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This study was undertaken to determine the influence of a deep-storage reservoir and a downstream underground reservoir on the physicochemical limnology of a 98-km segment of a permanent river in central Texas. Seventeen parameters were studied. In general, impoundment in the deep-storage reservoir improved whereas inflow from the underground reservoir deteriorated water quality of the parent river. Overall combined effect of impoundment and inflow showed an improved water quality downstream from the study area from that found upstream of the study area.
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Hannan, H.H., Broz, L. The influence of a deep-storage and an underground reservoir on the physicochemical limnology of a permanent central Texas river. Hydrobiologia 51, 43–63 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00007985
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