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Using Copper Sulfate to Control Algae in Water Supply Impoundments

Illinois State Water Survey

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Title
Using Copper Sulfate to Control Algae in Water Supply Impoundments
Author(s)
Illinois State Water Survey
Issue Date
1989
Keyword(s)
  • copper sulfate
  • Algae
Abstract
Algae — microscopic, free-floating plants — play an important role in aquatic ecosystems and have a direct effect on the health of these systems. Through their photosynthetic processes, algae use carbon dioxide, converting it to organic matter and oxygen (figure 1). Algae are important sources of dissolved oxygen in a water impoundment and constitute the basic building blocks of the aquatic food chain. They cause water quality problems only when they proliferate so much that they upset the ecological balance.
Publisher
Illinois State Water Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
ISWS Miscellaneous Publication MP-111
Type of Resource
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Miscellaneous Publications - Illinois State Water Survey PRIMARY
Monographic series published by the Illinois State Water Survey, 1955-date