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March 28, 2008
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•Case Study: World's Largest Denitrification Plant Helps Tampa Bay Reduce Nutrient Pollution
Nutrient pollution is getting worse in many estuaries throughout the United States, especially those on the heavily populated East Coast.
That's the finding of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in its July 2007 report, "Effects of Nutrient Enrichment in the Nation's Estuaries: A Decade of Change." Nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen trigger algae blooms and reduce the amount of life-giving oxygen in the water. The report said the increased nutrient loading is linked to human activities upstream from the estuaries.
Nevertheless, the NOAA report noted that some of the nation's estuaries have shown significant improvement in reducing nutrient pollution. One of those waterways, the Tampa Bay, Fla. Estuary, has long implemented a program of aggressive nutrient management that has reversed the trend of increased nutrient pollution. Since 1978, the estuary has benefited from the use of a denitrification system that reduces nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) and suspended solids to meet stringent government standards at the Howard F. Curren Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant – the world's largest denitrification plant.
Click Here To Download:•Case Study: World's Largest Denitrification Plant Helps Tampa Bay Reduce Nutrient Pollution
SOURCE: Severn Trent Services
