Algae blooms are a direct response to excess phosphate. The excess can occur from a myriad of causes including runoff, accumulation of bottom sediment, leaching from septic systems, lawn fertilizer, phosphate laden detergents, etc. We developed the concept of The Water Trifecta™ about 10 years ago to describe a systematic way to clean up ponds and lakes. The three parts of the trifecta are 1) ultrasound to stop blooms before they get started, 2) aeration to break up thermoclines and promote aerobic bacterial digestion as opposed to anaerobic digestion that releases phosphates, and 3) addition of beneficial bacteria that can absorb phosphates internally as poly-phosphates and thus remove them from the water column. george@algaecontrol.us
Published by George Hutchinson, President, AlgaeControl.US LLC
Algae blooms are a direct response to excess phosphate. The excess can occur from a myriad of causes including runoff, accumulation of bottom sediment, leaching from septic systems, lawn fertilizer, phosphate laden detergents, etc. We developed the concept of The Water Trifecta™ about 10 years ago to describe a systematic way to clean up ponds and lakes. The three parts of the trifecta are 1) ultrasound to stop blooms before they get started, 2) aeration to break up thermoclines and promote aerobic bacterial digestion as opposed to anaerobic digestion that releases phosphates, and 3) addition of beneficial bacteria that can absorb phosphates internally as poly-phosphates and thus remove them from the water column. george@algaecontrol.us