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A short-term batch respirometric test coupled with ultraviolet (UV) photometry was developed to detect the presence in waste water of toxic substances such as heavy metals, cleaning and sanitising agents, and textile dyes. Tests have been performed on a waste water plant containing various toxic substances in order to assess the usefulness of this global sensor for detecting toxic events. Short-term respirometry gives an estimation of the immediate biological activity, which is influenced by the consumption of rapidly biodegradable pollutants and by potential inhibition. To separate both effects, we combined short-term respirometry with a rapid estimation of pollution by UV-spectrophotometry.
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Le Bonté, S., Pons, M.N., Potier, O., Plançon, C., Alinsafi, A., Benhammou, A. (2005). Detection of Toxic Pollution in Waste Water by Short-Term Respirometry. In: Lichtfouse, E., Schwarzbauer, J., Robert, D. (eds) Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26531-7_62
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