BlueGreen Water Technologies gets approval in California for Lake Guard Oxy

BlueGreen Water Technologies has secured approval from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for its algaecide, Lake Guard Oxy, for commercial application in the US state.

According to the firm, in the past year, there has been a marked rise in the severity of toxic algal blooms, also called as ‘blue green algae’ and ‘red tide’ in several of the state’s lakes as well as on the coasts.

With the commercial availability of Lake Guard Oxy, the company stated that the state, and local officials, and private lake owners will be able to combat the toxic blooms with a green solution that is not only cost-effective but also quick in restoring aquatic ecosystems.

The Lake Guard Oxy can be applied to water body using a simple application process, which takes only a few hours to become effective.

When applied, BlueGreen’s product is carried autonomously by the water’s natural current movement.

The product’s granules ‘lock horns’ with toxic algal aggregates and then eliminates them selectively by triggering the cyanobacteria’s natural ‘suicide’ response, which in turn allows other beneficial species to grow in the vacated ecological vacuum created.

BlueGreen CEO, Eyal Harel said: “As global warming continues to threaten our waterways and aquatic ecosystems, it is more important than ever to restore our earth’s most precious resource – water. The State of California’s commercial application certification means that the treatment and even prevention of toxic algal blooms are now within reach.”

BlueGreen Water Technologies products are claimed to be US EPA-approved and NSF/ANSI/CAN 60 certified for treating drinking water.

The firm finished its first US treatment at Chippewa Lake, which is the largest inland natural lake in Ohio in August 2019. This treatment helped in breaking five years of toxicity levels in the lake, and since then has been free of toxic algae, claimed the company.

The firm is currently remediating and preventing future algal blooms in Lake Minneola of Florida.