Good News Everyone! We went from nominee to Finalists!!!
In the Los Angeles Business Journal’s, “3 rd Annual 2012 Latino Business Awards”!
The category is for “Small Private Business Sector” .
We won’t know if we won …
A few days ago I was on a bid walk for a Lake; the job entailed habitat restoration, removal of invasive species, and continued lake management just to name a few. Another lake vendor at the bid walk stated he did not need a Pest Control Adviser (PCA) or Qualified Applicator License (QAL) to perform removal of unwanted plants because he was doing everything “naturally” using microbes. WRONG!
I informed him he was incorrect as our Urban Lake Watershed Division only uses beneficial bacteria as well, along with other eco-friendly methods and must carry a QAL-F for aquatic.
We are finding a lot of new and some older pond/lake management companies thinking that they do not need to be regulated if using natural products. I have personally discussed this issue with a few Agriculture Commissioners and all stated that if you are for hire, anytime you add, remove, or effect the growth of a plant even in the water, you need a PCA or QAL-F. Read the full story »
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There are seven distinct types of toxin that have been identified, however waterfowl die-offs as a result of botulism are usually caused by type C toxin, type E can effect gulls and loons. Humans, dogs and cats are generally considered resistant to type C avian botulism.
The convention highlights surface water and stormwater techniques of leading manufacturers & suppliers. Stormwater management is a fast-changing discipline and StormCon 09 is the only professional conference and exposition where you can learn about the latest stormwater program management innovations, BMPs performance case studies, research, technology, and services from leading vendors and service providers like AquaBio.
Dive into Blue August! It’s easy to appreciate the pleasures of water during summertime—just ask anyone swimming in a lake, sunning at the beach, or running through a sprinkler—but it’s also easy to take clean, plentiful water and healthy oceans for granted. For the next several weeks, Planet Green takes a look at the beautiful bounty and most pressing issues facing our oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams with Blue August. On-air and online, we’ll feature content such as Focus Earth’s Ocean Special, the documentary Blue Planet, and dozens of articles, slideshows, and quizzes. Now that should give you something to think about next time you hit the beach.
Biomimicry (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is a design discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies, e.g., a solar cell inspired by a leaf.
If you apply the correct species of facultative anaerobes (bacteria that can function either with or without air), in sufficient quantity to seed the lake and gradually introduce higher levels of aeration, you can competitively exclude the undesirable strains, while you encourage a faster, less odorous, and more complete digestion of waste. Although aeration for a large lagoon is expensive to install and to run, if you have already installed the system, AquaBio can make it work for you.
For the most part urban lakes are static in nature & have little or no exchange of clean water flowing into or out of them, to dilute the acclimation of waterfowl wastes, fertilizers, urban, & storm water runoff. This acclimation of pollution can create the equivalent of an open waste treatment facility, overwhelming the ecosystems of these lakes & the bodies of water they flow into, whether it is an under ground aquifer, river, stream, or ocean.
Regional water officials have decided to issue violation notices to 20 cities and Los Angeles County, threatening them with tens of thousands of dollars in daily fines for repeatedly polluting Santa Monica Bay, the beach playground for millions.
If you consider your average Southern California urban city lake, of roughly 3 to 5 acres, you probably have about 600 waterfowl on it during the winter. If there are 600 ducks they would create 1,620 ounces a day, that is 45,360 ounces a month, which is 2,835 pounds a month, which = OVER 1 TON A MONTH! (1.4 tons actually).
