Comprehensive watershed management requires the determination of both point and non-point sources of pollution within a watershed. The primary non-point source pollutants in a watershed are nutrients, sediment, animal wastes, salts, and pesticides. Nutrients are mainly nitrogen and phosphorous. Agricultural activities and wastewater treatment plants are the principal sources of nitrogen in surf...

The serum of calcium, other involved minerals and parathyroid hormone (PTH) were studied in non-pregnant women, during pregnancy and in pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). In pregnant women, serum creatinine, total calcium, total protein, albumin, inorganic phosphorus and magnesium declined, while parathyroid hormone levels increased significantly when compared to non-pregnant women. In PIH c...

the effect of phosphorus supplementation to ammoniated rice straw was studied. the in vitro experiment was carried out following the first stage of tilley and terry method. the treatments consisting of four diets were a= 50% ammoniated rice straw + 50% concentrate (control), b= a + 0.2% phosphorus (p) supplement, c= a + 0.4% phosphorus (p) supplement, and d= a + 0.6% phosphorus (p) supplement o...

Reducing the magnitude and frequency of peak algal biomass is a common goal of lake management. To better quantify such conditions in Missouri reservoirs, an upper boundary delineating maximum algal chlorophyll (Chlmax) across the range of total phosphorus (TP) was developed using summer monitoring data (n = 8839) and compared with 2 other Missouri datasets (n = 8188 and 5151). Typically, other...

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for all living organisms. However, high concentrations in a water body accelerates eutrophication. Discharge limits for phosphorus are getting tighter for wastewater treatment plants, thus new tertiary treatments for removal have to be considered. In addition, hygienization of wastewater may become mandatory. At Viikinmäki wastewater treatment plant, the phos...