Ecotoxicological evaluation of sewage sludge using bioluminescent marine bacteria and rotifer |
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| Authors: | Gyung Soo Park Sang Hee Lee Soung Yun Park Seong Jin Yoon Seung Min Lee Chang Soo Chung Gi -Hoon Hong Suk Hyun Kim |
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| Institution: | (1) NFRDI, West Sea Fisheries Research Institute, 707 Eulwang-dong, 400-420 Joong-gu, Incheon, Korea;(2) Ocean Climate and Environment Research Division, KORDI, Ansan, P.O. Box 29, 425-600 Seoul, Korea |
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| Abstract: | Bioassay using the marine bacteria,Vibrio fischeri and rotifer,Brachionus plicatilis, and chemical analyses were conducted to assess the toxicity of the various sewage sludges, one of the major ocean dumped materials in the Yellow Sea of Korea. Sludge elutriates extracted by filtered seawater were used to estimate the ecotoxicity of the sludge. Chemical characterization included the analyses of organic contents, heavy metals, and persistent organic pollutants in sludge. Bacterial bioluminescent inhibition (15 min), rotifer mortality (24 hr) and rotifer population growth inhibition (48 hr) assay were conducted to estimate the sludge toxicity. EC50 15 min (inhibition concentration of bioluminescence after 15 minutes exposed) values by Microtox® bioassay clearly revealed different toxicity levels depending on the sludge sources. Highest toxicity for the bacteria was found with the sludge extract from dyeing waste and followed by industrial waste, livestock waste, and leather processing waste. Clear toxic effects on the bacteria were not found in the sludge extract from filtration bed sludge and rural sewage sludge. Consistent with Microtox® results, rotifer neonate mortality and population growth inhibition test also showed highest toxicity in dyeing waste and low in filtration bed and rural sewage sludge. High concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and heavy metals were measured in the samples from the industrial wastes, leather processing plant waste sludge, and urban sewage sludge. However, there was no significant correlation between pollutant concentration levels and the toxicity values of the sludge. This suggests that the ecotoxicity in addition to the chemical analyses of various sludge samples must be estimated before release of potential harmful waste in the natural environment as part of an ecological risk assessment. |
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| Keywords: | sewage sludge marine bioluminescent bacteria rotifer bioassay toxicity Vibrio fischeri Brachionus plicatilis Microtox |
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