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Freshwater storage

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Prof David Hamilton
Water can be stored in a lake anywhere from a matter of a day or two, up to in some cases perhaps 10 years, even maybe 100 years in the very deepest of lakes. Lake Taupo, for example, has water stored in it for over 10 years.
 

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Published: 15 April 2009
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