(http://blog NULL.aquabio NULL.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/calepa NULL.gif)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. …

Lakes and reservoirs cover over 40 million acres of the United States. Lakes and reservoirs also play other vital, and often hidden, roles. They provide drinking water and irrigation water for agricultural fields and many times a source of electricity and power generation. They also serve an important function of absorbing rainfall and runoff from land, help to prevent floods, and provide homes for precious wildlife.

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.

WASTECON 2009 takes place September 22–24 at Long Beach, CA, and, if you are a member of the solid waste community, what better opportunity could you possibly find for getting involved with SWANA and WasteCon 2009. So what could be more appropriate than WASTECON and rubbing elbows with the most experienced group of people in the industry?

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.

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.

The County of Los Angeles is going “Blue” reducing pollutants in the county’s lakes & reservoirs. AquaBio Watershed Restoration & Lake Management Division, a subsidiary of AquaBio Environmental Technologies, Inc., has just signed a 5 year services agreement with The County of Los Angeles, the largest populated county in the United States.