In acute toxicity (96 hr) experiment the fingerlings of freshwater fish Labeo rohita was exposed to tannery, electroplating and textile mill effluents. The LC0 and LC50 concentrations were 15% and 20% for tannery effluents, 3% and 6% for electroplating effluents and 18% and 22% for textile mill effluents respectively. It was found that, electroplating effluent was more toxic than tannery and te...

To assess the impact of an estrogenic wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent on fish reproduction, white suckers (Catostomus commersoni) were collected from immediately upstream and downstream (effluent site) of the city of Boulder, CO, WWTP outfall. Gonadal intersex, altered sex ratios, reduced gonad size, disrupted ovarian and testicular histopathology, and vitellogenin induction consiste...

High rate algal ponding (HRAP) and constructed wetland (CW) technology was used to remove nutrients from brewery effluent, thus recovering water and producing algal biomass. The HRAP/CW system was effective in reducing chemical oxygen demand (COD) from ca. 150 mg/L to below 75 mg/L, and ammonia from 30 mg/L to below 1 mg/L. The HRAP was initially inconsistent in phosphate removal, but phosphate...

This study was designed to assess whether the removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and other substances from a Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) effluent (receiving water: R. Ray, Swindon, UK) by granular activated carbon (GAC) affected biomarkers of exposure to EDCs [vitellogenin (VTG) and spiggin] in male and female three-spined sticklebacks in the receiving water. A nearby river...

A rapidly increasing number of chemicals, or their degradation products, are being recognized as possessing estrogenic activity, albeit usually weak. We have found that effluent from sewage treatment works contains a chemical, or mixture of chemicals, that induces vitellogenin synthesis in male fish maintained in the effluent, thus indicating that the effluent is estrogenic. The effect was extr...

Raw tannery effluent is toxic which may be lethal or sublethal concentration in aquatic environment. The present study deals with the effect of tannery effluent on oxygen consumption and metal accumulation in freshwater fish Danio rerio. Oxygen consumption of an animal is the important physiological parameters to assess the toxic stress because it is a valuable indication of energy expenditure ...

owing to reduction of sturgeon stocks in various water bodies, artificial propagation has become significantly important for stock restoration and appropriate broodstock selection is vital in this process. selection of suitable broodstocks may influence the quality and quantity of obtained eggs and larva. the present study aimed to examine correlation between some morphometric and reproductive ...

Rivers containing effluents from water treatment plants are complex soups of compounds, ranging from pharmaceuticals to natural hormones. Male fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) were exposed for 3 weeks to effluent waters from the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant in St. Paul, MN. Fish were tested for their competitive nest holding behavior. Changes in vitellogenin were measured and th...