Ecological Laboratories’ combined educated technical knowledge of the environmental process allows the company the ability to address and resolve a wide range of difficult to resolve environmental problems to include, but not limited to aquatic ecosystem water restoration, the enhancement of wastewater processes, soil bioremediation, agriculture soil and plant enhancement. These unique capabilities are the result of Ecological Laboratories' Environmental Team undergoing rigorous in-house education training that combines their university knowledge with a full understanding of practical environmental processes achieved through real world exposure to factors responsible for the causes of difficult to resolve environmental problems.
BENEFITS
ELI’s technology restores ecosystem by promoting a more rapid removal of organic waste matter combined with the recycling of nutrients achieving a natural recovery process.
This technology restores water quality, recycles nutrients, reduces bottom solids, reduces odorous gases, controls and eliminates pathogens and reduces or controls green water events that lead to eutrophic conditions.
A novel technology that restores aquatic ecosystems via biological processes, achieving water detoxification by natural microbial reduction of waste matter, with assured nitrification and denitrification for natural biological organic and nutrient control.
MICROBE-LIFT® Technology for the 100% natural restoration of health, quality, and ecological balance to polluted waterways including:
- Ponds
- Rivers & Streams
- Retention Ponds
- Estuaries
- Municipal Waterways
MICROBE-LIFT® Technology is the best choice for achievement of:
- Cost Efficiency
- Environmental Safety
- Superior Biological Sludge Removal
- Toxins & Pollutants Removal
- Elimination of Odor
- Restoration of Aquatic Life
- Digestion & Recycling of Organic Wastes
PRODUCTS
CASE STUDIES
MICROBE-LIFT® Revives Pond at the Sanctuary Housing Development in Jacksonville, Florida
Location: Sanctuary Housing Development, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Background: Sanctuary housing area was developed in the early 1990’s along the inter-coastal waterway. This development had a 2-acre pond surrounded by homes that are 10 to 15 feet away from the edge of the pond and pollution was a problem. At this point there was active construction on the last phase of the housing development. They had experienced 3 fish kills between August 2004 and March 2007.
The primary points of pollution are fertilizer run-off and grass clippings from lawn care companies, debris from neighborhood trees, dust blowing into the pond from the construction site and fill material leaching into the pond through the silt fence from the construction site. A company that used copper sulfate and blue dye to abate algae had previously treated the pond with less than satisfactory results.
In search alternative remediation technology, the management company discovered MICROBE-LIFT® technology. MICROBE-LIFT® (ML) is a series of biological products developed and manufactured by Ecological Laboratories Inc. (ELI).
Before Treatment
After Treatment
Objective: When contacted, ELI’s technical staff assessed that the pond had a very large amount of string and mat algae. Additionally, the proximity of the houses to the pond provided significant nitrogen and phosphorus loading. ELI physically removed approximately 50% of the algae from the pond by raking it from the bank before implementing a MICROBE-LIFT®. treatment program.
Results: The pond treatment was initiated in April 2007. The pond has not had one fish kill since initiation of treatment. After October, the overall aquatic conditions of the pond and the ecosystem were significantly improved. Continued maintenance dosage will improve water clarity as construction activity continues and supplies dust and run-off to the pond. Additionally, as the pond goes through a turbidity causing inversion during cold weather the maintenance dosage will help restore and maintain water clarity.
Bioremediation of Occom Pond at Dartmouth College
Location: Occom Pond, Dartmouth College, NH
Background: Occom Pond is a 100-year-old landmark at the heart of Dartmouth College's campus in Hanover, New Hampshire. By the early 2000s, decades of sludge buildup, algal growth, and nutrient loading had left the pond murky, malodorous, and ecologically degraded. Located adjacent to the Hanover Country Club golf course with no buffer zones, the pond was subject to continuous fertilizer and pesticide run-off — driving persistent eutrophication, recurring algal blooms, fish kills, and hydrogen sulfide odors.
Objective: Dartmouth College partnered with Ecological Laboratories, Inc. to develop a biological augmentation program using MICROBE-LIFT® technology to restore the pond's ecosystem. The program targeted all three ecological zones — shoreline, open water, and bottom sediment — with the goal of reducing bottom solids, eliminating odors, controlling algal growth, and improving overall water quality and clarity.
This pond has been returned to its pristine condition after treatment with MICROBE-LIFT® technology. In fact, the water is so clear that one can even see the stocked goldfish as evident in the picture below.
MICROBE-LIFT® products act by restoring the natural microbial balance in ponds metabolizing excess nutrients that encourage green water events, eliminating sulfur and other unpleasant odors, and degrading the organics that cause turbidity, toxicity, and oxygen depletion. A MICROBE-LIFT® treated pond is a clean, stable ecosystem that supports fish and other wildlife growth.
The program called for a year‐long treatment initiated during the summer months.
Program goals include:
- Reduce bottom solids 6-18” over a 12 month period
- Assist in controlling green water water events, in combination with pond management steps
- Reduce pond malodors
- Achieve a reduction of at least 20% in BOD, COD, and SS
- Reduce pond nutrient concentrations
Results Achieved: Treatment ran from May through October each year from 2006 to 2008, with data collection conducted in 2006 and 2007. Despite 8–9 inches of above-average rainfall during Phase 1 — which continuously reintroduced nutrients and organic load — the program achieved significant bottom sediment reduction, complete odor elimination, and zero algal blooms in every treatment year. Zero fish kills were recorded throughout the program. By end of 2007, water clarity had improved to the point where stocked goldfish were visible at the surface.
Conclusions:
Full ecosystem restoration was confirmed by the Dartmouth Biology Department end of 2007 — two years into a program originally designed for five, given the difficulty of the watershed and nutrient loading conditions. Biological treatment continued through October 2008 to consolidate gains. The Occom Pond project remains one of the most thoroughly documented open-water bioremediation cases in ELI’s portfolio, validated by an independent university biology department and approved by the NH Department of Environmental Services.
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Sanctuary Housing Development Utilizes MICROBE-LIFT® Technology on Seven Lakes in Jacksonville, FL
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MICROBE-LIFT® Technology Restores River in the Heart of Kuching City, Malaysia
MICROBE-LIFT® Restores Retention Pond at South Point Office Park in Jacksonville, FL
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MICROBE-LIFT® Technology Restores Health and Balance to a Pond Ecosystem at South Seas Resort on Captiva Island, FL
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Private Equestrian Park Uses MICROBE-LIFT® to Restore Two Ponds in St. John’s County in FL
Independent Laboratory Results Confirm Bioremediation Dramatically Reduced Fecal Coliforms at Jacksonville Zoo in Jacksonville, FL
MICROBE-LIFT® Restores Pond at Housing Development in Bowling Green, Ohio
MICROBE-LIFT® Restores Beauty to a Popular Municipal Pond in Huntington, NY