Comparing ecotoxicological and physicochemical indicators of municipal wastewater effluent and river water quality in a Baltic Sea catchment in Poland

While legal regulations require treated wastewater to be tested based only on its physicochemical parameters, surface water assessment also has to include biological indicators. However, neither approach provides a complete picture of water quality due to lack of ecotoxicological information. Theref...

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Autores principales:	Sebastian Szklarek, Edyta Kiedrzyńska, Marcin Kiedrzyński, Joanna Mankiewicz-Boczek, William J. Mitsch, Maciej Zalewski
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Ecotoxicology Biotest Hazard Wastewater treatment plants Pilica River catchment Ecohydrology Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cd7b46261c8b4066a1c21bd050bb95082021-12-01T04:49:26ZComparing ecotoxicological and physicochemical indicators of municipal wastewater effluent and river water quality in a Baltic Sea catchment in Poland1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107611https://doaj.org/article/cd7b46261c8b4066a1c21bd050bb95082021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21002764https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XWhile legal regulations require treated wastewater to be tested based only on its physicochemical parameters, surface water assessment also has to include biological indicators. However, neither approach provides a complete picture of water quality due to lack of ecotoxicological information. Therefore, the aim of the study was to perform an ecotoxicological evaluation of treated wastewater and river water in the catchment scale using a battery of biotests. In the period between June 2017 and July 2018, six sets of treated wastewater samples were taken from 17 municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) of different sizes (small: < 2,000 people equivalent - p.e.; medium size: 2,000–9,999 p.e.; large: 15,000–99,999 p.e.), as well as river water samples from seven sites along the 342 km Pilica River in central Poland. Physical and chemical analysis were performed of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total suspended solids (TSS), as well as organic suspended matter (OSM), ion content (fluorides, nitrates, ammonium, potassium and sulphate), and pH, conductivity and redox potential (RP). Ecotoxicity assessment was performed using a battery of biotests comprising the producer Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (chronic toxicity biotest), consumer Thamnocephalus platyurus (acute toxicity biotest) and decomposer Tetrahymena thermophila (chronic toxicity biotest). It was found that in small WWTPs, the recommended levels of TN, TP, BOD, COD and TSS were often exceeded. Also, the highest mean toxicity hazard in the ecotoxicological biotests was observed for samples from small WWTPs. No clear dependence was found between any of the studied physicochemical parameters of the water and the ecotoxicity of samples: however, a correlation was observed between growth inhibition of P. subcapitata and TN and NH4+ concentration (r = 0.43 and r = 0.48, respectively). Also, the mortality of T. platyurus was correlated with NH4+(r = 0.72), TN (r = 0.64), BOD (r = 0.52), TSS (r = 0.44) and OSM (r = 0.46). The most sensitive organism in the applied battery of biotests was the alga P. subcapitata (producer), with a 90% toxic response for WWTP samples and 100% for river samples. T. platyurus (consumer) demonstrated a 56% toxic response for WWTP samples and no toxicity (0%) for river samples. In turn, T. thermophila demonstrated a 25% toxic response for WWTP samples and 33% for river samples. The addition of an ecotoxicological evaluation (battery of biotests) to the physicochemical monitoring of treated wastewater and river water delivered new information about the biological impact on organisms related to their different sensitivity. Additionally, the small WWTPs turned out to be the highest source of hazard.Sebastian SzklarekEdyta KiedrzyńskaMarcin KiedrzyńskiJoanna Mankiewicz-BoczekWilliam J. MitschMaciej ZalewskiElsevierarticleEcotoxicologyBiotestHazardWastewater treatment plantsPilica River catchmentEcohydrologyEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 126, Iss , Pp 107611- (2021)
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topic	Ecotoxicology Biotest Hazard Wastewater treatment plants Pilica River catchment Ecohydrology Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	Ecotoxicology Biotest Hazard Wastewater treatment plants Pilica River catchment Ecohydrology Ecology QH540-549.5 Sebastian Szklarek Edyta Kiedrzyńska Marcin Kiedrzyński Joanna Mankiewicz-Boczek William J. Mitsch Maciej Zalewski Comparing ecotoxicological and physicochemical indicators of municipal wastewater effluent and river water quality in a Baltic Sea catchment in Poland
