Biochemical Oxidation of Polluted Lake Sediment with Nitrate - A New Lake Restoration Method
Biochemical Oxidation of Polluted Lake Sediment with Nitrate - A New Lake Restoration Method
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2016
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W. Ripi
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W. Ripi
A method for restoration of lakes which have been polluted by sewage is described. The method is based on the in situ oxidation of sediments by means of suitable oxidation agents. The chemicals, iron chloride, slaked lime and calcium nitrate, were injected into the sediments, improving the binding capacity for phosphorus and reducing the amounts of easily degradable organic matter. The nutrient recycling to the water body, as well as the biological oxygen demand (BOD) at the sediment surface, were thus reduced. In Lake Lillesjon, Sweden, a drastic reduction of the nutrient levels and an improvement of the oxygen conditions in the water near the bottom during summer 1975 were achieved. The method is less expensive, and more rapid than sediment dredging methods. Restricted areas of sediments with high oxygen demand can be treated, and the recycling of phosphorus from these polluted sediments thus avoided. Many lakes, especially those situated in the vicinity of densely populated areas, have been used as receivers for water degraded by different sources of pollution. Depending on size, hydrological and morphometrical conditions, the lakes have sooner or later been damaged. These lakes often become an environmental nuisance because of fermentation processes during anoxic periods, H2S development and fish deaths.