ALUMINUM SULFATE TREATMENT OF A EUTROPHIC RESERVOIR: RATIONALE, APPLICATION METHODS, AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Titel:
ALUMINUM SULFATE TREATMENT OF A EUTROPHIC RESERVOIR: RATIONALE, APPLICATION METHODS, AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Auteur:
Kennedy, Robert H. Barko, John W. James, William F. Taylor, William D. Godshalk, Gordon L.
Verschenen in:
Lake and reservoir management
Paginering:
Jaargang 3 (1987) nr. 1 pagina's 85-90
Jaar:
1987
Inhoud:
Aluminum sulfate was applied to eutrophic Eau Galle Lake to control internal phosphorus recycling from anoxic sediments for a period of five years, and to provide increased user benefits at a reasonable cost. Treatment dose (11.3 g Al/m2) was based on mass balance estimates of summer Internal phosphorus loading rates; no attempt was made to curtail external loading rates. Phosphorus concentrations in bottom waters, internal phosphorus loading rate, and the abundance of blue-green algae were reduced relative to previous years; however, algal biomass remained relatively high. The proliferation of the dinoflagellate Ceratiumhirundinella, a vertical migrator, suggested that these algae may have obtained phosphorus from interflowing river waters having a high nutrient content.