Reservoir vital signs monitoring, 1991: Physical and chemical characteristics of water and sediment

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6832071

Meinert, D L; Fehring, J P

In the second year of TVA's Reservoir Vital signs Monitoring program, physical/chemical measurements of water and sediment were made on fourteen TVA reservoirs (the nine mainstem Tennessee river reservoirs - Kentucky through Fort Loudoun and five tributary reservoirs - Cherokee, Douglas, Norris, Melton Hill and Tellico). In addition in 1991, limited water quality monitoring was initiated on ten tributary storage impoundments. The objective of the Vital Signs monitoring program is to assess the health or integrity of these aquatic ecosystems. Physical/chemical data collected in 1991 showed the water quality of the majority of TVA's reservoirs to be very good, but pointed out areas for improvement and further investigation.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN (United States). Div. of Water Resources
• Sponsoring Organization: TVA; Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6832071
• Report Number(s): TVA/WR-92/1; ON: DE93008999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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13 HYDRO ENERGY
130600 -- Hydro Energy-- Environmental Aspects
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHLOROPHYLL
COMPILED DATA
DATA
DISSOLVED GASES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FLUIDS
GASES
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROLOGY
INFORMATION
METEOROLOGY
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
NUTRIENTS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYTOCHROMES
PIGMENTS
PORPHYRINS
PROTEINS
SOLUTES
STRATIFICATION
SURFACE WATERS
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESERVOIRS