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Testing an innovative evaporative suppressant for reducing losses from lakes
Author(s) -
Sovocool Kent,
Morgan Mitchell,
Drinkwine Michael,
Sims Daniel,
Toussaint Greg
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.5942/jawwa.2014.106.0054
Subject(s) - evaporative cooler , acre , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , meteorology , engineering , geography , agroforestry , geotechnical engineering
At a 28.5‐acre artificially created lake in Nevada, a short‐term trial of an evaporative suppressant decreased evaporative loss in comparative containers, but results for the lake application were inconclusive because of several confounding factors.