Potential toxicity concerns from chemical coagulation treatment of stormwater in the Tahoe basin, California, USA

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1933-1941

  Lopus, S E ^a   Bachand, P A M ^a   Heyvaert, A C ^b   Werner, I ^c   Teh, S J ^c   Reuter, J E ^c  

^a Bachand and Associates   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulants; Ecotoxicity; Medaka (Oryzias latipes); Runoff; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXYCHLORIDE; INORGANIC SALT; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; RUNOFF; STORM WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMETRY; CHLORIDE; COAGULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; TOXICITY TEST; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COAGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUKARYOTA; FRESH WATER; ORYZIAS; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA; LAKE TAHOE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 70049087537     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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