Beaker Test: Treatment of Algae (Treatment in Motion)

The primary sources of nutrient pollution are lawn and garden fertilizers, yard debris like grass clippings and leaves, sediment or materials from construction sites, sewage discharge, and animal waste. Most of these materials enter waterbodies via stormwater runoff. When it rains, water flows across impervious surfaces like roads and sidewalks, collecting pollutants before entering ponds and lakes designed to filter out these substances while reducing flood risks.

Our solution using the GCO "Algae Hammer" hydro-oxidative organic clay to help reduce nutrient and toxin levels and increase dissolved oxygen to restore the health of natural water bodies.

Nutrient pollution directly contributes to eutrophication – the aging of the ecosystem. By making the waterbody more fertile, aquatic weeds and algae, including toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), are more likely to proliferate beyond safe levels, triggering a chain reaction of oxygen depletion, muck development, and loss of water depth. 

Without intervention, the water body will continue to fill in and shrink. Eventually, costly dredging may be the only option to restore it to its original state.