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When in Drought, Look to the Sun
Author(s) -
Moss Linda R.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2006.tb01864.x
Subject(s) - environmental science , circulator , hydrology (agriculture) , water cycle , water supply , salt lake , water resource management , water quality , environmental engineering , geology , engineering , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering , ecology , structural basin , electronic engineering , biology
This article reports on a situation where an extended drought weather‐cycle in Salt Lake City, Utah, resulted in water quality problems in two of the city's primary supply reservoirs: Mountain Dell Reservoir, known as the Lower Reservoir, and the Little Dell Reservoir, or the “Upper Reservoir”. The article describes how these problems were resolved with a cost‐effective solar‐powered water circulator that improved water quality without affecting water quantity.