10.2190/MN0A-PUCU-28X3-H8HV MN0APUCU28X3H8HV 55 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF FISHES GROWN IN TREATED DOMESTIC SEWAGE 55 70 20030122 20030122 20030122 20030122 MN0APUCU28X3H8HV.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=MN0APUCU28X3H8HV 1 SURESH V. INAKOLLU ASWANI WANGANEO Bhopal University, India Regional Research Laboratory, Bhopal, India Published records on the use of effluent water from domestic sewage in fish production date back to the early parts of the twentieth century. The present series of investigations was aimed at assessing fish contamination from sewage maturation ponds in tropical regions of India. Our field studies have shown that fish prefer regions with high nutrient content. Toxicological investigations accordingly should be carried out at very high concentrations of wastewater contamination. The incidence of bacterial contamination was high in all wastewater-grown fishes and virtually independent of wastewater concentration. 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