Effects of oil shale retort water on rainbow trout

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978 · Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Environ. Chem., Prepr.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5154012

Anderson, A D ^[1]; Farrier, D S

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1. Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie

Unfed 11-18 cm rainbow trout were used to determine the flow-through 96 h toxicity of exposure to retort water from the processing of shale oil. The retort water was obtained from the US Department of Energy, Laramie Energy Research Center experimental in-situ oil shale retorting facility located near Rock Springs, Wyoming. Chemical parameters indicative of the chemical composition of this water are: ammonium ion 4838 mg/l., thiosulfate 2360 mg/l., bicarbonate 15,100 mg/l., pH 8.5, total organic carbon 1020 mg/l., and total dissolved solids 13,900 mg/l. The 95% confidence limits for the 50% lethal concentration were 3.79 and 3.91 ml/l. as determined by a binomial test. Investigations of several physiological parameters showed detectable differences betwen controls and exposed fish only for alkaline phosphatase (AP). AP levels were inversely related to increasing length of exposure to retort water and to increasing concentration of retort water.

• OSTI ID: 5154012
• Journal Information: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Environ. Chem., Prepr.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Environ. Chem., Prepr.; (United States) Vol. 18:1; ISSN ACEPC
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID CARBONATES
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBON
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENZYMES
ESTERASES
FISHES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROLASES
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
LIQUID WASTES
MINERAL OILS
NONMETALS
OIL SHALES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHATASES
POLLUTION
PROCESSING
RETORTING
SHALE OIL
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM
THIOSULFATES
TOXICITY
TROUT
VERTEBRATES
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION