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Long-term Sediment Toxicity Bioassays Rick M. Sherrard Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Ecological Investigations: Results-to-Date 2013 World of Coal Ash Conference April 24, 2013 2013 World of Coal Ash (WOCA) Conference - April 22-25, 2013 in Lexington, KY http://www.flyash.info/

Long-term Sediment Toxicity Bioassays · 0 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 CRM 1.5 CRM 2.0 CRM 3.0 CRM 4.0 er us IC 25 alues (%) 20-d Survival Growth 20-d Biomass PLC Survival nce

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Page 1: Long-term Sediment Toxicity Bioassays · 0 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 CRM 1.5 CRM 2.0 CRM 3.0 CRM 4.0 er us IC 25 alues (%) 20-d Survival Growth 20-d Biomass PLC Survival nce

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ory

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ch 2

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Tim

e-C

riti

cal T

oxi

city

Mo

nit

ori

ng

Ob

ject

ive

s

•A

sse

ss d

red

gin

g/d

ewat

eri

ng

effe

cts

on

su

rfac

e w

ate

r b

iota

El

utr

iate

To

xici

ty –

3 s

pe

cie

s 2

4 t

est

s

D

red

ge P

lum

e T

oxi

city

– 2

sp

eci

es

46

te

sts

St

illin

g P

on

d D

isch

arge

To

xici

ty –

2 s

pe

cie

s 4

8 t

est

s

•C

har

acte

rize

eff

ect

s o

f as

h o

n b

enth

ic b

iota

W

ho

le S

ed

ime

nt

Toxi

city

– 5

sp

eci

es

18

te

sts

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Tim

e-C

riti

cal T

oxi

city

Mo

nit

ori

ng

Re

sult

s

•A

sse

ss d

red

gin

g/d

ewat

eri

ng

effe

cts

on

su

rfac

e w

ate

r b

iota

El

utr

iate

– 1

7 o

f 2

4 t

est

s –

no

to

xici

ty

D

red

ge P

lum

e –

46

te

sts –

no

to

xici

ty

St

illin

g P

on

d D

isch

arge

– 4

7 o

f 4

8 t

est

s –

no

to

xici

ty

•C

har

acte

rize

eff

ect

s o

f as

h o

n b

enth

ic b

iota

W

ho

le S

ed

ime

nt –

14

of

18

te

sts –

no

to

xici

ty

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Tim

e-C

riti

cal T

oxi

city

Mo

nit

ori

ng

Co

ncl

usi

on

s

•D

red

gin

g/d

ewat

eri

ng

do

es

no

t re

sult

in

toxi

city

to

su

rfac

e w

ate

r b

iota

•O

nly

1 b

en

thic

sp

eci

es

(Hya

lella

azt

eca

) ex

po

sed

to

ash

fro

m t

he

Em

ory

Riv

er

con

sist

en

tly

exh

ibit

s ef

fect

s fr

om

exp

osu

res

to f

ly a

sh

•La

bo

rato

ry o

bse

rvat

ion

s o

f H

. azt

eca

ex

po

sure

s in

dic

ate

po

ssib

le p

hys

ical

eff

ect

s

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ASH

UN

LIK

E N

ATU

RA

L SE

DIM

ENTS

Ash

co

mp

acts

in

sam

ple

an

d e

xpo

sure

co

nta

ine

rs

P

ore

wat

er

surf

ace

s d

uri

ng

sam

ple

st

ora

ge

H

om

oge

niz

atio

n is

p

rob

lem

atic

La

bo

rato

ry b

en

thic

sp

eci

es

un

able

to

b

urr

ow

in t

est

ex

po

sure

s

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Ash

No

Re

sin

A

dd

Re

sin

Un

tre

ate

d

Po

rew

ate

r Tr

eat

ed

P

ore

wat

er

UP

W

PW

R

UA

R

TA

RTA

PW

R

TAP

WR

Resin

1 h

r R

esin

1 h

r

Re

sin

Stu

dy

De

sign

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Re

sin

Stu

dy

Co

ncl

usi

on

s

•R

esi

n c

on

tin

ual

ly d

ecre

ase

s Sb

, As,

Se

mo

re

than

oth

er

met

als

in a

sh o

ver

tim

e

•R

esi

n t

reat

me

nt

of

ash

elim

inat

es

toxi

city

fo

r H

. azt

eca

gro

wth

bu

t n

ot

surv

ival

•R

esi

n d

ecr

eas

es

par

titi

on

ing

of

Sb, A

s, M

o,

Se, V

to

po

rew

ate

r an

d o

verl

yin

g w

ate

r

•R

esi

n t

reat

me

nt

of

po

rew

ate

r e

limin

ate

s to

xici

ty f

or

H. a

ztec

a g

row

th a

nd

su

rviv

al

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Exam

ple

of

Exp

osu

re-R

esp

on

se C

urv

es

Gro

wth

Surv

ival

Co

nce

ntr

atio

n o

r P

erc

en

t A

sh

Percent Adverse Effect

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Lon

g-te

rm E

xpo

sure

Te

st S

pe

cie

s

Cer

iod

ap

hn

ia d

ub

ia

Ch

iro

no

mu

s d

ilutu

s H

yale

lla a

ztec

a

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Lon

g-te

rm E

xpo

sure

Se

dim

en

t To

xici

ty S

tud

y D

esi

gn

H.

azte

ca

(8 s

ite s

am

ple

s)

10

-day S

urv

ival

& G

row

th

(scre

enin

g)

(4 s

ite s

am

ple

s)

28

-da

y S

urv

iva

l &

Gro

wth

Te

st

(definitiv

e)

