aeration units
Aeration units can be beneficial for a variety of reasons; improving overall water quality, algae & mosquito reduction, phosphorus removal, enhanced fish habitats, and they can even be helpful in removing foul odors that can be given off by lakes & ponds due to bacteria growth. and harmful elements. There are two primary types of aeration units: Surface Aeration units & Diffuser Sub-Surface Aeration units.
As with our fountains, we provide face-to-face, onsite consultations with our clients to ensure that they are purchasing the proper type of aeration unit to meet their specific needs. Contact us to set up your consultation today!
As with our fountains, we provide face-to-face, onsite consultations with our clients to ensure that they are purchasing the proper type of aeration unit to meet their specific needs. Contact us to set up your consultation today!
Surface Aeration Units
Surface aerators provide a localized area of aerated water for fish to seek refuge during low dissolved oxygen periods, primarily during hot summer months, when thermal stratification occurs and warmer water reduces oxygen levels. This may also occur during spring and fall de-stratification. They are typically used two hours before sunrise to one hour past sunrise, or as needed post heavy rains and inclement weather. These units best serve waste water treatment facilities, aquaculture facilities and private ponds. They are operable in shallow water, light weight and easy to install. |
Diffuser Sub-Surface Aeration Units
Diffuser sub-surface aerators are used in deep water bodies and aerate the entire water column of a pond or lake. Air is pumped from the atmosphere through a low-pressure, high-volume, land-based compressor that diffuses air straight into the water. As it pumps the air into the waterbody, oxygen in the air can react with harmful compounds such as ammonia & nitrogen, and elements such as carbon dioxide, sulfer dioxide and methane gases by producing large volumes of bubbles within the water body. Purging the profundal stage of your waterbody of these harmful elements and altering it from an anerobic to aerobic conditions enhances the base of the food chain and the food-web chain. There are an abundant number of benefits to a fresh-water systems ecology. Bubbles create a lift that circulate anaerobic (low oxygen) water from the bottom of a lake up to the surface, de-stratifying the water column and exposing low dissolved-oxygen water to light & wind at the surface where sunlight is available for photo-synthesis to occur, and oxygen is produced from wind and wave action as well as reducing harmful gases & amonia. Circulating the aerated upper water to the bottom and lifting the anaerobic water on the bottom to the surface can create an increase of oxygen to near 100% saturation, positively impacting all living organisims, flora and fauna. |