Our patented process can take water from Lake Apopka (left) stripping away sediments, phosphorus, nitrogen and a host of undesirable materials to produce clean, clear, quality water (right).
IRRIGATION
As competition for a limited water resource becomes more aggressive, communities,
farmers, local governments, developers and others must seek alternatives. Unfortunately,
many of Florida’s lakes and ponds are unsuitable to use for irrigation.
This is caused by excessive nutrients, fecal coliforms, low oxygen content
and excessive suspended solid matter.
Surface water, in particular, contains significant amounts of organic materials,
minerals, nutrients, and sometimes potentially harmful microorganisms like
E. Coli. Therefore, it is necessary to disinfect the water for reuse purposes.
Other technologies use chlorine to disinfect water – sometimes with undesirable
byproducts such as carcinogenic trihalomethane (and without completely eliminating
cyanobacteria toxins, or harmful nitrites). All of these threaten the environment
and public health.
Since August 2004, State Certified laboratories have tested six samples of
our product water — sourced from Lake Apopka, one of the most polluted
lakes in the southeastern United States. The water was analyzed for inorganic
and secondary contaminants, as well as volatile organic compounds, synthetic
organic compounds, and radiological compounds. In every case, the product water
was better than federal drinking water standards. We are not proposing to produce
drinking water, but certainly water that meets drinking water standards is
good enough for irrigation.
AquaFiber Technologies worked with the South Florida Water Management District’s
Advanced Treatment Technologies program for Everglades restoration. In the
test, which did not have the advantage of our patented floways, phosphorus
was successfully reduced to 10 ppb—a standard that has less phosphorus
than rainfall in the region.
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