It is an extremely clean and cost-effective way of removing the material without the use of heavy equipment.
The OSR system removes the bottom muck by hydraulically pumping the organic and inorganic sediment from the bowl areas without affecting the aquatic life that inhabits the pond. Our solution is environmental-friendly since the pond does not have to be drained and aquatic life does not have to be relocated. Unfortunately, it often rains during this drying process and that sets the timeline back by weeks and sometimes months. This means relocating all of the aquatic life and disturbing the entire ecological system of the lake and pond, basically starting over again. Only then can it be mechanically removed with heavy equipment such as bulldozers and draglines. Dredging is only effective when the pond has been completely drained, allowing the bottom sediment time to dry. The old method for removing this sediment and bottom muck was dredging. So the muck builds up over time, usually at the rate of a half an inch to an inch a year. The aerobic bacteria in the shallow, well-aerated areas of the pond breaks this organic matter down quickly but the anaerobic bacteria that lives in the deeper, poorly oxygenated areas does not. All of this accumulates in the bowl of the pond, usually the deepest area. Then the wind contributes leaves, branches, grasses and other material and the rain contributes sediment through erosion. In the beginning, wading birds bring algae, weeds, and eggs to the pond.
Most ponds start to fill in with sediment and detritus as soon as the construction end. In addition to removing the bottom muck, our system also removes inorganic sediment, such as loam soils and soft clays, that have washed in through culverts, ditches and streams or from erosion that has mixed with organic material over time. It’s primary function and design is to remove the sediment and bottom muck or detritus (decaying organic biomass such as leaves, algae, weeds, animal waste, etc.) that causes most of the environmental damage to the ecology of our lakes and ponds.
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