“A combination of both dissolved and micro air entrained water provides a substantially higher water to air:gas contact than can be achieved through conventional systems that rely on ineffective surface threshing methods or inefficient compressed air diffusion practices.
The secret is in the formation of micro-size bubbles; delivered by infusion in ‘bite size’ particles to the latent micro-organisms that are responsible for the degradation of organic impurities (COD/BOD).
AirMix systems are more cost effective to purchase and operate, using a fraction of the horsepower needed by conventional aerators. They are capable of delivering dissolved oxygen to every corner of the pond, dam, lagoon or aeration basin according to your requirements.
AirMix systems stimulate benign organisms to out compete sulphide generating bacteria, (anaerobes), this action greatly assists with the elimination of odours, and usually results in a reduction in acidity.”
10 minutes after start-up, intake foot valve is suspended below the white float, it has since been replaced with a still well.
Open ended delivery pipe before submersion – note the remarkably well aerated influent, the white micro air bubbles resembling milk.
2.5 days – the sludge begins breaking up.
Proliferation of oxygenation as micro bubbles permeate the pond.
Odour disappeared and the pond has a noticeable ‘shimmer’ of sunlight reflected from the minute surface bubbles formed by aerobic bacterial activity.
How the cleansing systems works
Farmer’s Weekly, 15 June 2001
“The effect is almost miraculous. If the pond has been seeded with the right microbes, the anaerobic conditions disappear in a matter of days, and so does the unpleasant smell.”