Development within watersheds has increased greatly in recent years and many ponds have been subjected to an ever-increasing load of nutrients and sediments, resulting in decreased pond water quality. Increased nutrient loadings are most commonly due to excessive use of fertilizers, malfunctioning septic systems, poor aeration system and improper waste disposal within the watershed. As development continues to increase, the amount of total hard–surfaced area also increases and the volume and velocity of the water moving through the watershed into surface waters is increased. This run-off erodes soils and transports organic materials and nutrients from surface soils. Inorganic materials, in the form of sand, silt, and clay are also transported to receiving waters, resulting in decreased pond water quality.
To restore a pond to a healthy condition, we must restore the natural processes that allow a pond to assimilate the nutrient load that it receives. Ideally, nutrient inputs should be reduced or eliminated wherever possible. By adding BIO-SYSTEMS' Microbe Activated Barley Straw or BIOBUG® FS not only will you restore your pond's healthy condition, you will also ensure rapid biological start-up with suppression of undesirable algae and duckweed, provide competitive organisms to reduce algae and duckweed activity, reduce sludge build-up, control grease, foaming, or scum formation and much much more.
Development within watersheds has increased greatly in recent years and many ponds have been subjected to an ever-increasing load of nutrients and sediments, resulting in decreased pond water quality. Increased nutrient loadings are most commonly due to excessive use of fertilizers, malfunctioning septic systems, poor aeration system and improper waste disposal within the watershed. As development continues to increase, the amount of total hard–surfaced area also increases and the volume and velocity of the water moving through the watershed into surface waters is increased. This run-off erodes soils and transports organic materials and nutrients from surface soils. Inorganic materials, in the form of sand, silt, and clay are also transported to receiving waters, resulting in decreased pond water quality.
To restore a pond to a healthy condition, we must restore the natural processes that allow a pond to assimilate the nutrient load that it receives. Ideally, nutrient inputs should be reduced or eliminated wherever possible. By adding BIO-SYSTEMS' Microbe Activated Barley Straw or BIOBUG® FS not only will you restore your pond's healthy condition, you will also ensure rapid biological start-up with suppression of undesirable algae and duckweed, provide competitive organisms to reduce algae and duckweed activity, reduce sludge build-up, control grease, foaming, or scum formation and much much more.