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SEMINER ON EUTROPHICATION
AND ITS CONTROL
Name:Payel Brahma
RollNo.:96/EVM/125001
Reg.No.:066612 of 2012-2013
M.Sc 4th Semester Examination 2014
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
EUTROPHICATION
The process by which a body of water acquires a
high concentration of nutrients, especially
phosphates and nitrates. These typically promote
excessive growth of algae. As the algae die and
decompose, high levels of organic matter and the
decomposing organisms deplete the water of
available oxygen, causing the death of other
organisms, such as fish. Eutrophication is a
natural, slow-aging process for a water body, but
human activity greatly speeds up the process.
• WHY IS EUTROPHICATION A PROBLEM?
- Rich nutrient input stimulates growth of algae
which change the lake or stream as their
populations increase. This is particularly the
case when they undergo population
explosions, referred to as "blooms.“
from a multiple use perspective, such
stimulation has undesirable consequences:
From a multiple use perspective, such stimulation has
undesirable consequences
• (1) Penetration of light into the water is
diminished. This occurs because the algae forms
mats as a result of being produced faster than
they are consumed. Diminished light penetration
decreases the productivity of plants living in the
deeper waters (and hence their production of
oxygen).
• (2) The water becomes depleted in oxygen. When
the abundant algae die and decompose, much
oxygen is consumed by those decomposers.
Oxygen in the water is also lowered by the lack of
primary production in the darkened, deeper
waters.
• (3) Lowered oxygen results in the death of fish
that need high levels of dissolved oxygen ("DO"),
such as trout, salmon and other desirable sport
fish. The community composition of the water
body changes, with fish that can tolerate low DO,
such as carp predominating.
• (4) Further, some of the algal species that
"bloom" produce toxins that render the water
unpalatable.
-Essentially, the entire aquatic ecosystem changes
with eutrophication.
LAKE AND RIVERS
• Eutrophication can be human-caused or natural.
Untreated sewage effluent and agricultural run-off
carrying fertilizers are examples of human-caused
eutrophication. However, it also occurs naturally in
situations where nutrients accumulate (e.g.
depositional environments), or where they flow into
systems on an ephemeral basis. Eutrophication
generally promotes excessive plant growth and
decay, favouring simple algae and plankton over
other more complicated plants, and causes a severe
reduction in water quality. Phosphorus is a necessary
nutrient for plants to live, and is the limiting factor
for plant growth in many freshwater ecosystems. The
addition of phosphorus increases algal growth.
LAKES AND RIVERS
• Enhanced growth of aquatic vegetation
orphytoplankton and algal blooms disrupts
normal functioning of the ecosystem, causing a
variety of problems such as a lack
of oxygen needed for fish and shellfish to survive.
The water becomes cloudy, typically coloured a
shade of green, yellow, brown, or red.
Eutrophication also decreases the value of rivers,
lakes and aesthetic enjoyment. Health problems
can occur where eutrophic conditions interfere
with drinking water treatment.
Fish mortality due to lack of oxygen in
an Indonesian lake
OCEAN WATER
• Eutrophication is a common phenomenon in coastal
waters. In contrast to freshwater systems, nitrogen is
more commonly the key limiting nutrient of marine
waters; thus, nitrogen levels have greater importance
to understanding eutrophication problems in salt
water. Estuaries tend to be naturally eutrophic because
land-derived nutrients are concentrated where run-off
enters a confined channel. Upwelling in coastal systems
also promotes increased productivity by conveying
deep, nutrient-rich waters to the surface, where the
nutrients can be assimilated by algae. In addition to
runoff from land, atmospheric fixed nitrogen can enter
the open ocean.
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM
• Terrestrial ecosystems are subject to similarly
adverse impacts from eutrophication.
• Increased nitrates in soil are frequently
undesirable for plants. Many terrestrial plant
species are endangered as a result of soil
eutrophication, such as the majority of orchid
species in Europe.
ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN
EUTROPHICATION
• In the summary of water quality impacts of fertilizers,
FAO/ECE (1991) cited the following problems:
• · Fertilization of surface waters (eutrophication) results in,
for example, explosive growth of algae which causes
disruptive changes to the biological equilibrium [including
fish kills]. This is true both for inland waters (ditches, river,
lakes) and coastal waters.
