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Table A2. Stage Specific Risks and Mitigation <br /> Qin < . <br /> Coordinate with IRFWCD to suspend pump- <br /> ing during heavy periods of herbicide spray- <br /> Herbicides/Toxins/Heavy ing. <br /> Metals in water impact sys- <br /> tem, biomass quality Evaluate pre-settling/clarifiers, filtration meth- <br /> ods and/or chemical precipitation to remove <br /> toxins <br /> 1. Site selection, Increase hydraulic detention times in floating <br /> preliminary wa- Suspended solids difficult to plant modules, modify tanks with weirs to as- <br /> ter testing,con- settle, lack of settled material sist with settling <br /> struction of pilot <br /> for analysis Install clarifier prior to floating aquatic plant <br /> module. <br /> Re-allocate funds to provide renewable power <br /> Available sites distant from (solar) to power pilot. <br /> electrical connections, Unex- <br /> pected construction diffi- Reduce number of parallel test systems to <br /> culties/costs three; allocate funds to cover increased costs <br /> site <br /> y Analyze tissues to identify micronutrient defi- <br /> ciencies, adjust module order/species as re- <br /> Poor growth/health of aquatic quired. <br /> plants in modules across pilot <br /> Remove impacted modules, evaluate reduced <br /> IIII 2. Pilot Testing module treatment system <br /> I Stage 2 Y p If health is deleterious) impacted b settled <br /> ( Floating plants exhibit differ- Y <br /> ential health between serial solids, pre-settle solids with lamella clarifier i <br /> tanks (eg., plant health better/ If plant health is improved by nutrients in sol- i <br /> worse in tank with settled sol- ids, re-plumb so both.floating plant tanks re- <br /> 4 <br /> ids) _ ceive water in parallel_(not in serial)_ <br /> 'Optimal' plants show season- <br /> vaSupplement plants in impacted modules with <br /> al variability in health and nu- <br /> al removal different species; conduct'mixed' community <br /> experiments <br /> 3. Pilot Testing Modules show low/no nutrient <br /> Stage 3:Optimal removal Remove or reorder modules <br /> plants <br /> Unexpected module specific <br /> water chemistry impacts (eg , <br /> Re-order, remove or reconfigure modules <br /> effluent from emergent mod- <br /> ule is very low DO) <br />