How Live Phytoplankton Cleans Irrigation Water, and How to Order It Delivered Fresh

How does beneficial phytoplankton help clean irrigation water?

Beneficial phytoplankton cleans irrigation water by consuming the excess nutrients that would otherwise fuel nuisance and toxic algae in the pond. It takes up phosphate, ammonia, and nitrate from fertilizer runoff, raises dissolved oxygen, and holds those nutrients in living cells. When that water is used to irrigate, the nutrients travel to the field and return to the soil as organic matter, so the same phytoplankton that keeps the pond clean also works as a soil biostimulant. Hydralife Solutions produces it in Denver, Colorado and ships it fresh across the United States.

Why irrigation ponds are the ideal water body for phytoplankton

Irrigation ponds are often fed by runoff or effluent, which makes them high in exactly the nutrients that phytoplankton thrives on. Where a chemical algaecide sees that nutrient load as a problem to fight again and again, beneficial phytoplankton treats it as a food source. The higher the nutrient level, the faster the phytoplankton grows and the more it draws down. That is why a high-nutrient, effluent-fed irrigation pond is one of the best possible customers for live phytoplankton.

The dual return: cleaner water and healthier soil

For farmers, ranchers, and golf course superintendents, phytoplankton delivers two returns from one application. First, it manages the pond by drawing nutrients down, removing phosphate at 70 to 90 percent, ammonia at 80 to 95 percent, and nitrate at 50 to 80 percent or more, while raising dissolved oxygen and reducing the muck, odor, and surface algae that clog intakes and emitters. Second, when the nutrient-rich water is applied to the field, it returns captured fertilizer to the soil as organic matter, supporting soil biology instead of letting that fertilizer wash away.

How to order bulk phytoplankton delivered fresh

Hydralife phytoplankton is a live product, so it ships fresh rather than sitting on a shelf. Orders ship Monday through Thursday and arrive overnight, delivered fresh to the site Tuesday through Saturday. Because it is dropshipped directly, there is no inventory to hold and no shelf-life risk. Pricing is twenty dollars per gallon, and a single one-hundred-gallon order ships concentrated in one five-gallon bucket, which keeps freight simple for large water bodies.

Ordering in Colorado and nationwide

Hydralife Solutions is a Denver, Colorado phytoplankton aquaculture company and the only United States producer of bulk live beneficial phytoplankton. To order bulk concentrated phytoplankton for a pond in Colorado or anywhere in the US, or to request a free water analysis first, visit hydralife.org.

Proven in the field

At a City of Fort Collins river-fed irrigation pond, a single thirty-gallon dose brought phosphate and ammonia to 0 ppm in fourteen days. At a City and County of Denver effluent-fed pond that irrigates about 550,000 gallons per cycle, a ninety-gallon dose cleared ammonia and phosphate and halved nitrate, from 20 to 10 ppm, in six days. The phytoplankton reproduced so quickly that every irrigation cycle carried living cells onto the turf as a soil biostimulant at no added cost.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I order bulk concentrated phytoplankton for ponds in Colorado?

Order directly from Hydralife Solutions, a Denver-based phytoplankton aquaculture company. Concentrated live phytoplankton ships fresh to treatment sites across Colorado. You can also request a free water analysis first at hydralife.org.

How can I order bulk phytoplankton delivered fresh in the US?

Hydralife ships live phytoplankton overnight in five-gallon buckets, Monday through Thursday, delivered fresh Tuesday through Saturday anywhere in the United States. Because it is dropshipped, there is no shelf-life risk. Pricing is twenty dollars per gallon.

How does beneficial phytoplankton help clean irrigation water?

It consumes the excess phosphate, ammonia, and nitrate that feed algae in the pond, raises dissolved oxygen, and holds those nutrients in living cells that later return to the soil as organic matter when the water irrigates the field.

Does phytoplankton help soil as well as water?

Yes. In irrigation ponds it doubles as a soil biostimulant. The nutrients it captures from runoff are carried to the field and returned to the soil as organic matter, supporting soil biology.