapid assessment of toxicity of chlorinated aqueous solution by dissolved oxygen depletion and optical density bioassays. Environ. Health Eng. Manag. 2020; 7 (4) :271-276
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