University of Central Florida STARS Retrospective Theses and Dissertations 1986 The Effect of Sewage Effluent Removal on the Water Quality of Lake Howell, Florida Patricia L. Smith University of Central Florida Part of the Biology Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Masters Thesis (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. STARS Citation Smith, Patricia L., "The Effect of Sewage Effluent Removal on the Water Quality of Lake Howell, Florida" (1986). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 4943. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/4943 THE EFFECT OF SEWAGE EFFLUENT REMOVAL ON THE WATER QUALITY OF LAKE HOWELL, FLORIDA BY PATRICIA LYNN SMITH B.A., Florida Technological University, 1973 B.S., University of Central Florida, 1982 THESIS Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Biology in the Graduate Studies Program of the College of Arts and Sciences University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Spring Term 1986 ABSTRACT In April, 1983, sewage effluent discharge from the Maitland and Winter Park sewage treatment plants was diverted from Lake Howell to the Iron Bridge Regional Sewage Treatment Plant. The sewage treatment plants of the cities of Winter Park and Maitland had been discharging into Lake Howell since 1927 and 1962, respectively . These point sources had contributed 95% of the total phosphorous and 69% of the total nitrogen budgets for Lake Howell.