Nestled in the famous horse country
of Virginia are the Goose Creek Waste Water Treatment Polishing lagoons.
Experienced in lake management, aquaculture, and industrial waste treatment,
Alken-Murray sought to expand its knowledge and experience biological augmentation
of municipal waste treatment. In 1991, Alken-Murray selected several facilities
to offer free of charge test trials of various Alken Clear-Flo®
formulas. Loudon County Sanitation Authority was approached with a proposal
to treat its three Goose Creek lagoons, known for persistent problems with
odor and an overgrowth of algae. Since the Goosecreek lagoon system was
not subject to industrial waste influents and had not experience difficulty
meeting its high discharge limits, serious industrial remediation was not
required.

 

After an extensive exchange of knowledge,
a treatment program was authorized,utilizing Alken Clear-Flo®
1000, an inexpensive, gentle,but effective general waste degrader
that competes with algae for nutrients present in the water, would be the
most suitable choice. By rapidly reducing BOD, CF 1000 is
also designed to reduce odors.

 

Seeding of the three lagoons began on August
22nd. Within one week, odors and algae were reduced. Greater improvement
was seen by September 8th. By the end of September, the lagoons were so
clean they could be mistaken for decorative lakes.

 

The photographs illustrate the algae and turbidity
reduction in lagoons #2 and #3. We did not include photographs of lagoon
#1 since it was in better condition at the beginning of treatment and was
therefore incapable of demonstrating as much improvement. Since we have
not yet mastered the technique of "scratch and sniff" printing,
one will have to take our word for odor reduction.

Goose Creek WWTP Polishing Lagoon #2 BEFORE treatment - August 22, 1991	Goose Creek WWTP Polishing Lagoon #3 BEFORE treatment - August 22, 1991
Goose Creek WWTP Polishing Lagoon #2 AFTER treatment - September 22, 1991	Goose Creek WWTP Polishing Lagoon #3 AFTER treatment - September 8, 1991