Environmental Science

Changes of water quality and eutrophication in Taihu Lake

tlooto Summary

Taihu Lake's water quality deteriorated with eutrophication, mostly due to organic matter pollution, requiring great control efforts.

Abstract

Ten-year water quality,eutrophication condition and main pollution indices in Taihu Lake were analyzed using monitoring data from 1997 to 2006.The results show that Taihu Lake was mostly polluted by organic matter,and water quality deteriorated with eutrophication.Great effort is needed to control water pollution in Taihu Lake.

Citation format

YI, G. Changes of water quality and eutrophication in taihu lake. Water Resources Protection, 2009.