Individuals with normal color vision will see a number, while those with a deficiency do not see it. On some plates, a person with normal color vision may see one number, while a person with a deficiency sees a different number.
Your phosphate level should be at or below 100 parts per billion (ppb). If your water chemistry and phosphate levels seem to be in check, one potential cause of the cloudiness in your pool could be dead algae. Phosphates are the food supply for algae, thus high phosphate levels promote algae growth.
Credit: USGS. Increasing Nitrogen Deposition in Lakes. Nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, are essential for plant and animal growth and nourishment, but the overabundance of certain nutrients in water can cause a number of adverse health and ecological effects.Nitrogen, in the forms of nitrate, nitrite, or ammonium, is a nutrient needed for plant growth.oo much nitrogen, as nitrate, in drinking water can be harmful to young infants or young livestock. Excessive nitrate can result in restriction of oxygen transport in the bloodstream.