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Toxicity Evaluation of Water and Pore Water from a Pilot-Scale Pit Lake in the Alberta Oil Sands Region to Daphnia Species
Significant amounts of tailings and oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) are generated by bitumen extraction in the Alberta Oil Sands region....
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Evaluating the attenuation of naphthenic acids in constructed wetland mesocosms planted with Carex aquatilis
Surface oil sands mining and extraction in northern Alberta’s Athabasca oil sands region produce large volumes of oil sands process–affected water...
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Selenium bioaccumulation in Daphnia pulex via aqueous and dietary exposure
Pit lakes are currently being investigated as a way to store and reclaim waste materials in the Alberta Oil Sands (AOS) region, Canada. Lake Miwasin...
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Chronic Toxicity of Surface Water from a Canadian Oil Sands End Pit Lake to the Freshwater Invertebrates Chironomus dilutus and Ceriodaphnia dubia
Permanent reclamation of tailings generated by surface mining in the Canadian oil sands may be achieved through the creation of end pit lakes (EPLs)...
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Effects of oil sands process water mixtures on the mayfly Hexagenia and field-collected aquatic macroinvertebrate communities
Extraction of Canada’s oil sands has created 1 billion m 3 of tailings, which are stored in on-site tailings ponds. Due to limited storage capacity,...
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Predicting Naphthenic Acid Migration Through the Foundation of Oil Sands Tailing Pond
In this paper, a conceptual model was developed to predict the seepage of oil sands process-affected water with capabilities of evaluating the...
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Augmentation of field fluorescence measures for improved in situ contaminant detection
This research proposes a new method that fuses data from the field and lab-based optical measures coupled with machine learning algorithms to...
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Enhanced bioremediation of cyclohexaneacetic acid in offshore sediments with green synthetic iron oxide and Pseudoalteromonas sp.
Naphthenic acids (NAs) have been found to exert serious threats on offshore sediment ecosystems and human health in recent years, which entails us...
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A latest progress in the study of fish behavior: cross-generational effects of behavior under pollution pressure and new technologies for behavior monitoring
With the development of agriculture and industry, an increasing number of pollutants are being discharged into the aquatic environment. These...
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Effects of Seasonal Changes on the Toxic Impacts of Oil Sands Process-Affected Water on Daphnia magna
Oil sands process-affected water (OSPW), which can be potentially toxic to aquatic biota, is a major by-product of bitumen mining in northern...
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Synergistic Approaches (Use of Biochar and Microbes) in the Bioremediation of Industrial Effluents
The generation of effluents in industrial processes is a constant problem that accompanies economic development and population growth. Most of these...
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Hydrocarbon Separation and Removal Using Membranes
This chapter describes the implementation of membrane in separation and removal of hydrocarbon. The treatment of hydrocarbon using membrane normally...
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Multi-Level Gene Expression in Response to Environmental Stress in Aquatic Invertebrate Chironomids: Potential Applications in Water Quality Monitoring
In freshwater ecosystems, aquatic invertebrates are influenced continuously by both physical stress and xenobiotics. Chironomids (Diptera;...
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Electrochemical mineralization and detoxification of naphthenic acids on boron-doped diamond anodes
Electrochemical oxidation (ELOX) with boron-doped diamond (BDD) anodes was successfully applied to degrade a model aqueous solution of a mixture of...
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Sorption of copper(II) from synthetic oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) by pine sawdust biochars: effects of pyrolysis temperature and steam activation
PurposeRemediate metal contamination is a fundamental step prior to reclaim oil sands tailing ponds, and copper (Cu(II)) is the most abundant metal...
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Parasitological Analysis and Gill Histopathology of Pearl Dace (Semotilus Margarita) and Brook Stickleback (Culaea Inconstans) Collected from the Athabasca Oil Sands Area (Canada)
Pearl dace ( Semotilus margarita ) and brook stickleback ( Culaea inconstans ) were collected from tributaries of the Athabasca River (Alberta, Canada),...
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Cap** material type affects rhizosphere bacteria community structure in the cover soil in oil sands reclamation
PurposeRhizosphere bacteria play critical roles in soil nutrient cycling and plant growth during land reclamation. However, the impact of the type of...
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Enhanced nitrification in integrated floating fixed-film activated sludge (IFFAS) system using novel clinoptilolite composite carrier
The integrated floating fixed-film activated sludge (IFFAS) process is an ideal preference for nitrification attributing to the longer sludge age for...
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Performance of wetland forbs transplanted into marshes amended with oil sands processed water
Companies mining oil sands in Alberta (Canada) face the challenge of reclaiming wetlands under water use restrictions. Wetland reclamation after...
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Ozonation of Naphthenic Acids in Water: Kinetic Study
The large amount of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW), produced from the extraction of oil from oil sands in Alberta, Canada, has demonstrated...
