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Estimating the removal and biodegradation potential of radiolabeled organic chemicals in activated sludge.
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 1996 June
A two-step procedure is described to characterize the removal and biodegradation potential of nonvolatile 14C-labeled organic compounds in activated sludge. In the first step, trace concentrations of radiolabeled test materials are dosed in influent wastewater to continuous-flow activated sludge (CAS) systems which have been previously exposed or acclimated to unlabeled test material. Radiolabel is quantified in influent, effluent, and activated sludge mixed liquor to determine total 14C removal and partitioning of radiolabel in solid and liquid compartments. The 14C data are used to calculate the amount of removal due to sorption and biodegradation and to estimate the apparent sorption coefficients for 14C activity to activated sludge solids. The 14C-labeled CAS studies are followed by biodegradation studies in batch-activated sludge (BAS) systems using sludge derived from the CAS system. The kinetics of biodegradation (defined as mineralization to 14CO2) are measured in the BAS system to confirm the CAS biodegradation results and generate mineralization rate constants for kinetic modeling. The two-step procedure was applied to radiolabeled anionic (linear alkylbenzene sulfonate) and cationic (dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride, distearyldimethylammonium chloride) surfactants which differed greatly in their biodegradation and sorption profiles. Laboratory removal figures for these materials were comparable to values measured in full-scale wastewater treatment systems, although the amount of removal due to sorption and biodegradation varied significantly for the different surfactants. In general, the 14C method has several advantages over standard methods used in the United States and Europe which employ unlabeled materials. These advantages include the use of realistic concentrations and test conditions for acclimating and dosing activated sludge microorganisms and the ability to generate partitioning and kinetic constants that can be used more broadly in environmental fate and exposure models.
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