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• <br />• <br />• <br />Table 1 - Colorado Acute Test Conditions <br />Parameter C. dubia Fathead Minnow <br />Test Type Static Renewal Static Renewal <br />Temperature 20 +/- 1 ° C 20 +/- 1 ° C <br />Photoperiod 16 hr light/8 hr dark 16 hr light/8 hr dark <br />Test Chamber Size 30 ml 600 ml <br />Test Sample Volume 20 ml 300 ml <br />Renewal Period 24 hrs. 24 hrs <br />Age of Organisms < 24 hrs 1 to 14 days <br />Number per Chamber 4 10 <br />Chambers per Concentration 5 4 <br />Feeding Regime per Chamber none 0.1 ml Brine Shrimp @ 48 hours <br />Test Duration 48 hrs 96 hrs <br />Table 2 - Methods and Equipment <br />Characteristic <br />Method/Equipment <br />Method <br />Alkalinity <br />Ammonia <br />Chlorine, Total Residual <br />Conductivity <br />Dissolved Oxygen <br />Hardness <br />pH <br />Temperature <br />Analytical Balance <br />References <br />Titrimetric <br />CHEMetrics Colorimetery K-1510 <br />CHEMetrics Colorimetery K-2504 <br />Orion Model 160 Conductivity Meter <br />YSI Model 59 DO Meter <br />Titrimetric <br />Titrimetric <br />NIST5 calibrated thermometer <br />Mettler AE 240 <br />SM 2320 <br />SM 2510 <br />EPA 360.1 <br />SM 2340 B & EPA 200.7 <br />SM 4500 H <br />Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Waste, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental <br />Monitoring Systems Laboratory - Cincinnati (EMSL-CI), EPA-600/4-79-020, Revised March 1983. <br />Colorado Department of Health 1998 Guidelines for Conducting Whole Effluent Toxicity Tests Water Quality <br />Control Division, Denver, Colorado 80246-1530. <br />US EPA, October 2002, Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Wafers to <br />Freshwater and Marine Organisms, Fifth Edition, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, <br />Washington, D.C. EPA-821-R-02-012. <br />5 National Institute of Standards and Technology