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Priority Substances List Assessment Report for Textile Mill Effluents

Appendix E NP and NPE Concentrations1 and Calculated EEVTEQ Values for Untreated TMEs and On-Site Primary and Secondary-Treated TMEs

Textile mill

Date

Sample type 2

4-NP (µg/L)

NP1EO (µg/L)

NP2EO (µg/L)

NP3-17EO (µg/L)

Total EEVTEQ3 (µg/L)

Britex, Bridgetown, Nova Scotia

9-Jul-96

U

904.6

101.4

140.5

8167

1066

10-Jul-96

U

799.3

254.4

583.4

96.42

1219

11-Jul-96

U

185.4

213.4

479.0

189.0

532.5

C.S. Brooks, Magog, Quebec

17-Mar-98

U

0.68

0.23

0.21

7.77

0.94

8-May-98

U

0.26

1241

0.000 4

853.0

624.8

Cambridge Towel, Cambridge, Ontario

13-Mar-98

U

0.23

5.43

11.80

210.4

9.89

13-May-98

U

0.95

17.70

39.33

189.1

30.41

Coats Bell, Arthur, Ontario

22-Apr-99

U

0.38 5

36.40

36.60

2040

47.08

CookshireTex,

18-Mar-98

U

7.41

14.13

128.3

1409

85.69

Cookshire, Quebec

6-May-98

U

3.47

34.99

241.1

3271

157.9

Lainages Victor, St-Victor, Quebec

20-Mar-98

U

3.35

92.77

488.6

7905

333.5

5-May-98

U

2.68

57.90

506.4

8811

328.9

15-Jul-99

U

0.38 5

114

1090

29600

750.4

Les Industries Troie, St-Pamphile, Quebec

14-Jul-99

U

1.95

4.37

43.80

7090

61.49

Montreal Woolens, Cambridge, Ontario

13-Mar-98

U

25.62

65.10

218.7

4162

188.3

12-May-98

U

15.48

5 1.53

233.6

4834

182.2

Penman's, Cambridge, Ontario

13-Mar-98

U

0.58

69.15

252.3

4567

184.2

13-May-98

U

2.84

25.57

171.3

3436

118.5

Spinrite, Listowel, Ontario

21-Apr-99

U

21.3

9.04

7.30

271

30.83

Stanfield's, Truro, Nova Scotia

3-Jul-96

U

5.84

14.7

31.55

1828

38.10

4-Jul-96

U

4.90

8.67

27.76

1459

30.41

5-Jul-96

U

3.05

8.80

27.03

2559

33.76

Tandem Fabrics, Moncton, New Brunswick

16-Jul-96

U

211

1.54

0.97

319.9

4.96

17-Jul-96

U

106

2.32

2.32

50.18

3.63

18-Jul-96

U

153

0.74

0.64

147.9

2.95

Tiger Brand, Cambridge, Ontario

13-Mar-98

U

0.58

18.10

204.5

6846

146.1

13-May-98

U

2.89

39.70

276.4

5768

189.8

Wink Industries, Caraquet, New Brunswick

19-Feb-98

U

1.05

21.19

54.58

3987

58.87

4-Jun-98

U

5.75

13.60

70.19

1286

54.08

Britex, Bridgetown, Nova Scotia

9-Jul-96

P

11.32

257.1

592.0

798.4

439.8

10-Jul-96

P

13.33

37.17

115.0

4065

109.8

11-Jul-96

P

10.39

48.63

106.3

8636

131.1

3-Nov-99

P

1930

498

149.0

987

2258

Coats Bell, Magog, Quebec

21-Apr-99

P

0.38 5

25.70

63.40

613

48.00

C.S. Brooks, Magog, Quebec

17-Mar-98

S

0.68

1870

0.000 4

315.45

937.2

8-May-98

S

0.05 5

0.52

0.25

2.59

0.44

Wink Industries, Caraquet, New Brunswick

19-Feb-98

S

0.60

4.10

3.92

208.09

5.65

4-Jun-98

S

3.56

1.12

0.93

2.07

4.59

  1. Bennie (1998); Rutherford (1999).
  2. Sample type: U = untreated, P = on-site primary treatment, S = on-site secondary treatment.
  3. Total EEVTEQ= ∑ (4-NP µg/L) (1) + (NP1EO µg/L) (0.5) + (NP2EO µg/L) (0.5) + (NP3-17EO µg/L) (0.005).
  4. NP1EO and NP2EO were not resolvable due to high concentrations; number listed under NP1EO is the sum of both parameters.
  5. Where NP and NPEs were not detected in samples, those values were presented as the method detection limit (MDL)/2 in order to calculate EEVTEQs.