C.

ten

tan

s

(8 s

ite s

am

ple

s)

10

-da

y S

urv

iva

l &

Gro

wth

(scre

enin

g)

(4 s

ite s

am

ple

s)

PL

C S

urv

iva

l,

Gro

wth

, &

E

me

rge

nc

e T

es

t

(definitiv

e)

C. dubia

(8 s

ite s

am

ple

s)

3-b

roo

d S

urv

ival

& R

ep

rod

uc

tio

n

Te

st

(≈ 7

da

ys

)

(definitiv

e)

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Lon

g-te

rm E

xpo

sure

Toxi

city

En

dp

oin

ts

•In

hib

itio

n C

on

cen

trat

ion

of

25

% (

IC2

5)

•C

. du

bia

– 3

-bro

od

su

rviv

al a

nd

re

pro

du

ctio

n

•H

. azt

eca

– 2

8-d

su

rviv

al, g

row

th, b

iom

ass

•C

. dilu

tus –

20

-d s

urv

ival

, gro

wth

, bio

mas

s an

d p

arti

al li

fe-c

ycle

su

rviv

al a

nd

em

erge

nce

•G

row

th =

to

tal w

eig

ht

surv

ivin

g /

# su

rviv

ing

•B

iom

ass

= to

tal w

eig

ht

surv

ivin

g /

# in

itia

l

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Scre

en

ing

Test

Su

rviv

al &

G

row

th

Def

init

ive

Te

st

Surv

ival

&

Gro

wth

H. a

ztec

a

Exp

osu

re (

d)

10

2

0

28

6

0

C. d

ilutu

s

Scre

en

ing

Test

Su

rviv

al &

G

row

th

Def

init

ive

Te

st

Surv

ival

&

Gro

wth

; Em

erg

en

ce

Be

gin

s

Def

init

ive

Te

st

Surv

ival

&

Eme

rge

nce

Tim

eli

ne

an

d E

nd

po

ints

: H

. a

zte

ca &

C.

dil

utu

s

Scre

en

ing

an

d D

efi

nit

ive T

ests

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Sam

plin

g-Tr

ansp

ort

atio

n-P

roce

ssin

g Lo

gist

ics

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Lon

g-te

rm E

xpo

sure

To

xici

ty R

esu

lts

Cer

iod

ap

hn

ia d

ub

ia

•C

linch

Riv

er –

no

eff

ect

s o

n s

urv

ival

or

rep

rod

uct

ion

•Em

ory

Riv

er –

no

eff

ect

s o

n s

urv

ival

or

rep

rod

uct

ion

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

10

0

CR

M 1

.5C

RM

2.5

CR

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RM

4.5

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ch R

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lla a

ztec

a IC

25 V

alu

es

(%) 28

-d S

urv

ival

28

-d G

row

th

28

-d B

iom

ass

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

10

0

CR

M 1

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RM

2.0

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hir

on

om

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IC2

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alu

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(%)

20

-d S

urv

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20

-d G

row

th

20

-d B

iom

ass

PLC

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rviv

al

Emer

gen

ce

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

10

0

ERM

1.0

ERM

2.5

ERM

3.5

ERM

5.5

Emo

ry R

ive

r H

yale

lla a

ztec

a IC

25 V

alu

es

(%) 28

-d S

urv

ival

28

-d G

row

th

28

-d B

iom

ass

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

10

0

ERM

0.5

ERM

1.0

ERM

2.5

ERM

3.5

Emo

ry R

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r C

hir

on

om

us

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IC2

5 V

alu

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(%)

20

-d S

urv

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20

-d G

row

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20

-d B

iom

ass

PLC

Su

rviv

al

Emer

gen

ce

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Lon

g-te

rm E

xpo

sure

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ncl

usi

on

s

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rfac

e w

ate

r in

vert

eb

rate

s in

hab

itin

g th

e

sed

ime

nt-

wat

er

inte

rfac

e a

re n

ot

at r

isk

•M

ino

r ef

fect

s o

bse

rve

d in

Clin

ch R

ive

r ex

po

sure

s n

ot

attr

ibu

ted

to

ash

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. azt

eca

an

d C

. dilu

tus

exp

osu

res

to E

mo

ry

Riv

er

sed

ime

nts

wit

h >

40

-50

% a

sh s

ugg

est

m

od

era

te r

isks

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Lon

g-te

rm M

on

ito

rin

g P

lan

Se

dim

en

t To

xici

ty S

amp

ling

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mp

le c

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n:

20

13

& 2

01

7 (

con

curr

en

t w

ith

be

nth

ic c

om

mu

nit

y sa

mp

ling)

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.0 (

refe

ren

ce)

•ER

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.0 (

kno

wn

ash

de

po

sits

)

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RM

8.0

(re

fere

nce

)

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RM

3.0

(kn

ow

n a

sh d

ep

osi

ts)

•O

verb

ank

are

as o

nly

wit

h s

uit

able

hab

itat

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Lon

g-te

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on

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lan

La

bo

rato

ry T

oxi

city

Te

stin

g

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. azt

eca

10

-day

Su

rviv

al &

Gro

wth

Te

st

•D

efin

itiv

e (

0, 2

0, 4

0, 6

0, 8

0, 1

00

% )

•R

ive

r re

fere

nce

sam

ple

re

sult

s co

mp

are

d t

o

lab

ora

tory

se

dim

en

t sa

mp

le r

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•ER

M 1

.0 a

nd

CR

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.0 s

amp

le r

esu

lts

com

par

ed

to

riv

er

refe

ren

ce s

amp

le r

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lts

•R

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r w

ate

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in a

ll te

sts