Study of removal effect on Mesocyclops leukarti with oxidants.
Cyclops of zooplankton propagates prolifically in eutrophic waterbody and it cannot be exterminated by conventional disinfection process. The mutagenicity of Mesocyclops leukarti and its extermination with oxidants in a drinking waterworks in China were studied. Among five oxidants for use in bench-scale, chlorine dioxide is the most effective and the potassium permanganate is the weakest against Mesocyclops leukarti under the same conditions. Full-scale results showed that Mesocyclops leukarti could be effectively removed from water by 1.0 mg/L chlorine dioxide preoxidation combined with conventional removal physical process. After filtration, chlorite, a by-product of prechlorine dioxide, is stable at 0.45 mg/L, which is lower than the critical value of the USEPA. GC-MS examination and Ames test further showed that the quantity of organic substance and the mutagenicity in water treated by chlorine dioxide preoxidation are obviously less than those of prechlorination.
Zuo
Jin-long
JL
School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. mdjzjl@163.com
Cui
Fu-yi
FY
Lin
Tao
T
D033342:Copepoda / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005374:Filtration / Q000379:methods; D016877:Oxidants / Q000633:toxicity*; D015996:Survival Rate; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
D016877:Oxidants; D014873:Water Pollutants