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The Importance of Pond Treatment
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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The Importance of Pond Treatment
Picture this: you’re the property manager of an apartment complex. At the entrance is a pond. When you first started working here, it was a clear blue that looked clean and welcoming, and visitors would comment on it frequently.
Now, it’s turned a murky brown and is covered in splotches of gunky algae and muck. Visitors still comment on it, but not in a good way. When you pull into work each day, the place looks dirty and unprofessional, and you don’t know how it got to this point.
At State Chemical, we manufacture and distribute chemical solutions for a variety of purposes, including pond treatment. When it comes to your property, cleanliness and professionalism are your highest priority, but sometimes, issues can be confusing or feel unsolvable. At a certain point, you may question whether certain tasks are necessary at all.
To help you understand the importance of pond treatment, we will explain common problems ponds face, the long-term consequences, how pond treatment can help, and why pond treatment matters. After reading, you’ll understand the value of pond treatment and will know whether it’s right for you.
What Problems Do Ponds Face?
Ponds can face many issues, but one of the most prevalent is algal blooms. These and other plant overgrowth issues are caused by a process called eutrophication.
Eutrophication occurs because water is naturally absorbent. Before pollution, this process meant that water would naturally purify itself and gather nutrients as it funneled into bodies of water. Now, however, water is susceptible to absorbing an overabundance of nutrients (namely nitrogen and phosphorus) and other negative components from sources such as animal waste, decaying plant matter, fertilizers, and storm water.
What this means is that this excess of nutrients gathers in large bodies of water, like ponds. With too many nutrients, aquatic plant life skyrockets. The overgrowth of algae specifically gets so bad that it blocks out sunlight and sucks up the oxygen in the water.
Deprived of oxygen and sunlight, other plants in the pond die off, creating a decaying muck layer of dead plant life. All these factors combined kill all aquatic life in the ecosystem, and you’re left with an icky, dead pond.
This most directly affects you in the sense that it’s a bad look for your property. Think back to the apartment complex example. If you tour an apartment and the first thing you see is a goopy green pond reminiscent of an ogre’s swamp, you’re probably not going to sign a lease. This same principle applies to your facility; if visitors get a bad impression, they’re far less likely to give their business.
Additionally, pond problems like eutrophication can destroy the ecosystem. If you’re an environmentally conscious facility, pond treatment is essential to protect local wildlife and keep the area well-maintained.
How Can Pond Treatment Help?
Pond treatment can go a long way in treating pond issues like eutrophication. Through treatment, you can see your pond restored so that it’s cleaner and more appealing as well as a part of a healthier ecosystem.
This will involve dispensing a product regularly into your pond. For the first couple weeks, you’ll treat the pond with a high amount of product to attack the excessive growth (this is similar to the process of shocking a swimming pool to eliminate contaminants). From there, you’ll use a smaller amount of product each month to keep the nutrient levels under control. Depending on your pond’s severity, you may notice a difference in as little as a few weeks.
And this difference will be stark. Rather than being full of mucky debris, your pond will have clearer water, better coloration, and healthier wildlife. If you use an insect control product, this will also mean fewer pests hanging around your pond. Overall, this presents a more well-maintained image of your facility.
Why is Pond Treatment Important?
Above all else, pond treatment is important for keeping your facility well-maintained. In the same way that you clean your windows to make your facility look professional, you should complete pond care.
Customers are less likely to give their business to a facility that doesn’t seem well-maintained. After all, if a hotel, for instance, has a foul-smelling, mucky pond, guests might then wonder whether their rooms have been cleaned adequately.
Additionally, to be environmentally conscious, you should complete pond care. Your facility plays a role in the local ecosystem, and so you also have a responsibility to take care of it. This will benefit you as well as local wildlife, and the environment will be healthier overall.
Learn About Chemical vs. Biological Pond Treatment
You want your facility to look nice, but you may not always consider how pond care plays into this. Now that you know why pond care is important, read this article to learn whether you should use chemical or biological pond treatment.
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