Rocking Piston Air Compressors & Enclosures

Aerating a large pond or lake is essential to maintaining water quality. A lake functions like a collection funnel—capturing rain, fertilizer runoff, bird and fish waste, wind-blown debris, and other organic matter. Over time, these materials settle on the bottom, decompose, and release odors and harmful gases. Since a lake can’t be vacuumed or sealed off, the most effective and environmentally responsible solution is aeration.

There are two primary aeration methods: surface aeration and bottom aeration. Surface options such as fountains and circulators only oxygenate the upper layer of water. Bottom aeration, by contrast, delivers oxygen from the lake floor upward, circulating and aerating the entire water column.