An Evaluation of a Point Source Brine Discharge into a Riverine System and Implications for TDS Limitations

Echols, B. S.; Currie, Rebecca J.; Valenti, Theodore W.; Cherry, Donald S.

doi:10.1080/10807039.2012.672892

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“…This could be explained by the fact that the subhaline ponds were stocked with the fish that are required for the development of its glochidia and are a good vector for its dispersion (Pip 1986). All of the life stages of unionid mussels are sensitive to an elevated content of chlorides (Bringolf et al 2007), but glochidia are particularly sensitive to acute exposure (Gills 2011; Echols et al 2012;Patnode et al 2015). Beggel and Geist (2015) found that a chloride concentration above 5962 mg L −1 caused the death of A. anatina glochidium in laboratory conditions, whereas according to Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life (2011), the short-term exposures to chloride levels above 640 mg L −1 may pose the greatest toxic effects on glochidia of certain freshwater mussel species (CCME 2011).…”

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Response of the mollusc communities to environmental factors along an anthropogenic salinity gradient

Sowa

Krodkiewska

Halabowski

et al. 2019

Sci Nat

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Anthropogenic salinisation of freshwater ecosystems is frequent across the world. The scale of this phenomenon remains unrecognised, and therefore, monitoring and management of such ecosystems is very important. We conducted a study on the mollusc communities in inland anthropogenic ponds covering a large gradient of salinity located in an area of underground coal mining activity. A total of 14 gastropod and 6 bivalve species were noted. No molluscs were found in waters with total dissolved solids (TDS) higher than 17.1 g L −1. The share of alien species in the communities was very high in waters with elevated salinity and significantly lower in the freshwaters. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed that TDS, pH, alkalinity, nitrate nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen, iron, the content of organic matter in sediments, the type of substrate and the content of sand and gravel in sediments were the variables that were significantly associated with the distribution of molluscs. The regression analysis revealed that total mollusc density was positively related to alkalinity and negatively related to nitrate nitrogen. The taxa richness was negatively related to TDS, which is consistent with previous studies which indicated that a high salinity level is a significant threat to freshwater malacofauna, causing a loss of biodiversity and contributing to the colonisation and establishment of alien species in aquatic ecosystems.

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Response of the mollusc communities to environmental factors along an anthropogenic salinity gradient

Sowa

Krodkiewska

Halabowski

et al. 2019

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“…Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) is a parameter used to determine solid particles or substances dissolved in water, both organic and inorganic 23 . The high TDS value shows a negative relationship with several parameters of the aquatic environment it can increase the toxicity of the organisms in it 24 Based on Table 1. the result data obtained from day 0 to day 30 the average TDS value in the Ciujung River water sample has increased.…”

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Phytoremediation of water quality in the Ciujung River with local potentials of Panicum sp. Bioagent

Norwulan,

Mahrawi,

Ramadhan

et al. 2022

Biological. environ. pollut.

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The Ciujung River has been polluted and its load carrying capacity has decreased. Several parameters that exceed water quality standards are BOD, COD, DO, TDS, temperature, and pH. One of the methods that can be used to reduce pollution in Ciujung River water is phytoremediation. Phytoremediation, namely cleaning, eliminating, and reducing toxicity in polluted land or water with photosynthetic plant mediators. This study aims to improve the water quality of the Ciujung River using the phytoremediation method using plants from the Poaceae family, namely Panicum sp. This study used static phytoremediation techniques with plant variations of 300 grams (P1), 500 grams (P2), and 700 grams (P3) in 5 liters of Ciujung River water samples for 30 days. The results showed that for the mass variation of 300 grams (P1), there was an increase in pH from 6-8, an increase in TDS from 97-322.5 ppm, and a decrease in temperature from 29-25.3°C. In the 500 gram mass variation (P2) there was an increase in pH from 6-8, an increase in TDS from 97-460 ppm, and a temperature from 29-25.4°C. In the 700 gram mass variation (P3) there was an increase in pH from 6-8, an increase in TDS from 97-461 ppm, and a decrease in temperature from 29-25.6°C. And there was a decrease in BOD from 15.6 mg/L – 1.2 mg/L, COD from 33.2 mg/L – 10.3 mg/L, and an increase in DO from 3.7 mg/L – 15.7 mg /l.

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Effects of High Salinity Wastewater Discharges on Unionid Mussels in the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania

Patnode

Hittle

Anderson

et al. 2015

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

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We examined the effect of high salinity wastewater (brine) from oil and natural gas drilling on freshwater mussels in the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania, during 2012. Mussel cages (N = 5 per site) were deployed at two sites upstream and four sites downstream of a brine treatment facility on the Allegheny River. Each cage contained 20 juvenile northern riffleshell mussels Epioblasma torulosa rangiana). Continuous specific conductance and temperature data were recorded by water quality probes deployed at each site. To measure the amount of mixing throughout the entire study area, specific conductance surveys were completed two times during low-flow conditions along transects from bank to bank that targeted upstream (reference) reaches, a municipal wastewater treatment plant discharge upstream of the brine-facility discharge, the brine facility, and downstream reaches. Specific conductance data indicated that high specific conductance water from the brine facility (4,000–12,000 µS/cm; mean 7,846) compared to the reference reach (103–188 µS/cm; mean 151) is carried along the left descending bank of the river and that dilution of the discharge via mixing does not occur until 0.5 mi (805 m) downstream. Juvenile northern riffleshell mussel survival was severely impaired within the high specific conductance zone (2 and 34% at and downstream of the brine facility, respectively) and at the municipal wastewater treatment plant (21%) compared to background (84%). We surveyed native mussels (family Unionidae) at 10 transects: 3 upstream, 3 within, and 4 downstream of the high specific conductance zone. Unionid mussel abundance and diversity were lower for all transects within and downstream of the high conductivity zone compared to upstream. The results of this study clearly demonstrate in situ toxicity to juvenile northern riffleshell mussels, a federally endangered species, and to the native unionid mussel assemblage located downstream of a brine discharge to the Allegheny River.

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An Evaluation of a Point Source Brine Discharge into a Riverine System and Implications for TDS Limitations

Cited by 3 publications

References 34 publications

Response of the mollusc communities to environmental factors along an anthropogenic salinity gradient

Response of the mollusc communities to environmental factors along an anthropogenic salinity gradient

Phytoremediation of water quality in the Ciujung River with local potentials of Panicum sp. Bioagent

Effects of High Salinity Wastewater Discharges on Unionid Mussels in the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania

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