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Effect of Temperature and pH on the Toxicity of Monochloramine to the Asiatic Clam
Author(s) -
Cameron Guy N.,
Symons James M.,
Bushek David,
Kulkarni Rajendra
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1989.tb03291.x
Subject(s) - biocide , corbicula fluminea , environmental chemistry , environmental science , chemistry , toxicology , biology , organic chemistry
The Asiatic clam ( Corbicula fluminea ) has become a pest to many users of freshwater transmission systems. Monochloramine has been suggested as a biocide because it is effective and the formation of trihalomethanes is low (see the article on page 53 of this issue). Flow‐through aquariums, a laboratory incubator, and a pilot‐scale pipeline were used to show that monochloramine concentrations between 1 and 10 mg/L effectively killed juvenile clams over a wide range of water temperatures, with mortality increasing significantly with temperature. The reduction in clam mortality as water temperature decreases can be overcome by corresponding increases in biocide concentration. An equation is provided that predicts the kill that would be achieved at a given biocide residual and water temperature. The pH did not affect the efficacy of the biocide.