Removing phosphate and nitrate from water

Removing phosphate and nitrate from water is essential for improving water quality and preventing blue-green algae blooms. These nutrients encourage algae growth, which has detrimental effects on the ecosystem and recreational value of water features. The Nutreact bioreactor offers an innovative solution for removing these nutrients. This reduces the risk of blue-green algae and other forms of water pollution.

Phosphate and nitrate: drivers of algal blooms

Phosphate and nitrate occur naturally in water. Human activities, such as agriculture and wastewater discharges, often cause concentrations to rise too high. This leads to explosive algal blooms, including blue-green algae. Blue-green algae blooms pose health risks to humans and animals. It also deteriorates water quality, disrupts the ecosystem and causes loss of biodiversity.

Aquatic plants and their competition with algae

Aquatic plants play a crucial role in keeping a water body healthy. They compete with algae for nutrients such as phosphate and nitrate. Well-growing aquatic plants absorb many of these nutrients, limiting algae. When water quality deteriorates and algae numbers increase, aquatic plants receive less light. This stunts their growth and leaves more nutrients available for algae, exacerbating the problem of algal blooms. To reduce (blue) algae, nutrients must be removed to very low levels. We call this process the hysteresis effect.

Nutreact: Breaking the hysteresis effect

The Nutreact bioreactor offers a unique solution by removing phosphate and nitrate from the water. This breaks the hysteresis effect. Nutreact reduces the concentrations of these nutrients to very low levels, much lower than, for example, adsorption with iron sand. This leaves insufficient nutrients for algae, even when aquatic plants are less active. Nutreact helps restore the balance in the water by reducing nutrients that algae need to grow.

The effectiveness of Nutreact depends on time and the degree of application. The longer Nutreact is active, or the larger the reactor, the greater the impact on water quality. This improves the ecosystem and prevents blue-green algae blooms. Aquatic plants have a chance to recover and compete with algae again. This increases biodiversity and makes the water healthier.

Measurable results and benefits of Nutreact

One of the biggest advantages of Nutreact is that users can accurately measure the effects. The technology removes phosphate and nitrate to very low levels, providing a marked improvement in water quality. This process can be monitored, allowing users to see in real-time how many pollutants have been removed from the water.

In addition, Nutreact offers several other key benefits:

  • Effective reduction of phosphate and nitrate: Removing these nutrients limits algae growth and dramatically improves water quality.
  • Breaking the hysteresis effect: Nutreact breaks the vicious cycle of reduced aquatic plant growth and algal blooms, leading to a more stable and healthy ecosystem.
  • Prevention of blue-green algae: By removing the nutrients needed by blue-green algae from the water, Nutreact significantly reduces the likelihood of harmful blue-green algae blooms.
  • Flexible application: Nutreact fits into a variety of water bodies, from park ponds to large lakes. In theory, it can also be used in rivers, in both urban and rural areas.

A sustainable future for clean water

The Nutreact bioreactor offers a sustainable solution to nutrient pollution in water bodies. By reducing phosphate and nitrate concentrations, we improve water quality and effectively control blue-green algae.

Nutreact provides a measurable and reliable way to minimise the risk of algal blooms. Moreover, it contributes to a healthier ecosystem in which aquatic plants compete with algae. This keeps the water clean and clear.

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