Change of comprehensive toxicity of tannery wastewater through microelectrolysis-SBR treatment
- Received Date: 09/12/2008
- Accepted Date: 24/11/2008
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Key words:
- tannery wastewater /
- comprehensive toxicity /
- Chlorella pyrenoidosa Chick /
- microelectrolysis /
- SBR
Abstract: A species of typical freshwater algaeChlorella pyrenoidosa Chick was selected as the experimental materials to investigate the change of comprehensive toxicity of tannery wastewater through microelectrolysis-SBR treatment by algae acute toxicity test. The toxicity of tanning wastewater was significantly reduced after the treatment process. Through calculation of cell number and living chlorophyll-a content, the values of EbC50 and EeC50 were 16.6% and 13.0% for raw water, 19.3% and 15.6% for microelectrolysis effluent and 52.6% and 52.1% for SBR effluent, respectively. According to the principle for toxicity grade dividing given by Bulich, the toxicity level decreased from first order for raw water to second order for final effluent.