• While these problems were primarily attributed to mineral
fertilizers by FAO/ECE (1991), in some areas the problem is
particularly associated with extensive and intensive
application of organic fertilizers (manure).
Annual global nitrogen fertilizer consumption for 1960-1995 (1
Tg = 1012 g; data from FAO 1999). The rate of increase was
relatively steady until the late 1980s, Fertilizer use is growing
again
U.S. commercial fertilizer use
WHERE NUTRIENTS COME FROM?
• A lake or reservoir may, however, be naturally
eutrophied when situated in a fertile area with
naturally nutrient enriched soils. In many lakes
and reservoirs wastewater is the main source.
• Drainage water from agricultural land also
contains phosphorus and nitrogen.
• Rain water contains phosphorus and nitrogen
from air pollution. As nitrogen is more mobile
in the atmosphere than phosphorus, it is
usually over 20 times more concentrated than
phosphorus.
• When lakes are used for aquaculture, excess
fish food pollutes the water as complete use
of the food cannot be achieved.
• The sediment of a lake -its muddy bottom
layer -contains relatively high concentrations
of nitrogen and phosphorus.
• Major sources of nutrients in lakes-
Table 4 shows the average composition of freshwater plants on a wet
basis (when they are not dried): the plants require all listed
components in the approximate percentages indicated
CONTROL OF EUTROPHICATION
• 1. Chemical precipitation of phosphorus. Aluminum
salts have a strong affinity to adsorb and absorb
inorganic phosphates and remove phosphorus
containing particulate matter from the water column.
The settled aluminum-phosphate complexes also
create a seal layer over the bottom sediment that
reduces the phosphorus release from the bottom. This
process also improves dramatically clarity of the water
body (and may also result in the emergence of
macrophytes).
• 2. Sediment removal. Sediment with large
concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen (organic
and ammonia) serve as an internal nutrient source and
could be removed.
• 3. Aeration. This technique keeps the
hypolimnion aerobic which reduces the
phosphorus and ammonia release from the
anoxic bottom sediments. This reduces the
nutrient content in water and their availability.
• 4. Sediment oxidation. Oxidation of the
sediments may also reduce the remobilization
of phosphorus into the water column.
• 5. Fish management. Sometimes fish
management that would enhance grazing of
phytoplankton has been practiced. Also in a
hyper-eutrophic impoundment, game fish is
absent and is replaced by rough bottom
feeding fish species that stir the sediments
and increase phosphate release.
• 6.Phytoplankton biomass in the eutrophic zone is often
controlled by the availability of certain nutrients that,
in addition to light, are essential for growth.
• 7.Algae filtration from superficial water.
• 8.Ultrasonic irradiation for blue-green algae control
Uses of some Ultrasonic device like-
• AL 50
• AL 50 D
• AL 20
• Al 10
• Al 5
SOME ULTRASONIC DEVICES
Referances•
• http://toxics.usgs.gov/definitions/eutrophication.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutrophication
• http://www.iseca.eu/en/science-for-all/what-is-eutrophication
• http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/eutrophication-causes-consequences-and-controls-
in-aquatic-102364466
• http://www.water-pollution.org.uk/eutrophication.html
• http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/e/eutrophication.htm
• http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/short_series/lakereservoirs-3/3.asp
• http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/estuaries/media/supp_estuar09b_eutro.html
• http://legacy.chemgym.net/environmental_chemistry/topic_4b/page_2.html
• https://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080321092425AAUaQNC
• http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/short_series/lakereservoirs-3/1.asp
• http://www.lenntech.com/eutrophication-water-bodies/eutrophication-effects.htm
• http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/eutrophication-causes-consequences-and-controls-
in-aquatic-102364466
• http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/eutrophication-causes-consequences-and-controls-
in-aquatic-102364466
• https://www.google.co.in/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=Mx92U-
m6IpTDuASLi4CIBg#q=cause%20of%20eutrophication%20water
• http://www.fao.org/docrep/w2598e/w2598e06.htm#role of agriculture in eutrophication
• http://www.lenntech.com/eutrophication-water-bodies/eutrophication-effects.htm#ixzz31uCtBcNd
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Seminer on eutrophication and its control

  • 1. SEMINER ON EUTROPHICATION AND ITS CONTROL Name:Payel Brahma RollNo.:96/EVM/125001 Reg.No.:066612 of 2012-2013 M.Sc 4th Semester Examination 2014 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
  • 2. EUTROPHICATION The process by which a body of water acquires a high concentration of nutrients, especially phosphates and nitrates. These typically promote excessive growth of algae. As the algae die and decompose, high levels of organic matter and the decomposing organisms deplete the water of available oxygen, causing the death of other organisms, such as fish. Eutrophication is a natural, slow-aging process for a water body, but human activity greatly speeds up the process.
