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Keeping Copper Sulfate Bags Afloat
Author(s) -
Parsons Donald
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1988.tb00492.x
Subject(s) - copper , copper sulfate , sulfate , tube (container) , environmental science , chemistry , waste management , engineering , materials science , metallurgy
This article provides an alternative method of applying copper sulfate to reservoirs for algae control. Instead of dragging burlap bags of the chemical behind a boat, the city of Monroe City, Missouri, floats the bags in a basket which rests inside an inner tube.