Dugout Ponds: Solutions to Keep Your Waterbody Healthy

Dugout ponds encounter challenges influenced by temperature changes, rainfall, and other seasonal factors. These challenges often manifest as murky water, unpleasant odours, excessive weed growth, and algae blooms.

To address these issues effectively and maintain the health of your pond, all-natural and environmentally friendly water treatment solutions are available. These treatments work to restore clarity, reduce odours, manage weed growth, and prevent algae blooms, ensuring that your pond remains a healthy and vibrant part of the ecosystem.

Aeration Design, Installation, and Maintenance

At Clean Water Pro, we specialize in designing, installing, and maintaining advanced water aeration systems. Our most recommended solution is fine bubble subsurface aeration, known for its high oxygen transfer efficiency. This method is not only energy-efficient but also cost-effective to operate.

In non-aerated ponds, the bottom often becomes anoxic, leading to the slow decomposition of organic matter like leaves, twigs, aquatic weeds, and algae.

This process produces hydrogen sulfide, which causes the unpleasant “rotten egg” smell often associated with ponds. Our aeration systems effectively prevent this, promoting a healthier and odour-free aquatic environment.

Water Quality Testing

Scientifically analyzing water samples provides us with a clear picture of your water body’s quality and the insights to determine exactly what’s needed to remediate the body of water for optimal health.

Clean Water Pro’s water quality testing services examine essential factors in the health of your lake or pond. Typical elements include dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, alkalinity/hardness, and nutrient load. Our more comprehensive tests analyse phytoplankton/zooplankton populations and muck accumulations. Assessing these elements gives us the information necessary to create a water treatment plan that manages excessive nutrients and will limit the negative impacts of nutrients.

Looking at the changes that occur over a long period provides us with more in-depth knowledge of water bodies, as every pond or lake is unique. When we establish a baseline, it helps us accurately predict when further interventions are necessary. Major remediation efforts can be avoided by taking early action.

Custom Treatment Plans

At Clean Water Pro, we provide comprehensive on-site consultations to evaluate the specific requirements of your dugout pond. Our water experts perform a detailed assessment, gathering crucial information about the pond’s current state and any unique challenges it may face. From this evaluation, we create a customized management plan to address the identified issues. This plan is designed to be flexible, allowing you to either implement it yourself or enlist our experienced team to do it for you.

Should you choose to execute our recommended plan on your own, we continue to support you throughout the process. We maintain regular communication to guide you through each step, offering expert advice and necessary adjustments. Our aim is to ensure you achieve successful results, whether you manage the pond independently or with our direct involvement. With Clean Water Pro, you can be confident that your dugout pond will receive exceptional care and management, leading to a healthier and more efficient system.

Fish Habitat Consultation

Clean Water Pro conducts fish habitat assessments to determine what species of fish can best thrive based on their structure and food source. This includes bathymetric mapping, aquatic identification, riparian, invertebrates, and water chemistry. Each species of fish has specific requirements not only to survive but also grow and reproduce. Our team of fish experts will assess your current fish habitat situation with a list of detailed recommendations. Having suitable types and amounts of habitat is one of the most crucial components of establishing a great fishery.

Water Quality Remediation

Get in touch with Clean Water Pro; we know the secrets to affordable, effective water quality remediation. Our water experts manage everything from algal blooms on ponds to riparian zone restoration. We’ll discuss the current symptoms of your pond and what options you have at your disposal.

Full-Service Dugout Pond Management

Full-service dugout pond management includes an evaluation of the pond, all necessary water assessments to understand the composition of your dugout, a customized treatment plan, water treatments applied by our field staff, and comprehensive physical and chemical reports so you know exactly what stage the pond is in.

Our water experts would love to come out to your dugout pond and take complete care of it. Our experts take pride in transforming stagnant and unsightly dugout ponds into beautiful, aesthetically pleasing oases for homeowners to enjoy. The team can also improve the water quality of dugout farm ponds that are used for homes or irrigation.