acute whole effluent toxicity testing

Portuguese translation: teste completo de toxicidade aguda de efluentes

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English term or phrase:acute whole effluent toxicity testing
Portuguese translation:teste completo de toxicidade aguda de efluentes
Entered by: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

04:54 Sep 3, 2017
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / Wastewater treatment
English term or phrase: acute whole effluent toxicity testing
Trata-se de um laudo que gerou uma multa para uma empresa de alimentos e bebidas por estar descartando efluentes com teor de tóxicos acima do permitido por lei.

The company discharges treated water from one of its production facilities.
Our client was having trouble meeting the discharge requirement for *** acute whole effluent toxicity testing ***,” said John Smith, program manager for industrial water and wastewater treatment.
Survival rates for Ceriodaphnia dubia had been an intermittent issue for a number of years and, despite multiple efforts and studies, they had come up empty on a solution.

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Mario Freitas
Brazil
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teste completo de toxicidade aguda de efluentes
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Obrigado, Teresa.
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4 +2teste completo de toxicidade aguda de efluentes
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
3 +1Teste de toxicidade aguda de efluentes totais
BNN Medical Tr.


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teste completo de toxicidade aguda de efluentes


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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 11:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 111
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Obrigado, Teresa.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
4 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Paulinho!

agree  ferreirac
6 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Cícero!

agree  Oliver Simões
7 hrs
  -> Obrigada!

disagree  Marjolein Snippe: I am pretty sure "whole" pertains to "effluent" here ("whole effluent" is the substance being tested)
22 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marjolein!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Teste de toxicidade aguda de efluentes totais


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BNN Medical Tr.
Brazil
Local time: 07:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Marjolein Snippe
18 hrs
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