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LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AS AN AID TO LAKE RESTORATION DECISIONMAKING 1
Author(s) -
Dooris Patricia M.,
Ley Vance,
Martin Dean F.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1982.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - sediment , environmental science , compaction , nutrient , alum , environmental chemistry , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental engineering , geology , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , paleontology , organic chemistry
The choice of a lake rehabilitation technique can be assisted by laboratory experiments concerned with the composition and properties of the sediments. This work on Sawgrass Lake, Pinellas County, Florida, provides an example of the type of laboratory information that can be useful towards making decisions regarding the most effective restorative techniques. Experiments include chemical analysis of sediment (water content, organic content, pesticides, nutrients), rate of sediment compaction and rehydration at ambient conditions, and the effect of treatment with alum and other chemicals.