Title: Whitacre-Shustoke Reservoir improvements. The sedimentary phosphorus content on the Lower Shustoke Reservoir
Author: C.S. Reynolds
Author: J.P. Lishman
Author: J. Hilton
Author: Whitacre-Shustoke Reservoir improvements. The sedimentary phosphorus content on the Lower Shustoke Reservoir
Document Type: Monograph
Abstract:
In an earlier report observations were presented about the available strategies for upgrading the Whitacre-Shustoke Reservoir System with particular reference to interests of maintaining a high quality of stored-water. One of these included the operation of the Lower Shustoke Reservoir as a standing reserve in the event of the Bourne and Blythe rivers failing to meet the direct abstraction requirements. Moreover, to counter the potential development of large algal crops in the highly fertile river water during its (long) storage in the reservoir, it was indicated desirable to 'strip' the inflowing water of its phosphorus content prior to storage. However, to attain a significant and lasting improvement, it was also argued that removal of P would have to be 99% complete and that the capacity of the surface sediment to maintain, albeit temporarily, a phosphorus load on to the P-stripped water should be carefully defined. In direct response to the client's requirements, the present report attempts to predict the role of the sediment phosphorus-content in a P-stripped reservoir.
Publisher: Freshwater Biological Association
Publication Date: 1989
Publication Place: Ambleside
Subject Keywords: Sediments; Phosphorus; Reduction; Nutrient cycling in ecosystems; Nutrient availability; Soluble reactive phosphorus; Sediment sampling; Chemical composition; Algae
Geographic Keywords: England; West Midlands; Tame (West Midlands)
Extent: 11
Permalink: http://www.environmentdata.org/archive/fbalc:77
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