It is not clear to me how the unit moves around the lake or is it fixed when in place. It seems most effective if it could be moved constantly by remote control/
Would that be because they are just moving the sediment around from agitating the water column? It seems 18″ is a lot in such a short time and the point is to increase dissolved oxygen which will help mitigate further HAB growth which would reduce additional sediment depth over time not reduce what was already there unless it is just piling it up like a snow blower.
The dissolved oxygen level is up around the units. The oxygen allows the material to decompose. Kind of like a compost pile, it needs turned over to get oxygen in it to decompose.
Makes sense! Is it holding at 18′ or improving around the gators? I heard the alum could result in high levels of aluminum maybe affecting the fish? I wonder if a few feet deeper will improve the water flow through there? The high dissolved oxygen has to be good. Sounds good Ted.
Cool! Does anyone know how well they are working?
It is not clear to me how the unit moves around the lake or is it fixed when in place. It seems most effective if it could be moved constantly by remote control/
Heard the sediment level is down 18″ around the airy-gators.
Would that be because they are just moving the sediment around from agitating the water column? It seems 18″ is a lot in such a short time and the point is to increase dissolved oxygen which will help mitigate further HAB growth which would reduce additional sediment depth over time not reduce what was already there unless it is just piling it up like a snow blower.
That would be because of oxygen. In the Behm’s channel the the sediment level is going down 2″ a month with their aeration units.
So how is the silt in the lake bed actually dissapearing? Is it biodegradation? If so, would the alum treatment interfere?
The dissolved oxygen level is up around the units. The oxygen allows the material to decompose. Kind of like a compost pile, it needs turned over to get oxygen in it to decompose.
Makes sense! Is it holding at 18′ or improving around the gators? I heard the alum could result in high levels of aluminum maybe affecting the fish? I wonder if a few feet deeper will improve the water flow through there? The high dissolved oxygen has to be good. Sounds good Ted.