OECD 314 Simulation Tests for Evaluation of Biodegradability of Chemicals Discharged in Wastewater

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of OECD 314 testing. The OECD guidelines for the testing of chemicals are a collection of approximately 150 of the most relevant internationally accepted test methods used by government, industry and independent laboratories to identify and characterize the potential hazards of chemicals.

They are a set of tools for professionals used primarily in regulatory safety testing and then in chemical and chemical product declaration, chemical registration and chemical evaluation. They can also be used to select and rank candidate chemicals during the development of new chemicals and products and in toxicology research.

This test guideline describes a method for assessing the extent and kinetics of primary and final biodegradation of organic chemicals, beginning with their discharge into wastewater as their pathway to the environment.

• sewage systems;
• activated sludge;
• Anaerobic digester sludge;
• Treated wastewater in the mixing zone of the surface water;
• It consists of five simulation tests, namely untreated wastewater discharged directly to surface water.

These tests are suitable for chemicals that are continuously or intermittently released into wastewater. The five test methods described are open batch systems or closed gas flow batch systems. Basic goals; measure the primary biodegradation rate, measure the mineralization rate, and, where appropriate, monitor the formation and degradation of major conversion products.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with OECD 314 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.