Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing Made Easy
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Acute Toxicity Test
EPA-821-R-02-012 Methods for Measuring Acute Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater Organisms (5th Addition) October 2002.
• Ceriodaphnia dubia, (EPA Method # 2002.0)
• Daphnia pulex, (EPA Method #2021.0)
• Pimephales promelas (Fathead Minnow) (EPA Method # 2000.0)
Chronic Toxicity Test
EPA-821-R-02-013 Short-term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Water to Freshwater Organisms (4th Edition) October 2002.
• Ceriodaphnia dubia, Survival and Reproduction Test, (EPA Method # 1002.0)
• Pimephales promelas (Fathead Minnow), Larval Survival and Growth Test, (EPA Method # 1000.0)
Biomonitoring
Biomonitoring provides an effective means by which the toxicity of discharges from municipal, industrial, and mining operations can be tested. Among the advantages of biomonitoring is the ability to test complex effluents containing a broad range of contaminants.
Biomonitoring, when used in conjunction with chemical analyses, can generate data capable of identifying a much wider range of contaminants
The chronic test measures significant differences in lethality and in reproduction (Ceriodaphnia dubia) or growth (fathead minnow – Pimephales promelas) between control and effluent-exposed organisms.