  • 3. • WHY IS EUTROPHICATION A PROBLEM? - Rich nutrient input stimulates growth of algae which change the lake or stream as their populations increase. This is particularly the case when they undergo population explosions, referred to as "blooms.“ from a multiple use perspective, such stimulation has undesirable consequences:
  • 4. From a multiple use perspective, such stimulation has undesirable consequences • (1) Penetration of light into the water is diminished. This occurs because the algae forms mats as a result of being produced faster than they are consumed. Diminished light penetration decreases the productivity of plants living in the deeper waters (and hence their production of oxygen). • (2) The water becomes depleted in oxygen. When the abundant algae die and decompose, much oxygen is consumed by those decomposers. Oxygen in the water is also lowered by the lack of primary production in the darkened, deeper waters.
  • 5. • (3) Lowered oxygen results in the death of fish that need high levels of dissolved oxygen ("DO"), such as trout, salmon and other desirable sport fish. The community composition of the water body changes, with fish that can tolerate low DO, such as carp predominating. • (4) Further, some of the algal species that "bloom" produce toxins that render the water unpalatable. -Essentially, the entire aquatic ecosystem changes with eutrophication.
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  • 8. LAKE AND RIVERS • Eutrophication can be human-caused or natural. Untreated sewage effluent and agricultural run-off carrying fertilizers are examples of human-caused eutrophication. However, it also occurs naturally in situations where nutrients accumulate (e.g. depositional environments), or where they flow into systems on an ephemeral basis. Eutrophication generally promotes excessive plant growth and decay, favouring simple algae and plankton over other more complicated plants, and causes a severe reduction in water quality. Phosphorus is a necessary nutrient for plants to live, and is the limiting factor for plant growth in many freshwater ecosystems. The addition of phosphorus increases algal growth.
  • 9. LAKES AND RIVERS • Enhanced growth of aquatic vegetation orphytoplankton and algal blooms disrupts normal functioning of the ecosystem, causing a variety of problems such as a lack of oxygen needed for fish and shellfish to survive. The water becomes cloudy, typically coloured a shade of green, yellow, brown, or red. Eutrophication also decreases the value of rivers, lakes and aesthetic enjoyment. Health problems can occur where eutrophic conditions interfere with drinking water treatment.
  • 10. Fish mortality due to lack of oxygen in an Indonesian lake
  • 11. OCEAN WATER • Eutrophication is a common phenomenon in coastal waters. In contrast to freshwater systems, nitrogen is more commonly the key limiting nutrient of marine waters; thus, nitrogen levels have greater importance to understanding eutrophication problems in salt water. Estuaries tend to be naturally eutrophic because land-derived nutrients are concentrated where run-off enters a confined channel. Upwelling in coastal systems also promotes increased productivity by conveying deep, nutrient-rich waters to the surface, where the nutrients can be assimilated by algae. In addition to runoff from land, atmospheric fixed nitrogen can enter the open ocean.
  • 12. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM • Terrestrial ecosystems are subject to similarly adverse impacts from eutrophication. • Increased nitrates in soil are frequently undesirable for plants. Many terrestrial plant species are endangered as a result of soil eutrophication, such as the majority of orchid species in Europe.
