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Effects of aqueous effluents from in situ fossil-fuel processing technologies on aquatic systems

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6865459· OSTI ID:6865459

Progress is reported for the second year of this project to evaluate the effects of aqueous effluents from in-situ fossil fuel processing technologies on aquatic biota. The project objectives for Year 2 were pursued through five tasks: literature reviews on process water constituents, possible environmental impacts and potential control technologies; toxicity bioassays on the effects of coal gasification and oil shale retorting process waters and six process water constituents on aquatic biota; biodegradation studies on process water constituents; bioaccumulation factor estimation for the compounds tested in the toxicity bioassays; and recommendations on maximum exposure concentrations for process water constituents based on data from the project and from the literature. Results in each of the five areas of research are reported.

Research Organization:
Wyoming Univ., Laramie (USA)
OSTI ID:
6865459
Report Number(s):
DOE/LETC/12344-T2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English