Table of Contents

1 Summary of Recommended Guidelines

2 Introduction

3 Environmental Occurrences and

Concentrations

4 Environmental Fate and Persistence

5 Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification

6 Carcinogenicity, Mutagenicity, and

Teratogenicity

7 Raw Water for Drinking Water Supply

8 Recreational Water Quality and Aesthetics

9 Aquatic Life

10 Wildlife

11 Irrigation

12 Livestock Watering

13 Industrial Water Supplies

14 References

List of Tables

1.01 Recommended Water Quality Guidelines

for Selenium

5.01 Bioaccumulation and bioconcentration of

selenium in freshwater organisms

9.01 Acute toxicity of selenium to freshwater

fish

9.02 Chronic toxicity of selenium to freshwater

fish

9.03 Acute toxicity of selenium to freshwater

invertebrates

9.04 Chronic toxicity of selenium to freshwater

invertebrates

9.05 Toxicity of selenium to freshwater algae

and macrophytes

9.06 Acute toxicity of selenium to marine fish

9.07 Chronic toxicity of selenium to marine fish

9.08 Acute toxicity of selenium to marine

invertebrates

9.09 Chronic toxicity of selenium to marine

invertebrates

9.10 Toxicity of selenium to marine algae and

macrophytes

10.01 Selenium toxicity to wildlife

Technical Appendix

September 2001

Prepared by:

N. K. Nagpal

Kate Howell

Water Protection Branch

Water, Lands and Air Protection

Victoria, British Columbia

National Library of Canada

Cataloguing in Publication Data

Nagpal, N. K.

Water quality guidelines for selenium

Prepared by N.K. Nagpal [and] Kate

Howell.

The overview is also published as a

separate document.

Also available on the Internet.

ISBN 0-7726-4629-5

1. Water quality - Standards - British

Columbia.

2. Selenium - Environmental aspects -

British Columbia.

I. Howell, Kate. II. British Columbia.

Water Protection

Branch. III. Title.

TD227.B7N34 2001 363.739'462'09711

C2001-960252-9

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11.01 Effect of selenium on agricultural crops

12.01 Effect of Selenium on livestock

List of Figures

9.01 Se toxicity (acute) to freshwater fish

9.02 Se toxicity (acute) to different species of

freshwater fish

9.03 Se toxicity (96-h LC50) to freshwater fish

9.04 Se toxicity (96-h LC50) to freshwater fish

vs. Se species

9.05 Se toxicity (chronic) to freshwater fish

9.06 Se toxicity (chronic) to different species of

freshwater fish

9.07 Se toxicity (chronic) to freshwater fish vs.

Se species

9.08 Se toxicity (acute) to freshwater

invertebrates

9.09 Se toxicity (acute) to different species of

freshwater invertebrates

9.10 Se toxicity (96-h LC50) to freshwater

invertebrates

9.11 Se toxicity (96-h LC50) to freshwater

invertebrates vs. Se species

9.12 Se toxicity (chronic) to freshwater

invertebrates

9.13 Se toxicity (chronic) to different species of

freshwater invertebrates

9.14 Se toxicity (chronic) to freshwater

invertebrates vs. Se species

9.15 Se toxicity to freshwater algae and

macrophytes

9.16 Se toxicity to different species of

freshwater algae and macrophytes

9.17 Se toxicity to freshwater algae and

macrophytes vs. Se species

9.18 Se toxicity to marine fish

9.19 Se toxicity to different species of marine

fish

9.20 Se toxicity (96-h LC50) to marine fish

9.21 Se toxicity (96-h LC50) to marine fish vs.

Se species

9.22 Se toxicity to marine invertebrates

9.23 Se toxicity to different species of marine

invertebrates

9.24 Se toxicity (96-h LC50) to marine

invertebrates

9.25 Se toxicity to marine algae and

macrophytes

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9.26 Se toxicity to different species of marine

algae and macrophytes

9.27 Se toxicity to marine algae and

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