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1. Alton Berntson

   

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   11/26/2012 4:11 PM

   Well guy's this is a new one for me and has developed into quite the problem, I am a Superintendent in Northern Nevada and have been dealing this problem since the second week of September and found out today that I have 2 different types of organisms growing in my irrigation system 2 different Bryozoans and one type of protozoan, I can tell you that this is a horror story in the making !! I am looking for guys that have had this issue and what they have done or are doing to tackle these s.o.b.'s, Any help will be greatly appreciated !I can be contacted @ kay@daytonvalley.com

   
   
   
   
2. Samuel Leatherberry

   

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   11/26/2012 4:11 PM

   There was an article in our Georgia Association magazine Through the Green sometime in the past year. Look on www.ggcsa.com and look through the past issues for more information.

   
   
   
   
3. Keith Lamb

   

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   11/26/2012 5:11 PM

   http://www2.gcsaa.org/gcm/2008/june/feature5.asp
   
   http://www.bryotechnologies.com/PDFs/pipeline_menace.pdf
   
   http://www.bryotechnologies.com/golfcourse.html
   
   http://www.biobullets.com/

   
   
   
   
4. Ryan Otto

   

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   11/29/2012 9:11 AM

   Was a superintendent in Las Vegas for 3 years had the same issues, we used a product called potassium permanganate it's in powder form. What we did is we had 36 holes and 2 pump stations. The station that had a well we had a guy that would dump enough in to were we could walk it through the lines starting from close to the well walking it out. It will turn your irrigation water pink. Our other station was a direct feed, so we would dump the product in our pound as close to the intake as possible. We actually purchased a paddle boat and installed a trolling motor and used this to mix the product in the water. With this option the pink color wasn't as noticeable and sometimes you had to collect the water in a small container to see the pink rather than right out of the nozzle. Once pink is coming out of all your heads let it soak for a good 12-18 hrs, longer the better. It basically will take all the oxygen out of the water and kill the organism so you can flush it through your heads. Hope this is helpful.

   
   
   
   
5. Ryan Otto

   

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   11/29/2012 10:11 AM

   I should also mention if you have have to dump in your holding pond it will unfortunately kill any fish populations. Not the most environmentally friendly application but I guess maybe better than cutting sections of irrigation line. We do see the populations begin to grow again after awhile so it doesn't wipe them totally out.

   
   
   
   
6. Sandy Clark

   

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   11/29/2012 11:11 AM

   If anyone doubts the value of paying their membership dues or think it is too expensive, this valuable information involved in this post alone makes it all worth while. Great information guys. Networking does pay off. Allowed to go too far, you will literally shut down an irrigation system from Bryozoan growth. We are fighting it as well. Are all of you utilizing recycled water? Blast Injectible works for treating your system and wet well but copper will be needed to treat the source. I am assuming you are all irrigating from irrigation lakes?

   
   
   
   
7. Alton Berntson

   

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   11/30/2012 9:11 AM

   Thank you guys so much for the info this is truly one of those things that you couldn't even dream up or that they would talk about in school ! With all the information I have received in the last few days it seems that this problem is beginning to spread all over to guys receiving effluent water. I am very lucky to have a Utility Company that works with me and is on board with creating solutions ! And having the ability to talk to people across the world through this forum validates my years of Membership in one day, Thanks again Guys !!!

   
   
   
   
8. Michael Rogers

   

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   12/3/2012 11:12 AM

   I have helped to solve a serious bryozoan problem. Sodium hypochlorite, sodium bromide, and potassium permangante were employed. Nuking your irrigation system and all waterworks can be done but these critters leave behind juniors that will hatch again. Also you have reentry from their source.
   
   Ozone takes out a good number of their mobile blasts. It is complicated to completely conquer them. Cooperation with TSE is paramount.
   
   Lower water temps make them dormant, craggy areas are bad for them to latch onto, water levels at time of treatment need to be up, lots of variables, system configuration, etc etc
   
   Michael Rogers
   Down To EARTH Water Management

   
   
   
   
9. Michael Eaton

   

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   12/14/2012 9:12 AM

   We are in southwest Ohio and have dripped chlorine into our wet well with good success. It is not an overnight fix, but it cleared up the problem in a couple weeks. We used a pool pump and dripped in 8 gallons of chlorine over an 8 hour window while pumping about 500,000 gallons. We never could find any chlorine in the heads, but it did take care of our problem.

   
   
   
   
10. Ryan Sears

    

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    12/15/2012 2:12 PM

    I havent done any official identification yet but this past summer we were having issues with our heads getting clogged up with something that looked to be"snail- like" which was about the size of sand particles. Is this related to anything you all are talking about?