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A study was conducted to assess changes in water quality that accompany oxygen depletion and anaerobic conditions during the initial or “transition” period following the filling of a new impoundment. Variations in respiration and in release patterns of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus were monitored for 3 successive aerobic/anaerobic cycles during laboratory simulations of the flooding of soils taken from a potential impoundment area. Release rates and maximum concentrations of total organic carbon (TOC), total inorganic carbon (TIC), ammonium-nitrogen (NH4-N), soluble total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), total phosphorus (TP), and orthophosphate phosphorus (OPO4-P) attained in reactor water columns decreased somewhat after the first two aerobic/anaerobic simulations; however, these were still much larger than values that would be expected in the hypolimnion of a mesotrophic lake. By the third cycle, the oxygen depletion rate had decreased to half of the initial value, and release rates for TOC, TIC, NH4-N, and OPO4-P showed similar declines. The significance of the gradual improvement of water quality as a result of changes in anaerobic nutrient regeneration during aging is considered with respect to both man-made and natural lakes.
This work was supported by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Water Quality and Operations Studies work unit on Reservoir Site Preparation. We thank Dr. Rex Eley and Dr. Donald Wilson for helpful discussions during the preparation of this manuscript.
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Gunnison, D., Brannon, J.M., Smith, I., Burton, G.A. (1980). Changes in Respiration and Anaerobic Nutrient Regeneration during the Transition Phase of Reservoir Development. In: Barica, J., Mur, L.R. (eds) Hypertrophic Ecosystems. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9203-0_17
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