How To Actually Remove Pollutants From The IRL
There was a recent Op Ed published in Florida Today, “Help Reduce Pollution in Lagoon” by Drs. Gilmore and Loftus that caught my attention.
There was a recent Op Ed published in Florida Today, “Help Reduce Pollution in Lagoon” by Drs. Gilmore and Loftus that caught my attention.
Why use alum when Ferrate is proven safer and better?
Florida continues to struggle with controlling nutrient inputs to our fresh and marine waters, and HABs are increasing in periodicity and intensity. Scientists have been studying the excessive buildup of algae in Florida waters for years, and they have progressed to the point that numerical estimates have now been made about nutrient limitations required to prevent excessive algal growth.
In August, Ferrate Solutions Corp. had the opportunity to present ongoing treatment results for nutrient removal on the Indian River Lagoon to the IRL Council STEM Committee.
Of course, we agree with the overall premise of the scientists who presented information at this West Coast event of “Don’t feed the algae”, but it was the reference to a failing Indian River Lagoon that struck home – literally.
Removing the phosphorous and nitrogen that cause the well-documented troubles in Lake Okeechobee, the estuaries and Everglades has proven a technical and budgetary challenge.
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Read the cover story in Utilities Tech Outlook’s August 2020 Issue.
Ferrate Solutions Selected by SFWMD for Blue Green Algae Remediation at Lake O – Read More on TCPalm.
Floridians should make no mistake, we remain in a very precarious state of paralysis…
A team of Ferrate Solutions engineers spent the first week of January running treatability tests of Ferrate on leachate from one of Florida’s largest landfills, and the result was near-total removal of ammonia from the wastewater samples.
Ferrate Solutions was actually launched with a more dire mission and market target – cleaning up contaminated drinking water in developing countries where the only alternative for safe water, is to buy it bottled.
Perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) are chemicals consisting of a carbon structure attached to fluorine molecules.
As our Basin Management Plans (BMAP) are being reviewed, and the Blue-Green Algae Task Force continues to meet, serious discussions are taking place about ways to actually limit nutrient input to our surface waters.
The FDEP has just begun its review of the Basin Management Action Plans (BMAP) for the State of Florida, which were issued five years ago.
These days, it seems like everyone is weighing in about Florida’s blue green algae crisis. The crescendo is hitting notes on everything from blame and finger-pointing, to doomsday predictions and “kick the can down the road” advocacies for more research and study. – Read More on Naples Daily News
Since we have to do SOMETHING with our wastewater sludge, people should know the difference between it and “biosolids”, and why we need to remove ammonia nitrogen before spreading them on our fields.
Harmful Algal Blooms have sprung up in lakes, rivers and coastal waters across the nation; it looks like the pigeons have come home to roost …. payback for our continued discharge of nutrients into the environment. Perhaps a harbinger of things to come? Treating these discharges to remove the nutrients is doable and affordable, and it’s about time to focus our resources on treatment and clean-up …. Not more monitoring.
It’s time to get serious about treating wastewater and stormwater runoff, PROPERLY, before it ends up in our surface and groundwater.
Impoundment of nutrient rich water from agricultural runoff, or wastewater treatment plant effluent has evolved as the only acceptable treatment scenario to prevent disastrous algal and bacterial blooms in Florida.
Most of the radionuclides present in drinking water supplies are from natural sources. Naturally occurring radionuclides are created in the upper atmosphere and are bound in the Earth’s crust.
Some Comments About The Ongoing Nutrient/Algae Saga