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Applying whole effluent toxicity testing to aircraft deicing runoff /

"TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 134: Applying Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing to Aircraft Deicing Runoff describes the unique characteristics of stormwater toxicity testing at airports. It also provides guidance for developing sound whole effluent toxicity (WET) t...

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Corporate Authors: NewFields Environmental & Engineering LLC, Smart Associates, Maryland Environmental Service, Airport Cooperative Research Program (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Aviation Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2015.
Series:ACRP report ; 134.
Subjects:
Runoff > Toxicity testing > United States.
Whole effluent toxicity testing > United States.
Deicing chemicals > Environmental aspects > United States.
Airplanes > Ice prevention > Environmental aspects > United States.
Test procedures.
Environmental monitoring.
Table of Contents:
  • Summary
  • section 1. Introduction and background
  • section 2. Overview of WET testing
  • section 3. Considerations regarding application of whole effluent aquatic toxicity testing to airport stormwater runoff
  • section 4. Guidance for environmentally representative sampling and testing
  • section 5. Conclusions and recommended research
  • References
  • appendix A. Literature review, studies, and research overview
  • appendix B. Example toxicity test report.