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<Planning and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs:
An Integrated Approach to Eutrophication
Abridged Version- A Student's Guide>

Chapter 2. TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF EUTROPHICATION CONTROL

Introduction

This chapter focuses on possible solutions to the eutrophication problems presented in Chapter 1. The solutions include methods to remove nutrients from wastewater and from non-point sources, techniques to reduce emissions at the source and methods to improve eutrophic lakes and reservoirs. Technological and cost-moderate approaches, which are directly applicable to developing countries, are emphasized. Guidelines, incorporating decision-making trees, are offered on how to select a solution to a specific environmental problem.

Important recommendations are as follows:

  • Expect that a successful strategy will require several approaches.
  • Expect that effective management will require the application of a combination of technologies.
  • Set up an environmental management plan at an early stage.
  • Consider prevention instead of correction, as ecosystem restoration is often costly.
  • Proper ecological knowledge of the ecosystem is a prerequisite for sound environmental management.
  • An optimum solution can only be found if the entire watershed is considered.
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  • Major Projects
  • DEBRI Project
  • DEBRI Project
  • Iraqi Marshlands Project
  • Iraqi Marshlands Project
  • IETC's Tools
  • Environmentally Sound Technology Information System
  • ESTIS facilitates creation and management of websites on the Internet, sharing and searching of information across multiple ESTIS websites, publishing of information by non-web designers and decentralized management of content.
  • WiseWater
  • WiseWater is a spreadsheet application for projecting reductions in Water Consumption Patterns after application of Environmentally Sound Technologies. It is included as part of the publication "Every Drop Counts: Environmentally Sound Technologies for Urban and Domestic Water Use Efficiency".
  • Pamolare
  • PAMOLARE is an environmental modelling tool to forecast the changes in water quality leading to the eutrophication of Lakes and Reservoirs.
    The versatility of PAMOLARE allows for its use in decision making process as well as for training purposes.