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13. Table 2, Samples to be collected with corresponding volumes and purpose.
MERC will be collecting a variety of data on physical, chemical, biological, and toxicological
parameters during this evaluation. In some case, values will be determined directly for the water
using in situ sensors or instruments. Table 2 described the water sample that will be collected
and analyzed for each time point and treatment of each test trial, excluding toxicity samples that
are described above and in tables 3-8.
Parameter
Time Point /
Treatment
Purpose
MERC
volume
Total Suspended
Solids (TSS)
Initial filling
Quantify
challenge water
500 ml
Particulate
Organic Material
(POC)
Initial filling
Quantify
challenge water
500 ml
Dissolved Organic
Material (DOC)
Initial filling
Quantify
challenge water
500 ml
Zooplankton (> 50
µ
m) / m
3
a. Initial filling,
b. After treatment,
c. Control and
treatment after 5
days
Quantify live
organisms > 50
µ
m in size
5 m
3
Phytoplankton (10
- 50
µ
m) / ml
a. Initial filling,
b. After treatment,
c. Control and
treatment after 5
days
Quantify live
organisms 10 - 50
µ
m in size
10 l
Bacteria cfu / ml
a. Initial filling,
b. After treatment,
c. Control and
treatment after 5
days
Quantify
microbial
communities
5 l