Acid rain mitigation strategies in Sweden
The methods and costs of measures to restore acidified water areas or prevent further acidification to lakes and streams in Sweden are presented, along with the results of a five-year liming test period. The reduction of sulfur emissions is considered in terms of reducing sulfur content in home heating oils to a 1% maximum, the use of purifiers in industry, and international cooperation to reduce transboundary pollution. A total of over 300 liming projects consuming more than 200,000 tons of liming agents were placed in waters, in bogs and on farms, and on marshes, nominally by use of a centrifugal distributor on land and various spreading methods on water, principally with crushed limestone. Other methods are suggested, and liming results were found to be an improvement of farm soil fertility, a decrease in forest growth, and positive effects on fish populations. Full scale liming is recommended wherever natural buffering has been found to be insufficient.
- Research Organization:
- Swedish National Board of Fisheries, Fisheries Management Office, Goteborg, Sweden
- OSTI ID:
- 7072786
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-820106-
- Journal Information:
- Am. Inst. Aeronaut. Astronaut. Monogr.; (United States), Vol. 82-0278; Conference: 20. aerospace science conference, Orlando, FL, USA, 11 Jan 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ACID RAIN
POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR POLLUTION
CALCIUM OXIDES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FISHES
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
LIMNOLOGY
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SWEDEN
TRANSFRONTIER POLLUTION
WATER POLLUTION
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CONTROL
COOPERATION
EUROPE
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
RAIN
SCANDINAVIA
VERTEBRATES
WESTERN EUROPE
520200* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
500200 - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)