Author(s)

A. Akkoyunlu

Abstract

Lakes are frequently subjected to wastewater discharges. If nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon are present in sufficiently large amounts, the water body will be polluted and eutrophication can take place. Eutrophication of a lake induced by municipal wastes can be retarded by removing the source of plant nutrients, notably phosphorus. This is accomplished by diversion of the effluent around the lake, or by treatment of the wastewater employing advanced treatment processes. In this study, first a mathematical model with different assumptions about nutrient exchange processes is introduced, then the mass balance considering input, output, net loss to the sediments was used to predict the lake nutrient concentration as a function of nutrient residence time. Lake Iznik

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