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Hiwassee River Basin
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Hiwassee River Basin
The Process Of Flocculation
Flocculation is a process where in colloids come out of suspension in the form of floc or flake; either spontaneously or due to the addition of a clarifying agent and Aeration is the process of exposing to air (so as to purify); the aeration of the soil. The EPA regulates the water quality. The Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972 which was a significant expansion of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948. Major amendments were enacted in the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the Water Quality Act of 1987.
Hiwassee River Basin
The Water Quality Of The Hiwassee River
The Hiwassee River has its headwaters on the north slope of Rocky Mountain in Towns County in northern Georgia. The Hiwassee River connects to the Valley River, Nottely River and Brasstown Basin and ends in North Carolina
The Hiwassee River Watershed drains approximately 2,099 square miles, 1,011 square miles of which are in Tennessee, and empties to Chickamauga Reservoir (Tennessee River). There are 62 rare plant and animal species in the Tennessee portion of the Hiwassee River Watershed
Vocabulary Words I Did Not Use
- Upwelling
- Downwelling
- Brakish water
- estuary
- desalination
- temperature
- dissoled oxygen
- nitrates
- phosphates
- ph
- Bio-indicator
- slinity
- potability
- turbidity
- active carbon adsorption
- aeration
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