Assessment of the effects of chlorinated seawater from power plants on aquatic organisms. Final task report, May-September 1978
The report gives a detailed review of past and present research efforts on the effects of chlorinated seawater from power plants on aquatic organisms. It includes: (1) A characterization of chemical species contained in power plant seawater discharges; (2) a review of the amperometric titration method for residual chlorine determinations in seawater; and (3) an analysis of the toxicity of compounds formed by chlorination of seawater. The review concluded that (1) the toxicity of chlorinated seawater effluent is due primarily to various oxidant residuals produced by chlorination, rather than to residual chlorine itself; (2) the amperometric titration method is adequate to determine safe oxidant levels when identification of specific compounds is not required; (3) bromoform is a principal contributor to toxicity in power plant discharges (because of volatility and degradability, bromoform is not expected to be as toxic as chloroform); and (4) other compounds suspected of causing toxicity have not been clearly identified.
- Research Organization:
- TRW Environmental Engineering Div., Redondo Beach, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EPA-68-02-2613
- OSTI ID:
- 6054024
- Report Number(s):
- PB-289943
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
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BROMINE COMPOUNDS
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CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CHLORINATION
COOLANTS
OXIDIZERS
RESIDUES
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TITRATION
WATER POLLUTION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POWER PLANTS
WATER
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