Industrial Wastewater Toxicity Testing

Toxicity Testing of waste and industrial water often includes sampling from various points.  The types of waters handled by the facility will determine what is required for testing. Industrial waste or other potential influent toxicity can be tested for acute toxicity to understand the requirements for pre-treatment, dilution or separating into a specific holding pond.  This will help to prevent upsets to the process or to the biobed.  Acute toxicity can also be used to test throughout the process to ensure the plant is operating at acceptable levels and there will not be issues with the passing of the Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) test required for most waste facilities under an NPDES permit.  An EC50 test using