Download or read book Removal of Nitrate by an Algal System written by California. Department of Water Resources and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major findings are presented from a one-year operational investigation on the use of algae to remove nitrogen from subsurface agricultural tile drainage in the San Joaquin Valley of California. The objectives of the study were to: (1) refine the design criteria, determined in a preliminary investigation, (2) develop operational procedures, and (3) recommend a design for a prototype algal nitrogen removal process.