system" described for reservoirs including relationships of calcium and magnesium from weathering.
Longitudinal gradients exist with concentrations decreasing with distance from the source. Nutrients are
Figure 1.3.21 Variation of suspended solids with time in the tailwater of
Allatoona Lake, GA (note relatively low and constant concentrations) and at the
Cartersville water intake (note increased variability more typical of riverine
conditions (Krenkel 1965) (From Kenkel and Novotny (1980), reprinted with
permission of Academic Press
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