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Regulation of Cyanobacteria in Large Open Water Reservoirs

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This paper introduces a novel method for controlling of the cyanobacteria concentration in open water reservoirs during periods of global warming. The technology is based on usage of nanophotocatalysts made from nanocarbon-metal composition with titanium as the metal. Under the natural ultraviolet radiation, the nanophotocatalysts form OH-radicals in water that destroy cyanobacteria. Field tests in natural water revealed it to be efficient with low consumption of nanocompositions (about 10 g/ha or 50 l of aqueous solution of the nanocomposition with the concentration of 200 mg/l), OH-radicals formed only in the upper water layers where cyanobacteria grow, and nanocompositions coagulate and precipitate harmless water-insoluble particles within the first day.

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

    Rashid A. Khaydarov, Renat R. Khaydarov & Olga Gapurova

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  1. Engineering Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Urla, 35430, Turkey

    Alper Baba

  2. Engineering Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Urla, 35430, Turkey

    Gökmen Tayfur

  3. Engineering Faculty, Department of Environmental Engineering, Dokuz Eylül University, Kaynaklar Campus, Buca, 35160, Turkey

    Orhan Gündüz

  4. University of Toronto, Military Trail 1265, Scarborough, M1C 1A4, Canada

    Ken W.F. Howard

  5. Denver Federal Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, 80225, USA

    Michael J. Friedel

  6. Geophysics Centre of Evora, Department of Geosciences, University of Evora, Apartado 94, Evora, 7000-671, Portugal

    Antonio Chambel

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Khaydarov, R.A., Khaydarov, R.R., Gapurova, O. (2011). Regulation of Cyanobacteria in Large Open Water Reservoirs. In: Baba, A., Tayfur, G., Gündüz, O., Howard, K., Friedel, M., Chambel, A. (eds) Climate Change and its Effects on Water Resources. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1143-3_17

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