By Dr. Aleksandra Drizo Dr. Aleksandra Drizo, PhosphoReduc LLC.
CEO, 70 South Winooski Avenue; Burlington, VT, USA 05405.
Corresponding author: firstname.lastname@example.org Phosphorus
Pollution Problem Water eutrophication caused by excess nutrient
loading from human activities has been recognized as one of the
major water quality issues for several decades (1, 2). The World
Resources Institute has identified 415 hypoxic coastal zones in
the world. The situation is even more alarming for freshwater
resources with 54% of lakes in Asia, 53% in Europe, 48% in North
America, 41% in South America and 30% in Africa being identified
as eutrophic (3). Although some environments are more greatly
influenced by changing levels of nitrogen, addition of just 1 g
of phosphorus promotes the growth of up to 100 g algae, and as
such, represents the principal trigger of eutrophication and
toxic blue-green algae blooms. The Effect of Algae Blooms These
blooms can decrease the oxygen levels in the waters, resulting
in fish kil