S. Chang., G. Walton, R. Woodward
Nov 1, 1959
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Journal American Water Works Association
Abstract
for this purpose. The first application of hexadecanol to reduce consumptive evaporation loss in a storage reservoir was made in 1953 by Mansfield (3) in Australia. From his early field studies, Mansfield (4) reported 20-30 per cent reduction in evaporation losses, and more recently he has reported a 37 per cent reduction over a 14-day test period for a large reservoir (5). In 1954, Wark presented a paper on the Australian studies before the San Antonio section of the American