  • 13. ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN EUTROPHICATION • In the summary of water quality impacts of fertilizers, FAO/ECE (1991) cited the following problems: • · Fertilization of surface waters (eutrophication) results in, for example, explosive growth of algae which causes disruptive changes to the biological equilibrium [including fish kills]. This is true both for inland waters (ditches, river, lakes) and coastal waters. • While these problems were primarily attributed to mineral fertilizers by FAO/ECE (1991), in some areas the problem is particularly associated with extensive and intensive application of organic fertilizers (manure).
  • 14. Annual global nitrogen fertilizer consumption for 1960-1995 (1 Tg = 1012 g; data from FAO 1999). The rate of increase was relatively steady until the late 1980s, Fertilizer use is growing again
  • 16. WHERE NUTRIENTS COME FROM? • A lake or reservoir may, however, be naturally eutrophied when situated in a fertile area with naturally nutrient enriched soils. In many lakes and reservoirs wastewater is the main source. • Drainage water from agricultural land also contains phosphorus and nitrogen.
  • 17. • Rain water contains phosphorus and nitrogen from air pollution. As nitrogen is more mobile in the atmosphere than phosphorus, it is usually over 20 times more concentrated than phosphorus. • When lakes are used for aquaculture, excess fish food pollutes the water as complete use of the food cannot be achieved.
  • 18. • The sediment of a lake -its muddy bottom layer -contains relatively high concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus. • Major sources of nutrients in lakes-
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  • 21. Table 4 shows the average composition of freshwater plants on a wet basis (when they are not dried): the plants require all listed components in the approximate percentages indicated
  • 22. CONTROL OF EUTROPHICATION • 1. Chemical precipitation of phosphorus. Aluminum salts have a strong affinity to adsorb and absorb inorganic phosphates and remove phosphorus containing particulate matter from the water column. The settled aluminum-phosphate complexes also create a seal layer over the bottom sediment that reduces the phosphorus release from the bottom. This process also improves dramatically clarity of the water body (and may also result in the emergence of macrophytes). • 2. Sediment removal. Sediment with large concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen (organic and ammonia) serve as an internal nutrient source and could be removed.
  • 23. • 3. Aeration. This technique keeps the hypolimnion aerobic which reduces the phosphorus and ammonia release from the anoxic bottom sediments. This reduces the nutrient content in water and their availability. • 4. Sediment oxidation. Oxidation of the sediments may also reduce the remobilization of phosphorus into the water column.
  • 24. • 5. Fish management. Sometimes fish management that would enhance grazing of phytoplankton has been practiced. Also in a hyper-eutrophic impoundment, game fish is absent and is replaced by rough bottom feeding fish species that stir the sediments and increase phosphate release.
  • 25. • 6.Phytoplankton biomass in the eutrophic zone is often controlled by the availability of certain nutrients that, in addition to light, are essential for growth. • 7.Algae filtration from superficial water. • 8.Ultrasonic irradiation for blue-green algae control Uses of some Ultrasonic device like- • AL 50 • AL 50 D • AL 20 • Al 10 • Al 5
  • 27. Referances• • http://toxics.usgs.gov/definitions/eutrophication.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutrophication • http://www.iseca.eu/en/science-for-all/what-is-eutrophication • http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/eutrophication-causes-consequences-and-controls- in-aquatic-102364466 • http://www.water-pollution.org.uk/eutrophication.html • http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/e/eutrophication.htm • http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/short_series/lakereservoirs-3/3.asp • http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/estuaries/media/supp_estuar09b_eutro.html • http://legacy.chemgym.net/environmental_chemistry/topic_4b/page_2.html • https://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080321092425AAUaQNC • http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/short_series/lakereservoirs-3/1.asp • http://www.lenntech.com/eutrophication-water-bodies/eutrophication-effects.htm • http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/eutrophication-causes-consequences-and-controls- in-aquatic-102364466 • http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/eutrophication-causes-consequences-and-controls- in-aquatic-102364466 • https://www.google.co.in/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=Mx92U- m6IpTDuASLi4CIBg#q=cause%20of%20eutrophication%20water • http://www.fao.org/docrep/w2598e/w2598e06.htm#role of agriculture in eutrophication • http://www.lenntech.com/eutrophication-water-bodies/eutrophication-effects.htm#ixzz31uCtBcNd