HydroFLOW Reduces Algae Growth

Installer

 

HydroFLOW West.

 

Customer

 

Vineyard in California.

 

Application

 

Irrigation ponds.

 

Installed Units

 

HydroFLOW industrial unit. 

 

Chemicals

 

Copper Sulfate or Tilapia fish.

 

Background

 

California vineyard that suffers from severe algae growth in its irrigation ponds, which causes maintenance problems in the filtration stations.

 

Success factor

 

Reduce algae growth without the use of Copper Sulfate or Tilapia fish.

 

Results

 

• Compared to the Copper Sulfate and Tilapia fish algae treatment methods, the bacteria and algae CFU counts in the HydroFLOW treated pond were over 90% lower.

 

• After the installation of HydroFLOW, the backwash process took 3-5 minutes.

 

• Reduced maintenance costs resulted in an estimated 1.5 year return on investment.

 

 

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