If you own a home or business that has a lake on it, you are probably aware that keeping it beautiful and healthy requires some maintenance. One of the best ways to simplify the care of your lake is using aeration and here are some of the top reasons why.
Environmentally Friendly
While lake management can involve some use of chemicals, this route can be harmful to any aquatic life and surrounding soil. The benefits of aerating your lake include the reduction of algae and keeping oxygen levels healthy enough to support plant and animal life. There are eco-friendly lake management services that can help you figure out how to make your lake earth-friendly and many will recommend the use of aeration. Effective aeration can be achieved in several ways, including by natural means using aquatic plants, fountains that add oxygen to the water and underwater pumps that can aerate below the surface.
Lower Cost Maintenance
Depending on the size of your lake, the cost of maintenance can vary substantially. If you want to lower your monthly maintenance cost, aeration systems, whether natural, artificial or a combination of both, can be very economical. There is certainly an initial cost to installing aquatic plants or the mechanical components needed to aerate your lake, but you will see lower maintenance costs over time. Fountains and submerged pumps utilize the water already in the lake and simply recycle the water through the system to add oxygen, meaning you don’t need to have a constant stream of fresh water being added. Since aeration reduces the algae in the lake, algae removal costs should be minimal. There are even solar systems that can reduce costs associated with running pumps or fountains constantly.
Easier Lake Management
Aeration systems have many benefits, including simplifying your regular maintenance routine. If you have a natural aeration structure in place, there is some tending and care that goes into keeping your plants healthy, but a well-established plan system becomes pretty self-sufficient. Typically, you will want to check the water quality in your lake regularly and adjust the beneficial bacteria levels, but adding an aeration system to your lake will help keep bacteria and algae in balance. While adding aquatic animals, such as fish, into your lake may mean additional management steps, aeration can help simplify their care as well.
Every lake can benefit from an aeration system and these are some of the reasons why you should consider adding one to yours.