Proper disinfection and filtration of an aquaculture system provides benefits to the facility and their fish. Treating aquaculture water systems is crucial to each phase of the production process. Aquaculture water quality impacts the success of fish farmers, fisheries, manufacturers, and distributors. Every aquaculture facility should invest in their water treatment system to achieve compliance, improve profits, or produce a higher-quality product.
Benefits of Improved Aquaculture Water Quality:
Fish produced with treated water are proven to grow faster and be less prone to disease. This creates a higher-quality end product for the farm's consumer. The aquaculture facility itself also benefits from having properly treated water. Improved water quality leads to simplified operations and less maintenance long-term. Additionally, the facility improves their sustainability efforts by delivering a high performance in a small footprint.
Aquaculture Applications:
Land-based Flow Through Systems
Land-based flow through systems operate by continuously drawing in water from natural or controlled sources, such as rivers, lakes, streams or deep wells. This water flows through the tanks or ponds where fish are cultivated, providing essential oxygenation and flushing out metabolic wastes. We provide water intake and treatment solutions that help maintain water quality and reduce the risk of waterborne diseases.
Well and Processing Boats
Used for the storage and transport of live fish, well boats require clean, pathogen-free water. We provide UV and ozone treatment systems to disinfect transport water, tanks, and pipework, ensuring hygiene and biosecurity.
Processing Plants
Maintaining hygiene is essential to prevent contamination, financial loss, and reputational damage. We support safe, efficient operations with UV and on-site hypochlorite systems for disinfection, and Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) units for effective wastewater treatment.
Cage Farming
In offshore and coastal cage systems, effective water circulation is key to reducing disease and supporting fish welfare. Our mixing solutions help optimise flow conditions within cages, improving water quality and reducing pathogen spread.
Shellfish Depuration
Depuration involves purging contaminants from bivalves like oysters, clams, and mussels in clean water. We support this process with water treatment technologies that ensure safe, high-quality seafood.
Our Aquaculture Treatment Solutions:
Xylem has been working alongside the aquaculture industry for decades. From fish farmers and manufacturers to integrators and well boat manufacturers, we understand the challenges facing the industry.
Our water management engineers and aquaculture experts can advise how best to improve your water quality, improve fish health, increase stock density, and boost yields. We support a full range of disinfection systems, on-site chemical generation, industrial screen, media and gravity filtration, as well as mixing technologies and wastewater treatment solutions tailored to aquaculture environments
