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Wastewater Characterization of Fish Processing Plant Effluents

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6 DISCUSSION OF RESULTS<br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />

6.1 Physical/Chemical Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />

6.1.1 Water Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />

6.1.2 Solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />

6.1.3 Carbon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />

6.1.4 Nitrogen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />

6.1.5 Fecal Coliform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />

6.1.6 Total and Dissolved Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />

6.2 Biological Testing Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />

6.2.1 Rainbow Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />

6.2.2 Ceriodaphnia dubia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />

6.2.3 Selenastrum capricornutum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />

6.2.4 Photobacterium phosphoreum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />

6.2.5 Biological Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br />

7 ESTIMATION OF CONTAMINANT LOADINGS AND POTENTIAL RECEIVING.......88<br />

8 CONCLUSIONS<br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92<br />

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />

APPENDIX AMOELP Permit Summary<br />

APPENDIX BHistorical Data<br />

APPENDIX CAnalytical Test Results<br />

APPENDIX DContaminant Loadings<br />

APPENDIX EQA/QC Protocols<br />

Note:<br />

FREMP 03/21/1994<br />

<strong>Fish</strong> <strong>Processing</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> Effluent viii<br />

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