Project 614

Controlling Zebra Mussels at Water Treatment Plant Intakes

$377,080
Completed
Principal Investigator
Robert
Stevenson
Research Manager
Emerson S Lomaquahu
Contractor
City of Toledo Public Utilities
Source Water Protection

Abstract

Evaluates the effectiveness and costs of chemical treatments on zebra mussel veliger inactivation and veliger mortality. Reports on studies of sodium hypochlorite, iron plus hydrogen peroxide, potassium permanganate, chlorine dioxide, chloramine, and ammonium at two Lake Erie sites. Published in 1997. (Still available to Foundation subscribers as Order 90612.)

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