Priority Substances List Assessment Report for Inorganic Chloramines
Environment Canada Health Canada 2001 ISBN: 0-662-29361-4 Cat. No.: En 40-215/44E
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Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
Table of Contents
List of Tables
- Table 1 Chemical description of combined and free chlorine congeners
- Table 2 Physical and chemical properties of combined and f ree chlorine congeners
- Table 3 Estimated chloramine and TRC loading to the Canadian environment from all sources in 1996
- Table 4 Chloramine speciation at three municipal WWTPs in British Columbia
- Table 5 Calculation of no-effects factors used in conservative assessments
- Table 6 Matrix of different discharge situations
- Table 7 Summary of conservative assessment EECs and quotients for effluents and cooling water discharges to rivers and marine environments
- Table 8 Summary of conservative assessment EECs and quotients for effluents to Lake Ontario
- Table 9 Summary of approximate drinking water discharges (m3/s) that may result in impacts to large surface waters
- Table 10 Characterization of main breaks and release of chloraminated potable water to Fergus Creek, British Columbia
- Table 11 Input distributions and point estimates used in case studies for probabilistic risk assessment
- Table 12 Months identified for probabilistic assessment for each case study based on receptor life history and water body hydrology
List of Figures
- Figure 1 Summary of ammonia/chlorine reactions
- Figure 2 Principal chemical pathways for the reaction, degradation and fate of free chlorine in aquatic environments
- Figure 3 Graphic representation of the ideal breakpoint phenomenon for the chlorination of ammonia at pH 6 and 8
- Figure 4 Chloramine and TRC loading from chlorinated cooling water and municipal and industrial effluent
- Figure 5 LT50 curve fitted to data for the effects of inorganic chloramines on Ceriodaphnia dubia
- Figure 6 LT20 curve fitted to data for the effects of inorganic chloramines on Ceriodaphnia dubia
- Figure 7 LT20 and LT50 curves fitted to data for the effects of inorganic chloramines on juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
- Figure 8 Spatial distribution of risk for Ceriodaphnia dubia (Cd) and
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Ot) exposed to inorganic chloramines
discharged by the North Toronto WWTP to the Don River:
- Figure 9 Spatial distribution of risk for Ceriodaphnia dubia (Cd) and
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Ot) exposed to inorganic chloramines
discharged by Ashbridges Bay WWTP to Ashbridges Bay, Lake Ontario:
- Figure 10 Spatial distribution of risk for Ceriodaphnia dubia (Cd) and
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Ot) exposed to inorganic chloramines discharged by Clover Bar Generating Station to the North Saskatchewan River:
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