description	While legal regulations require treated wastewater to be tested based only on its physicochemical parameters, surface water assessment also has to include biological indicators. However, neither approach provides a complete picture of water quality due to lack of ecotoxicological information. Therefore, the aim of the study was to perform an ecotoxicological evaluation of treated wastewater and river water in the catchment scale using a battery of biotests. In the period between June 2017 and July 2018, six sets of treated wastewater samples were taken from 17 municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) of different sizes (small: < 2,000 people equivalent - p.e.; medium size: 2,000–9,999 p.e.; large: 15,000–99,999 p.e.), as well as river water samples from seven sites along the 342 km Pilica River in central Poland. Physical and chemical analysis were performed of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total suspended solids (TSS), as well as organic suspended matter (OSM), ion content (fluorides, nitrates, ammonium, potassium and sulphate), and pH, conductivity and redox potential (RP). Ecotoxicity assessment was performed using a battery of biotests comprising the producer Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (chronic toxicity biotest), consumer Thamnocephalus platyurus (acute toxicity biotest) and decomposer Tetrahymena thermophila (chronic toxicity biotest). It was found that in small WWTPs, the recommended levels of TN, TP, BOD, COD and TSS were often exceeded. Also, the highest mean toxicity hazard in the ecotoxicological biotests was observed for samples from small WWTPs. No clear dependence was found between any of the studied physicochemical parameters of the water and the ecotoxicity of samples: however, a correlation was observed between growth inhibition of P. subcapitata and TN and NH4+ concentration (r = 0.43 and r = 0.48, respectively). Also, the mortality of T. platyurus was correlated with NH4+(r = 0.72), TN (r = 0.64), BOD (r = 0.52), TSS (r = 0.44) and OSM (r = 0.46). The most sensitive organism in the applied battery of biotests was the alga P. subcapitata (producer), with a 90% toxic response for WWTP samples and 100% for river samples. T. platyurus (consumer) demonstrated a 56% toxic response for WWTP samples and no toxicity (0%) for river samples. In turn, T. thermophila demonstrated a 25% toxic response for WWTP samples and 33% for river samples. The addition of an ecotoxicological evaluation (battery of biotests) to the physicochemical monitoring of treated wastewater and river water delivered new information about the biological impact on organisms related to their different sensitivity. Additionally, the small WWTPs turned out to be the highest source of hazard.
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author	Sebastian Szklarek Edyta Kiedrzyńska Marcin Kiedrzyński Joanna Mankiewicz-Boczek William J. Mitsch Maciej Zalewski
author_facet	Sebastian Szklarek Edyta Kiedrzyńska Marcin Kiedrzyński Joanna Mankiewicz-Boczek William J. Mitsch Maciej Zalewski
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title	Comparing ecotoxicological and physicochemical indicators of municipal wastewater effluent and river water quality in a Baltic Sea catchment in Poland
title_short	Comparing ecotoxicological and physicochemical indicators of municipal wastewater effluent and river water quality in a Baltic Sea catchment in Poland
title_full	Comparing ecotoxicological and physicochemical indicators of municipal wastewater effluent and river water quality in a Baltic Sea catchment in Poland
title_fullStr	Comparing ecotoxicological and physicochemical indicators of municipal wastewater effluent and river water quality in a Baltic Sea catchment in Poland
title_full_unstemmed	Comparing ecotoxicological and physicochemical indicators of municipal wastewater effluent and river water quality in a Baltic Sea catchment in Poland
title_sort	comparing ecotoxicological and physicochemical indicators of municipal wastewater effluent and river water quality in a baltic sea catchment in poland
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publishDate	2021
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Comparing ecotoxicological and physicochemical indicators of municipal wastewater effluent and river water quality in a Baltic Sea catchment in Poland

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