Water management
specialist Otterbine is offering all customers an extra five percent off its
entire range of aerators and aerating fountains on orders placed before 31
August.
The promotion is
timed to help customers when they need it most, says Pete Newton at Reesink
Turfcare, Otterbine’s UK distributor.
“When higher levels
of sunlight and heat is generated by the summer sun it can lead to excess
nutrients in water bodies and when combined with low oxygen levels and minimal
circulation, it prematurely ages the water throwing its natural ecosystem out
of balance,” he explains. “This can quickly lead to problems with algae,
aquatic weeds and a build-up of silt on the riverbed, and in severe cases can
even lead to unpleasant odours and cause fish to perish.”
In order to avoid
this, a proper water management system is needed, Pete says: “Waiting until
symptoms of poor water quality appear before implementing good water management
could be detrimental to the environment and be costly to rectify.”
“Once a lake has lost
its ecological balance, it goes into crisis, at which point the cost of
restoring it dramatically rises. As well as often being more expensive to
implement, reactive solutions tend to be less friendly to the environment too.”
To prevent or
eliminate stagnant water in a pond or lake, the most natural water quality
management solution is to introduce aeration, which is where Otterbine’s
aeration systems can help.
With solutions
suitable for small ponds to vast lakes, Otterbine’s wide range of aeration
systems comprise aerating fountains, industrial aerators and diffused air
systems. Each has unique features that work to increase oxygen levels and
circulate oxygen rich water, keeping water quality high, and inhibiting algae,
aquatic weeds and odours.
Plus, installation is
quick meaning that if this situation does occur it is easily fixed with
Otterbine, says Pete: “These symptoms are quickly formed but with Otterbine
also speedily rectified. We offer the highest
oxygen transfer and pumping rates in the industry with independent testing done
by the University of Minnesota and GSCEE to prove it.
“The High Volume units, for example, adds 3.3lbs or
1.5kg of oxygen per horsepower hour into the water and pumps over 920gpm or
199m3/hr per horsepower.”
