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Test No. 209: Activated Sludge, Respiration Inhibition Test (Carbon and Ammonium Oxidation)
This Test Guideline is designed to assess the effects of a substance on micro-organisms from activated sludge of waste-water treatment plants by measuring their respiration rate (carbon and/or ammonium oxidation) as oxygen consumption. The test...
Water abstractions
This table includes data on water abstractions in million m3. The table is part of the key tables collection on environment.
Test No. 417: Toxicokinetics
This Test Guideline describes in vivo studies that provide information on mass balance, absorption, bioavailability, tissue distribution, metabolism, excretion, and basic toxicokinetic parameters [e.g. AUC], as well as supplemental approaches that...
Incorporating Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Environmental Impact Assessments
National governments and development agencies have invested considerable effort in recent years to develop methodologies and tools to screen their projects for the risks posed by climate change. However, these tools have largely been developed by the climate change community and their...
Pricing Water Resources and Water and Sanitation Services
This report compiles reliable and comparable data on pricing water and on water supply and sanitation services across OECD countries.