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- Title
Assessing and monitoring the ecotoxicity of pulp and paper wastewater for irrigating reed fields using the polyurethane foam unit method based on monitoring protozoal communities.
- Authors
Ding, Cheng; Chen, Tianming; Li, Zhaoxia; Yan, Jinlong
- Abstract
Using the standardized polyurethane foam unit (PFU) method, a preliminary investigation was carried out on the bioaccumulation and the ecotoxic effects of the pulp and paper wastewater for irrigating reed fields. Static ectoxicity test had shown protozoal communities were very sensitive to variations in toxin time and effective concentration ( EC) of the pulp and paper wastewater. Shannon-Wiener diversity index ( H) was a more suitable indicator of the extent of water pollution than Gleason and Margalef diversity index ( d), Simpson's diversity index ( D), and Pielou's index ( J). The regression equation between S and EC was S = − 0.118 EC + 18.554. The relatively safe concentration and maximum acceptable toxicant concentration (MATC) of the wastewater for the protozoal communities were about 20 % and 42 %, respectively. To safely use this wastewater for irrigation, more than 58 % of the toxins must be removed or diluted by further processing. Monitoring of the wastewater in representative irrigated reed fields showed that the regularity of the protozoal colonization process was similar to the static ectoxicity, indicating that the toxicity of the irrigating pulp and paper wastewater was not lethal to protozoal communities in the reed fields. This study demonstrated the applicability of the PFU method in monitoring the ecotoxic effects of pulp and paper wastewater on the level of microbial communities and may guide the supervision and control of pulp and paper wastewater irrigating within the reed fields ecological system (RFES).
- Subjects
TOXICITY testing; PAPER industry; SEWAGE purification; IRRIGATION; POLYURETHANES; PROTOZOAN biotechnology
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2015, Vol 22, Issue 9, p6590
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-015-4285-1