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A 150 page new book by Alexandra Drizo presents an update of approachesand technologies for phosphorus removal and recovery, coveringphosphorus management in sewage, agriculture and in lakes, includingsummaries of regulation for phosphorus removal and recovery The bookcovers: the challenges of eutrophication are summarised, water qualitylegislation, regulation of innovative phosphorus removal technologiesand of phosphorus recycling, methods and technologies for removal ofphosphorus from sewage, actions for mitigation of agricultural andstormwater phosphorus runoff, in-lake phosphorus treatment andphosphorus recovery and recycling technologies.

A 460 page book edited by Alan Steinman and Bryan Spears, with 24chapters and 17 case studies, by over 60 experts worldwide, looks at?internal loading? of phosphorus to lakes and coastal lagoons, that isrelease of phosphorus from bottom sediments. It is feared that climatechange will increase sediment P releases, because warming may lead tolonger periods of stratification (periods where deep and shallow waterlayers do not mix) resulting in anoxia (no oxygen) conditions insediments, and to increased decomposition of organic matter insediments. The book analyses drivers of sediment phosphorus release anduptake, measurement techniques, management approaches including in-laketreatment techniques.

?Phosphorus Pollution Control: Policies and Strategies?, A. Drizo, 2020, ISBN: 978-1-118-82548-8

?Internal Phosphorus Loading in Lakes. Causes, Case Studies, and Management?, A. Steinman & B. Spears, January 2020, ISBN 978-1-60427-144-7

Source: https://phosphorusplatform.eu/