Tag: Water Quality Management

A PARADIGM SHIFT IN RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT

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Del Williams, Technical Writer, California Reservoir managers are utilizing a risk management framework along with innovative metrics to address the root causes of lake degradation, including eutrophication, hypoxia & harmful algal blooms. It has been more than 25 years – a quarter of a century – since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were tasked with managing the escalating risks posed by eutrophication. This persistent issue causes hypoxia, devastates aquatic ecosystems, and triggers toxic cyanobacterial blooms. Despite decades of effort and significant…

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Ultrasound based Silent Sound Therapy for Algae Bloom Prevention and Water Quality Management

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INTRODUCTION Water, which was perceived as a plentiful resource until the last century and the notion of conserving or reusing water was not given much serious consideration, moving towards the latter part of the preceding century, this perspective began to shift. Presently, water is recognized as one of the most crucial resources in both industrial and domestic sectors. While there is significant emphasis on purification and treatment for recycling or reuse, insufficient attention is often paid to maintaining water quality parameters, particularly concerning bacterial and biomass/algae growth during storage. Controlling…

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