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Air Injection for Control of Reservoir Limnology
Author(s) -
Ford Maurice E.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1963.tb01027.x
Subject(s) - limnology , stratification (seeds) , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , water body , water reservoir , geology , petroleum engineering , oceanography , environmental engineering , geotechnical engineering , seed dormancy , botany , germination , dormancy , biology
This article discusses the use of compressed air to force circulation and counteract stratification in Lake Wohlford Reservoir owned by the Escondido Mutual Water Company in San Diego County, California, in April 1961. Eighty hours of air injection at approximately 210 cfrn reduced the top‐to‐bottom temperature differential from 16.5°F to 2°F. Reservoir stratification was thus eliminated, allowing reaeration of the entire body of water.