Chlorinated Wastewater Effluents - PLS1

Environment Canada
Health Canada
1993
ISBN: 0-662-20470-0
Cat. No.: En40-215/12E

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Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Table of Contents

• Synopsis
• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 Summary of Information Critical to Assessment of "Toxic"
  • 2.1 Identity, Properties and Uses
  • 2.2 Entry into the Environment
    • 2.2.1 Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
    • 2.2.2 Cooling Waters from Power Generating Stations
    • 2.2.3 Industrial Sources of Chlorinated Wastewater Effluents
  • 2.3 Exposure-related Information
    • 2.3.1 Fate
    • 2.3.2 Concentrations
  • 2.4 Effects-related Information
    • 2.4.1 In situ Surveys and Field Tests
    • 2.4.2 Whole Effluents
    • 2.4.3 Effects of Substances Found in Chlorinated Wastewater Effluents
• 3.0 Assessment of "Toxic" under CEPA
  • 3.1 CEPA 11(a): Environment
• 4.0 Recommendations for Research and Evaluation
• 5.0 References

List of Figures

• Figure 1 Total Residual Chlorine versus Mortality of Rainbow Trout Downstream from Three Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants in Ontario
• Figure 2 Effects on Benthic Communities of Chlorinated Wastewater Effluents Discharged by Three Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants in Nova Scotia