What is Aeration and How Would It Impact Your Water?
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A water body is an ecosystem containing many living organisms that interact with one another and with their environment, in a balanced web of life. That balance may be destroyed by the extensive growth of some organisms, or by the death of other organisms. This could be caused either by nature, or as is often the case, by man-made pollutants. In either event, the lake begins to die. The basic purpose of the aeration process is to restore and maintain that vital balance. Restoration techniques remove bottom organic muck, greatly improve fish growth and health, and reduce aquatic weeds, pond algae, foul odors and disease bacteria. This water restoration process not only helps to improve water quality, it also enhances aesthetic value and life forms in and around the water body. Eutrophication, which is defined as “the increase in mineral and organic nutrients that results from a deficiency in dissolved oxygen, producing an environment that favors plant life over animal life”, is completely reversed. In some cases an aeration system is combined with buffered phosphate precipitants and/or beneficial microorganisms which are used to speed up the process. Watch the video below as Bruce Wahlstrom explores the benefits of this natural solution to water management issues. ![]() |
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