Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1997
Pages
430 pp.
Abstract
This report discusses the results of a bench scale study conducted to evaluate the potential inhibitory effects of untreated AFFF wastewater to the Virginia Initiative Plant VIP biological nutrient removal process. A bench-scale study was conducted to evaluate the potential inhibitory effects of untreated AFFF wastewater to the nitrification process of the Virginia Initiative Plant biological nutrient removal system. Under this testing, bench-scale reactors simulating the nitrification process were loaded at various AFFF concentrations and the influence on the process performance was evaluated. The purpose of this effort was to determine the level of AFFF that could be incorporated into the influent of a biological nutrient removal process without causing inhibitory effects. The results of the nitrification inhibition study showed that the AFFF concentrations tested in the range between 10 ppm to 60 ppm did not show any significant inhibition to biological nitrification. The effluent from each reactor did not exhibit any pass-through toxicity as well.
Rights
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Original Publication Citation
Erten-Unal, M., & Schafran, G. C. (1997). Evaluation of the effects of AFFF inputs on the VIP biological nutrient removal process and pass-through toxicity. Phase 1A. Volume II. Appendix VII. Acute toxicity test results (No. 270351). Old Dominion University. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/tr/ADA332291
Repository Citation
Erten-Unal, Mujde and Schafran, Gary C., "Evaluation of the Effects of AFFF Inputs on the VIP Biological Nutrient Removal Process and Pass-Through Toxicity. Phase 1A. Volume II. Appendix VII. Acute Toxicity Test Results" (1997). Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications. 134.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cee_fac_pubs/134
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