Influence of Trinitrotoluene on Microorganisms and Biochemical Self-Purification Processes in Water,
Abstract
When industrial wastes get into a natural reservoir, sewage containing trinitrotoluene changes the biological and physical-chemical conditions in the reservoir, inhibits self-purification processes, and makes the reservoir unsuitable as a supply of drinking water. Almost no light has been thrown on the influence of trinitrotoluene on aqueous microorganisms and biochemical self-purification processes in water. Only the study of Ruchoff et al, who studied purification of domestic sewage by physical-chemical and biological methods after trinitrotoluene had been added, contains indications that trinitrotoluene not only inhibits and reduces the rate of self-purification of the reservoir's water but also does not decompose under the influence of biological agents. The authors also indicate that a trinitrotoluene concentration of 5 mg/l is fatal for fish.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 18, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0781172
Entities
People
- Ts. I. Rogovskaya
Organizations
- United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center