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IN CHLORINATED SEWAGE EFFLUENT: COPPER, LEAD, CHLORAMINES, AND 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOL THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE

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Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2527
Amount: $49,500.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1985
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 DR. FORREST E. DIERBERG
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Abstract

NUTRIENT FILM TECHNIQUE (I.E., DENSE ROOT MASS FROM PLANTS GROWING IN A THIN FILM OF WASTEWATER) IN RE- MOVING FOUR TOXIC SUBSTANCES COMMONLY ENCOUNT- ERED IN COOLING WATERS AND CHLORINATED DOMESTIC SEW- AGE WITH INDUSTRIAL INPUTS. TWO CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS (CHLORAMINES AND DICHLOROPHENOL) AND TWO TRACE HEAVY METALS (COPPER AND LEAD) ADDED TO SECONDARY TREATED SEWAGE EFFLUENT WILL BE EVALUATED ACCORDING TO: (1) THEIR PERCENTAGE REDUCTIONS OVER A TWO-MONTH PERIOD USING THE NUTRIENT FILM TECHNIQUES: (2) THE AMOUNTS TAKEN UP IN THE ROOTS AND AERIAL PORTIONS OF THE SELECTED PLANT PROVIDING THE NUTRIENT FILM; AND (3) THEIR EFFECTS ON THE GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF THE PLANT PROVIDING THE BUTRIENT FILM. CHLORINATION OF DOMESTIC SEWAGE AND COOLING WATERS

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