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Effects on Dissolved Oxygen during Generation at Center Hill Dam

Effects on Dissolved Oxygen during Generation at Center Hill Dam. Jared Durrett Undergraduate Biology Department Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN 38505. Project Summary. Problem : Decreased Dissolved O 2 (DO) levels at Lake/River Dams

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Effects on Dissolved Oxygen during Generation at Center Hill Dam

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  1. Effects on Dissolved Oxygen during Generation at Center Hill Dam Jared Durrett Undergraduate Biology Department Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN 38505

  2. Project Summary • Problem: Decreased Dissolved O2(DO) levels at Lake/River Dams • Objective: Ensure DO injection methods are sufficient to sustain life below the dam after generation • Method: Use DO meter to test above and below dam before, during, and after generation. • Expected Results: Decreased levels of DO below dam not suitable to sustain life

  3. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to conducts several DO tests yearly (2004) Results: DO was not suitable to sustain life below the dam Iwler, Louis. 1981. TVA innovation licks oxygen worry in lakes. Electrical World 195:23-24. Pearce, Fred. 1994. Dam truths on the Danube. (Controversies and consequences on dam over River Danube).New Scientist, 143: 27-32 TVA, 2004. Tailwater Improvements:Boosting Oxygen Levels. http://www.tva.gov/environment/ water/rri_oxy.htm. Jan.26 05. Introduction

  4. To determine the dissolved oxygen count of Center Hill Lake/ Caney Fork River before, during, and after generation. The measures taken by the Corps of Engineers while, environmentally “in the right direction”, needs a stronger method of re-introducing O2 back into the water during and after generation. Objective/Hypothesis

  5. Methods and Materials • “Standard Methods 4500-0 Dissolved Oxygen Content” Method • Use of a DO meter capable of DO and Temperature read out

  6. Expected Results • DO to be in inadequate amounts below Center Hill Dam *Possible Benefits: Increased awareness and actions taken to change the DO at Dam sites.

  7. Project Timeline

  8. Budget • DO meter (Donated for this test) • Plastic tubes ($5.00) • Gas ($15.00) • Total: $20.00

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