A Screening Approach to Assess the Impacts of Municipal Wastewaters on Aquatic Systems
Karen Kidd, McMaster University (Project Manager); Mark Servos, University of Waterloo; Markus Hecker, University of Saskatchewan; François Gagné, Environment and Climate Change Canada
In 2013, Canadian Water Network and the Water Environment Research Foundation convened an expert workshop to compile and prioritize a suite of elements that would be effective in assessing endocrine system impacts on fish as a direct result of exposure to contaminants in municipal wastewaters. CWN subsequently funded three studies in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec to assess whether the toolbox could clearly indicate endocrine disruption in exposed fish and elements that identified sites of greater concern.
