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What is the Best Way
to Aerate
There are two main ways to aerate your ponds, lakes or dugouts…
By Surface or Diffused Aeration
Surface Aeration - are systems that come in the form of Fountains
or Jets and are primarily used to produce surface level oxygen
in the water. They splash the surface and help control top level
algae and weeds, they do not aerate down to the bottom. This
type of aeration looks attractive but as research indicates,
is one of the most ineffective ways to keep your water healthy.
Oxygen never gets to the bottom of the water where it is needed
to organically break down the sludge that constantly enters the
water and sinks down.
Diffused Aeration – are
systems where air is pumped into the water and through
air diffusers that lie
at the bottom of
the pond, lake, or dugout. This achieves total pond aeration
from the bottom to the top regardless of the depth of
the water. These systems are both more effective and economical,
for it
requires far less energy to push air in a diffused aeration
system than it does pushing water through fountains or
jets.
By harnessing the wind you can oxygenate
and de-stratify your pond. Our “Superior” line of
Windmills has been redesigned to provide ample supplemental oxygen
levels to improve the health
of your ponds, lakes, dugouts or reservoirs. Ideally suited for
areas needing aeration without electricity nearby and can be
located hundreds of feet away from the water's edge,
if necessary to catch more wind.
Superior Windmill Aeration systems
will:
Here's another study that you may find interesting
that supports our opinion that the best way to keep your
water clean
may just be with a Superior Windmill Aeration System…
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Crop Farmers
Farmers have water dugouts and ponds in selected areas of their fields to provide cost effective irrigation for their crops and ensuring that poisonous bacteria is not transmitted into their harvests.
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Golf Courses
Courses need these aeration systems to help oxidize the waste that is being created by ducks and other birds. The smell combined with the odd looking color of the water has driven many ...
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Cattle Farmers
Farmers have water dugouts and ponds scattered all over their property providing clean drinking water for grazing cattle and horses ensuring their animals remain healthy and strong.
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Residential Ponds
These recreational applications often apply in order to eliminate the foul smell of rotten eggs caused by stagnated water. The clean, clear water looks good and also helps reduce mosquitoes in the area.
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Drinking Water Reservoirs
Superior Windmill effectively circulates large areas of water with no energy requirements thus helping keep the drinking water healthy and clean.
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Fish Hatcheries
Fish Hatcheries need extra oxygen in their water to burn up additional amounts of pollution created by the large amounts of fish waste and to lower the amount of fish kill caused by the lack of oxygen.
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How to reclaim your
dugout's water quality
by
Stephen Madden,
Agricultural Water Specialist
Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development, Grande Prairie,
AB
The early spring runoff that graciously filled your dugout
appeared to be clean, clear, ready-to-use water.
But now,
plants and/or algae have taken over your dugout and seem
unwilling to give back the fresh water you had just a
short time ago. If that's your situation, don't
despair because you can reclaim your dugout.
What you might
not realize is that spring runoff also contained a fresh supply
of nutrients. If your dugout water is replenished
every year by runoff, your dugout is likely getting an overdose
of nutrients [...]
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