Title:
The Act of Discrete Pollutant Sources on the Water Quality of Lake Lanier

dc.contributor.author York, M. Timmerly en_US
dc.contributor.author Amirtharajah, Appiah en_US
dc.contributor.author Brouckaert, Barbara en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering en_US
dc.contributor.editor Hatcher, Kathryn J. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2013-01-08T20:29:28Z
dc.date.available 2013-01-08T20:29:28Z
dc.date.issued 1997-03
dc.description Proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, Athens, Georgia. en_US
dc.description.abstract The potential discrete pollutant sources in the Lake Sidney Lanier watershed were identified and investigated. A sampling program was conducted to determine typical concentrations of pollutants from ten wastewater treatment facilities and from urban storm water runoff into three streams. Average yearly pollutant loadings into the lake were calculated based on the results from the sampling program and the facilities' monitoring data These calculations indicate that urban storm water runoff is a significant portion of the total loading of biochemical oxygen demand (BODO into the lake. The effluent from municipal wastewater treatment facilities comprised the significant portion of nitrogen, ammonia, and total organic carbon (TOC) loading. The loading of phosphorus was approximately equal from urban runoff and the municipal effluents. This investigation indicates that of the sources investigated, municipal wastewater treatment facilities and urban runoff can provide significant loadings of pollutants into Lake Lanier. Synthesis of this research with that of nonpoint sources of pollution will provide the basis for sound watershed management of Lake Lanier. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibility This book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of the University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 0-935835-05-9
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45713
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.publisher.original Institute of Ecology en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries GWRI1997. Water Quality Management en_US
dc.subject Water resources management en_US
dc.subject Stormwater runoff en_US
dc.subject Lake Lanier en_US
dc.subject Biochemical oxygen demand en_US
dc.subject Total organic carbon en_US
dc.subject Discrete pollutant sources en_US
dc.subject Wastewater treatment facilities en_US
dc.title The Act of Discrete Pollutant Sources on the Water Quality of Lake Lanier en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Proceedings
dspace.entity.type Publication
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local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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