ASTM D3696-00
Standard Practice for Evaluating an Effluent for Flavor Impairment to Fish Flesh

Standard No.

ASTM D3696-00

Release Date

2000

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Withdraw 2006-05

Latest

ASTM D3696-00

Scope

1.1 This practice describes procedures for determining the potential of an effluent to cause flavor impairment of fish flesh. Fish can be exposed to effluent either caged at contaminated sites adjacent to a discharge, or to dilutions of an effluent in a laboratory. Depending upon the uptake rate of the chemicals from the discharge into the flesh, 1 day to several weeks might be required before an off flavor is detectable. However, an exposure of 10 days is usually adequate. This practice is applicable to fish in either fresh or salt water.

1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.Specific hazard statements are given in Section 7.

ASTM D3696-00 Referenced Document

• ASTM D1125 Standard Test Methods for Electrical Conductivity and Resistivity of Water
• ASTM D1126 Standard Test Method for Hardness in Water
• ASTM D1129 Standard Terminology Relating to Water
• ASTM D1192 Standard Guide for Equipment for Sampling Water and Steam in Closed Conduits
• ASTM D1252 Standard Test Methods for Chemical Oxygen Demand (Dichromate Oxygen Demand) of Water
• ASTM D1293 Standard Test Methods for pH of Water
• ASTM D1888 Methods of Test for Particulate and Dissolved Matter in Water
• ASTM D2579 Standard Test Method for Total Organic Carbon in Water
• ASTM D3370 Standard Practices for Sampling Water from Closed Conduits
• ASTM E1192 Standard Guide for Conducting Acute Toxicity Tests on Aqueous Ambient Samples and Effluents with Fishes, Macroinvertebrates, and Amphibians
• ASTM E1810 Standard Practice for Evaluating Effects of Contaminants on Odor and Taste of Exposed Fish
• ASTM E729 Standard Guide for Conducting Acute Toxicity Tests on Test Materials with Fishes, Macroinvertebrates, and Amphibians
• ASTM E943 Standard Terminology Relating to Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

ASTM D3696-00 history

• 2000 ASTM D3696-00 Standard Practice for Evaluating an Effluent for Flavor Impairment to Fish Flesh