Algae Management
Letting “nature take its course” is rarely, if ever, the best approach when dealing with toxic algae blooms. The development of green and blue-green algae on the surfaces of bodies of water can be harmful to humans, animals, and intricate aquatic ecosystems. It is necessary to intervene on nature’s behalf when these serious issues arise. With our algae management products you can make that intervention without doing
additional harm.
Harmful Algae Blooms, Biofilm & Biofouling
While algae can be beneficial in food sourcing and biofuel, nutrients loading into waterways as a result from excessive use of agricultural fertilizers and sewage seepage, has contributed to algae growth reaching harmful masses.
These harmful algae blooms (HABs) can be toxic to aquatic populations, pets, and humans. This makes it essential to keep algae growth under control. Traditional control methods are often chemical centric, while effective, can kill many organisms
that are beneficial to a healthy aquatic biome. In addition to creating sterile water environments, chemicals accelerate the recycling of phosphates and nitrates creating conditions that ensure larger HABs in the future. The survival of algae is dependent upon constant travel through the water column, feeding at water beds and rising to the surface for photosynthesis processes.
How We Help
to expire. The defeated algae, along with any toxins they contain, are consumed by fish and naturally occurring bacteria, transforming them into inert byproducts. Our eco-friendly algae management systems quickly eradicate algae with visible results in as little as 2 weeks and continued operation keep future blooms at bay. The frequencies introduced will also greatly reduce biofilm by mimicking the movement of water, resulting in a noticeable decrease of biofouling agents, such as barnacles and mussels.
Benefits of Algae Mitigation
Our advanced ultrasonic algae and biofilm management systems have a variety of amazing benefits. Algae management systems not only reduce algae in water environments, but they assist you in many other areas as well. Here are several of the additional benefits you gain from incorporating our systems into your water management toolbox.
With single, one time purchase systems, being reusable over many algae bloom cycles and with these units coming in at thousands of dollars less than chemical algaecide applications, there will be more money in your account for other projects.
ALL our systems are easily installed by 1-2 people and can be set up in 10 minutes. Maintenance includes checking on the operational condition, which can now be done remotely with our latest wireless advancements and phone application, and depending on the condition of your water, a monthly wipe-down of the transducer unit. Spend the extra time doing things you love.
Our products mitigate against a host of other agents that proliferate when biofilm is present, in turn, reducing odors in water. This benefit is one that we hear about often from water managers that use our systems in drinking water sources.
Our products helps to keep Total Suspended Solids levels down. No-one likes a glass of water that is murky. This discoloration is an immediate indicator of both odor and bad taste and will generally point to an overloading of potentially harmful bacteria. By keeping water clear of bacteria and algae, water that has been treated with our technology tastes more like, water.
Our technology DIRECTLY affects the need for the use of chemicals in water management strategies and in many applications, we have ELIMINATED long standing uses of chemicals like chlorine and Copper Sulfate (algaecide). While we understand that in many situations certain chemicals MUST be used, we can GREATLY affect the amount and frequency of application. From experience, we’ve learned that the longer our systems are in use, the less chemicals you will need to use.
It is important that drinking water and common household usage water be in the pH neutral level of 6.5 – 8.5 and in the environment, pH levels need to remain constant within a certain range. Any slight change moving in the direction of too high – too low can decimate entire populations of aquatic life. HBS technology helps keep those pH levels right where you want and need them.