The purpose of this study was development of a simple phytoplankton model for reservoir and applied DaeCheung reservoir. The effects of light intensity, PO$_{4}$-P, settling rate and flushing loss on phytoplankton growth are analyzed. This paper describes as investigation of the potential of simple phytoplankton models to d/splay chaotic instability, but given the observation of chaotic behavior in other simple simulation systems, such behavoir may actually be real fluctuation in the system response.