An assessment of the physicochemical properties and toxicity potential of carwash effluents from professional carwash outlets in Gauteng Province, South Africa - Tekere, Memory; Sibanda, Timothy; Maphangwa, Khumbudzo Walter (Environmental science and pollution research international, 2016)
Keywords: Acute toxicity; Algae; Aliivibrio fischeri - drug effects; Ammonium; Animals; anionic surfactants; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Biochemical oxygen demand; Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis; Bioluminescence; Car washes; Chemical oxygen demand; Chlorophyta - drug effects; Chromium; Copper; Cyprinodontiformes; Daphnia - drug effects; Daphnia magna; Detergents; Dissolved oxygen; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Effluents; Electrical conductivity; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental hazards; Environmental Health; Environmental management; Environmental science; fish; Freshwater resources; Gasoline; Grease; growth retardation; guidelines; Health hazards; Heavy metals; Hydrocarbons; lead; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Microorganisms; mortality; nitrates; Nitrites; nutrients; oils; petroleum; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Phosphates; Physicochemical properties; Poecilia reticulata; Pollutants; Pollution; Pollution levels; Population density; Research Article; Selenastrum capricornutum; Small & medium sized enterprises-SME; South Africa; Studies; surface water; Surfactants; Total dissolved solids; Toxicity; Trophic levels; Turbidity; Vibrio fischeri; Waste Water - analysis; Waste Water - toxicity; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Water pollution; Water Pollution Control; Water treatment; zinc; Gauteng Province South Africa; South Africa; South Africa, Gauteng Prov; Physicochemical quality; Pollutant; Toxicity assay; Surface water; Carwash effluent