OBJECTIVE To isolate, incubate, and identify 4-chlorophenol-degrading complex bacteria, determine the tolerance of these bacteria to phenolic derivatives and study their synergetic metabolism as well as the aboriginal micrpbes and co-metabolic degradation of mixed chlorophenols in river water. METHODS Microbial community of complex bacteria was identified by plate culture observation techniqu...

It is important to note that my presentation was a summary of our work and that a paper with a fuller description of procedures and detailed tables and risk estimates will be published in another journal (1). One questioner asked what factors determined "no exposure" and what proportions of the cases and controls had no exposure? For each place of residence or work, the following factors could ...

The Kashkan River basin is one of the most important watersheds in the west of Iran, where major urban, agricultural and livestock regions are located in its catchment area. The aim of the study reported here is to evaluate the spatial and long temporal variations of surface water quality in the Kashkan River by using Water Quality Index, which aggregates different parameters and their dimensio...

Realistic estimates of daily streamflow and water temperature are required for effective management of water resources (e.g. for electricity and drinking water production) and freshwater ecosystems. Although hydrological and process-based water temperature modelling approaches have been successfully applied to small catchments and short time periods, much less work has been done at large spatia...

Each second, the rivers of the world add 109 kg of fresh water to the oceans, and with this water comes tremendous quantities of salts, clay minerals, and other suspended solids. Although the Amazon River makes the largest contribution of fresh water to the sea, its waters are relatively uncontaminated. On the other hand, the Mississippi River, the third largest river, which delivers only about...

background alkylphenol polyethoxylates (apneos) and their metabolites disposal from sewage treatment plants (stp) are of particular concern due to their persistence, toxicity to aquatic organisms, and a potential endocrine disruptor. in this work, we focused on the determination of nonylphenol (np) and nonylphenol polyethoxylate (npneos) in water were collected from karun river. material and me...

Aims of the Study: The physical, chemical and biological characteristics of Karaj River (near the city of Tehran, Iran), has been studied to evaluate the suitability of its water for domestic uses. Materials & Methods: Samples of water were collected from various localities before, in and after Karaj Dam Lake and were analyzed based on needs for Water Q...

Since ancient times, Japan has been blessed with pure, fresh water. For this reason, Japanese people believe that city water is clean and safe and do not hesitate to drink it without boiling. Drinking fresh, unboiled water has been a part of the Japanese way of life. However, in recent years, pollution of river water and groundwater has increased in this country, making that water neither clean...

The primary fish gill cell culture system (FIGCS) is an in vitro technique which has the potential to replace animals in whole effluent toxicity tests. In the current study FIGCS were transported into the field and exposed to filtered (0.2μm) river water for 24h from 4 sites, on 2 different sampling dates. Sites 1 and 2 are situated in an urban catchment (River Wandle, London, UK) with site 1 d...

Estuaries are well known for their potential in removing metal from fresh water to provide micro-nutrients to aquatic life. In the present investigation, we have tried to bring out the metal removal potential of estuaries during accidental spills. For this purpose artificial river water containing high concentration of Mn, Cu, Zn, Ni and Pb were mixed with sea water at different salinity regime...