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Does your lake or pond have....

• Frequent algae blooms?
• Low oxygen in the lower levels?
• High nutrient levels?
• Toxic gases such as hydrogen sulfide and ammonia?
• Stagnant, inadequate mixing?
• Lack of benthic organisms such as mussels and snails?
• Foul odors and fish kills?

The Problem
A great need for oxygen existis at the bottom of eutophic(nutrient-rich) lake. Oxygen is absorbed at the surface but fails to reach the lake bottom due to thermal stratification, poor circulation and/or rapid consumption. During the summer months when the water is warm, oxygen can be consumed faster than it can be replinished, killing aquatic animals in the lower levels.

Without bottom oxygen, a lake's self-purification capability is reversed. Nutrients that would normally be unavaiable or "locked" in the sediment get recycled into the water column. These excess nutrients are just as harmful to the lake as those that come from surronding watershed. Fertilizers, animal droppings, septic tank seepage and nutrients recycled from the sediment all increase a lake's need for oxygen.

Don't wait until you experience a fish kill to realize that you have a problem!

The Solution
A Diffused Pond Aerator System from Living Water Aeration. Our pond aerators include industry standard Gast compressors in combination with rubber membrane self cleaning diffusers.  This combo gives you  a more than sufficent amount of dissolved oxygen saturation, as well as a low maintenance solution to your ponds oxygen problem.

The Results
A pond aerator system from Living Water Aeration will:

• Eliminate thermal stratification.
• Reduce BOD and COD
• Increase bottom redox potential
• Reduce sedimentation rate (muck accumulation)
• Reduce internal nutrient cycling
• Improve water clarity
• Eliminate fish kill and improve fishery
• Reduce algae growth
• Not suspend bottom sediments-guaranteed!

Technical Information

-When oxygen levels are low, you can expect transfer performance of more than 10 pounds of dissolved oxygen per horsepower!

-Bubbles expand and spread out as they rise. The column of water entrained within the bubbles from the diffuser rises at about a foot per second, moving 2,000 gpm from the area above the diffuser.

-The surface boil-created by the kinetic energy of the rising water-rises approximately two inches above the surrounding water level. From there, the water rushes outward until its energy has dissipated, sometimes traveling more than 100 feet, depending upon temperature, surface tension and wind.

-The lake surface tension is ruptured in the boil area. Supersaturated gases, including carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, escape from the bottom water, and oxygen is absorbed.

-There is no danger to swimmers, boaters or aquatic life - even a marking buoy is unnecessary. And like hundreds of others, you'll enjoy watching the surface "spring" boils. There is  no electricity in the water.



WHAT IS  POND AERATION?

"Aeration" is the term that we use to mean adding air to the water.
Because air contains 22% oxygen aeration adds oxygen to the water.

 

    Nutrients (fish waste, grass clippings, dead algae, etc.) cause most water quality problems. Nutrients are cleaned from a pond's bottom by the small bottom dwelling animals mentioned above. When these animals do not exist the nutrients accumulate on the bottom forming a layer of "muck" which serves as fertilizer for weeds and algae. If a pond is allowed to get seriously infested with weeds, herbicide treatment may be the only way to gain control. The idea is to prevent such infestation in the first place. Natural water cleanup through aeration offers preventative maintenance, reducing sediment before more serious problems arise.

Pond Aeration - By pumping compressed air out into a pond or lake bed aerator -- an air diffuser that produces tiny air bubbles -- the rising air bubbles bring bottom water to the surface where it is exposed to the atmosphere. Large volumes of water thus lose bad gasses to the atmosphere and the water picks up even more oxygen while on the surface

Aeration speeds up the process of oxidizing or "burning up" pollutants and bacteria. In fact, if there is sufficient aeration, the fish will be able to survive a surprising amount of pollution in a place like a feed lot run-off pond or tertiary sewage lagoon. These are potentially good fishing spots. There is no reason for such places to be bad, even if there are occasional spills or excessive drawdowns.

Using a Pond Aerator Affects Water Temperature
Lets say you have bottom temperatures averaging  60-65° F. and surface temperatures of  70-75°F. The mixing of the cooler bottom water with the surface water brings down the temperature to approx. 72°F. from top to bottom and plenty of dissolved oxygen also -- over 7 part per million -- enough for game fish as well as for our friendly aerobic bacteria.

Aerobic Bacteria | the "good guys." They like oxygen.

In one year, aerobic bacteria will digests and change into carbon dioxide and water
the amount of dead vegetation that anaerobic bacteria take 30 years to digest!

The aerobic bacteria are eating the bottom debris at 60 to 70 times faster than if we had left the pond or lake to a natural death.  If man has added his own pollution, pond and lake bed aeration restoration results are even more dramatic.

Bottom Muck
So, if oxygen is present at the pond bed, called the benthic zone, dead weeds and peat do not accumulate as bottom muck. Such muck is quickly eaten by our aerobic friends, not slowly chewed upon by anaerobic bacteria who fall behind in their work, and lose the race, allowing the pretty pond or lake to go "bad," filling up with peat.

That's how coal was formed eons ago. It's the natural death of a lake, just as it is natural for aerobic bacteria to eat up dead vegetation and algae and keep it "good." 

A Constant Supply of Oxygen
Thus aeration and pond water destratification keep these aerobic bacteria on the job by assuring them a constant supply of oxygen.

DIFFUSED AERATION INFO

Diffused aeration systems are the best way to aerate, destratify and create circulation on ponds over 6' deep. Each system has three basic parts.

1.an air compressor

2.an air hose

3.an air diffuser

The air compressor sits on shore and pumps air out through the hose to the air diffuser located on the bottom of the pond. The result is thousands of tiny bubbles rushing out of the diffuser to the pond surface, creating circulation and providing aeration.

There are several advantages to using diffused aeration kits instead of surface aerator:

1.Electric motor is on shore, not in the water,

2.Air diffusers lay on the bottom, ensuring aeration of entire pond from bottom to top, regardless of depth size,

3.With proper sizing, tubing lengths up to 2000' can be achieved for ponds without electricity nearby.

All motors are designed for continuous duty operation and are oil-less for low maintenance. Periodic cleaning of air filter and replacement of diaphragm and gasket every few years is all that is necessary. Air stones can be cleaned (if necessary) in muriatic acid to restore like-new performance. We can build much larger systems or alter these kits to fit you specific needs. Please call for assistance. Kits include everything needed for installation and operation except for tubing weights. Tubing is buoyant and requires a 5# weight every 6-8' sink, or use optional self-weighted tubing.

Fountans vs. Diffused Pond Aerators - Which is Better?

Fountains are a popular choice when decorative aerator is desired. Fountains splash the surface of the pond and help control surface algae and duckweed, but do not aerate down to the bottom of deep ponds.

Diffused aeration is the best way to aerate deep ponds. Because the air diffuser lays on the bottom you achieve total pond aeration from top to bottom regardless of depth.