In this thread you will say something about algae

[Road Guy]

:read:

 

[DVINNY]

I knew a guy named Al G. Green

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

What do you need to know algae for?

 

[Hill William]

I get algae in my fish tank and it sucks. :dunno:

 

[petergibbons]

Algae's mama so fat her neck looks like a pair of hot dogs!

 

[Road Guy]

What do you need to know algae for?

AM Civil PE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Well what's a typical question? I know a thing or two about the stuff, I just don't know what you need to know! :brick:

 

[Road Guy]

anything

what makes a pond turn green? sunlight? Air? Georg W. Bush?

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

sunlight, shallow stagnant water, and excess phosphorus

read the chapter on eutrophication, it's a pretty straightforward concept.

If a body of water has more than a certain amount of total phosphorus, chlorophyll-a (indication of algae), and/or has a visibility of less than a certain depth, it's considered eutrophic.

If you have specific questions, let me know, I took 2 or 3 classes on surface water quality.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

What is the BOD consumption rate of blue-green algae in a sedimentation pond? I have no idea if that is even a valid question.

I don't think it is.

 

[redrum]

say you have an old pool full of algae, what happend when the sun is no longer present?