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ECOWATER TECHNOLOGIES OPERATING STRUCTUREIn the chart to the right, we can see the divisions of the company and its operating areas. In the image below we show the operational areas of the Ecowater Technologies model based on the rational distribution of the phases of colonization and invasion of IAS.
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Control of the Dreissena Polymorpha (Zebra Mussel)The selective, ecological and innocuous control of the zebra mussel is a challenge. This mollusk causes havoc wherever it is installed. Without enemies who can keep their expansion at bay, it dislodges other species and installs itself in structures that produce energy and irrigate our fields. Millions of hours of work have been spent by scientists from all the countries where D.P. is installed, in order to find an effective and environmentally compatible solution. Millions of euros or dollars, have been spent and still continue to spend, to the despair of those responsible. After many years of research and a lot of money invested, MARRONE BIO INNOVATION, has achieved a product capable of responding to this challenge. ZEQUANOX, is a product based on dead microorganisms. Pseudomonas fluorences is a bacterium that, ingested by the zebra mussel as food, causes its death. Its effect is lethal only to the zebra mussel. Other species feed on Zequanox without counterproductive effect. The water is not affected and after the application process the physical chemical conditions, they return to their original state. Is not it fantastic? |
Algae ControlEutrophication alters the environmental characteristics of aquatic ecosystems by altering the trophic chain and increasing the entropy (disorder) of the ecosystem. The result is ecosystems with reduced biodiversity, with opportunistic species occupying niches previously occupied by other species. The ecological consequences are evident but as they usually go hand in hand with economic losses for different reasons. Eutrophication occurs in several stages, which will be described below in grids.
Oligotrophic stage.This is the normal and healthy state of the ecosystem in it opportunistic and cosmopolitan species have a marginal space and there is a dynamic equilibrium with seasonal fluctuations. The water has a considerable transparency and there is an abundance of animals that breathe by filtering the oxygen of the water (fish, molluscs, aquatic arthropods). Contribution of nutrients, can be an episode or accident or continuous in time. It can be carried out in a punctual way (a discharge in a point of a river) or of diffuse form, with scattered origin (typical of the agricultural fertilizers). The contribution of nutrients causes an explosive growth of plants and algae. There are unicellular algae that grow in the water, in the photic zone of the same. Being photosynthetic algae give the water a greenish color that prevents the passage of light to depths previously reached. The vegetation below the new photic threshold dies, many of the floating algae also die and sink to the bottom due to nutrient depletion caused by exponential growth. The dead organic substance of the bottom is decomposed by bacteria that consume the oxygen and also can generate toxins lethal for plants and animals. The lack of oxygen causes bottom mollusks to die and fish and crustaceans die or escape to unaffected areas. Invasive species accustomed to oxygen shortage may appear (for example, barbs and perches may displace salmon and trout). In certain circumstances an anoxic zone (without oxygen) can be created in the bottom of difficult removal. It is more dense, dark and cold water in which neither algae nor animals can grow. |
Protection of StructuresThe use of high frequency ultrasound to avoid algae and scale in submerged materials or in permanent contact with water is not a new technique. It has been used since time with a high degree of effectiveness to maintain clean pipes, tanks, fountains, pools, ponds or in agriculture to keep the drinkable water of livestock in conditions
Neither is it new its application in ships to destroy the bio-film (or microbiological layer) that is adhered to the helmet and that serves as nutrient to the algae and the caracolillo. In fact, in France, more than three thousand ships are equipped with ultrasonic technology to keep their hulls clean. In France for eight years, the SNSM company - equivalent to the Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Service - equips 243 rescue boats with this technology.Efficiency and versatility It is a totally ecological and harmless system that works at a frequency not harmful to humans or animals, so that the dogs that we can carry on board, sensitive to ultrasounds, do not experience any discomfort, just like dolphins , |
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Zebra Bio Consulting, S.L., in close collaboration with the Biamar Foundation and other public and private organizations, prepare an informative exhibition on invasive alien species.
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Preliminary protocols for conducting Zequanox control tests on power and irrigation systems have been finalized. This procedure is the preamble for the marketing of the product in Spain in the year 2017..
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