Seasonal Variation of Water Quality of Taiping Lake in Eastern China

2024

Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), Vol 14, Iss 1-5, Pp 70-79 (2024)

Lakes and reservoirs are an important sources of drinking water for human life. However, numerous water quality indexes show seasonal fluctuation under different climatic conditions. We conducted a one-year investigation of Taiping Lake in year 2022 to construct relationship between water quality parameters and water quality. High water temperature promotes the growth of algae, and the existence of N species could provide the essential nutrient substance for the growing of algae. Under the irradiation of sunlight, algae will consume carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and release oxygen which can raise oxygen levels in the water. However, the rapid growth of algae could influence the acid-base balance in water through the consumption of carbon dioxide; thus, resulting in the increasing of pH values. These pH changes may pose a threat to drinking water.

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Society for Risk Analysis - China, 2024.

seasonal variation, water quality, taiping lake, algae, ph values, oxygen, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TA1-2040, Risk in industry. Risk management, HD61