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Hardness:
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-measures the concentration
of magnesium and calcium ions in the water column
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-high calcium levels can
increase phosphorus sedimentation
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-however, TMP has very soft
water, this is probably due to the bedrock composition
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-one problem with soft
water is that fish and other organisms are more sensitive to toxins,
pollution from a point soure could more greatly affect the orgs inn TMP than
in other lakes
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-also more vulnerable to
algal blooms
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According to these chem
results tmp is healthy
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