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Table 3.3. Summary of correlations found between fluorescence peak intensities of sewage
and wastewaters and common biochemical and chemical parameters
Samples
Correlation (peak/parameter/Pearson’s
r unless stated)
References
Raw settled/treated sewage
from three different treatment
works (n = 129)
T 1
BOD 5
0.960
0.970
0.960
Reynolds and Ahmad
(1997)
Raw settled/treated sewage
(n = 25)
T 1 –T 2
BOD 5
0.980
Ahmad and Reynolds
(1999)
Synthetic sewage treated via a
rotating bio-disc contactor
(n = 45)
F Total = Total fluorescence
intensity
Settled and treated sewage
samples over a 3 month
period (n = 56)
F Total = Total fluorescence
intensity
F Total
T 1
F Total –T 1
F Total
T 1
F Total –T 1
BOD 5
COD
TOC
BOD 5
COD
TOC
COD-BOD
BOD 5
COD
TOC
BOD 5
COD
TOC
COD-BOD
0.890
0.920
0.910
0.980
0.980
0.980
0.840
0.790
0.820
0.800
0.930
0.940
0.930
0.710
Reynolds (2002)
Filtered raw sewage
T 1
COD
TOC
N k
NH 4 -N
COD
TOC
N k
NH 4 -N
0.420
0.410
0.690
0.650
0.560
a
0.530
a
0.760
a
0.840
a
Vasel and Praet (2002)
Treated effluent samples
(over a 3-month period)
T 1
COD
0.900
Lee and Ahn (2004)
Wastewater samples (96 in total)
using COD Dissolved values
T 1
COD Dissolved.
COD
0.370
0.510
Wu et al. (2006)
Sewage effluents (n = 16)
C 1
DOC
0.140
Cumberland and Baker
(2007)
Wastewater effluents (223
samples – sewage, trade,
and pollution incidents)
T 1
T 2
C 2
A
BOD 5
TOC
BOD 5
TOC
BOD 5
TOC
BOD 5
TOC
0.906
b
0.876
b
0.848
b
0.802
b
0.771
b
0.870
b
0.720
b
0.808
b
Hudson et al. (2008)
a
Partial least squares where n = 20.
b
Spearman’s p.