A funny thing happened on the way...

To the submarine base.

A real fish story

Several years ago in Scotland, a British Royal Navy nuclear sub went into a Navy Base for work. They let the sub in by opening the sea gates and in came 400 tons of fish with the sub. How they knew it was 400 tons, we have no idea.

After a few days, the fish died from lack of oxygen and food and began rotting on the bottom of the lagoon. The lagoon began to stink and become seriously toxic, so they decided to open the sea gates and let in some fresh seawater, in swam another 400 tons more fish. Once again, how they measured this is unknown. '

So, once again after a few days, the fish once again, died. Now there are 800 tons of dead fish on the bottom of the Royal Navy Base lagoon. The smell was pretty bad, enough to make people sick 40 miles away. Negotiations were on going for the treatment of the lagoon with a foot deep level of dead fish on the bottom and the water temperature rise of 2 degrees from the heat of decomposition, but after a few days and the vessels evacuated, the negotiations did not last long, a contract was signed to treat the lagoon.

The smell was so toxic that no naval personnel could perform any work at the base without breathing apparatus.

A biotechnology group who has used Agronics’ products in the past for bioremediation over the years, treating lagoon water and other contaminated water bodies, contacted Agronics. The applications were to treat products of protein decomposition such as amines, putrescent, to reduce toxicity, improve clarity, and neutralize excess organics in bodies of water.

By adding the humus that we produce, the organic base will form biological cells that absorb any of the nitrogen and other nutrients that are present and when completed in this absorption process, they go sporifically dormant, chemically inert and fall to the bottom of the lagoon or other water body. Typically cloudy or colored water becomes clear. This has been demonstrated in shrimp farms, contaminated lagoons, and wastewater treatment plants where excess nitrates or other nitrogen compounds are of concern. The cells formed are adaptive to a variety of environments and as such, will form cells that have a balanced carbon to nitrogen content which is more stable than high nitrogen content in fish flesh. These microbes have a high carbon to nitrogen ratio that also reduces the possibility of additional contamination from their composition. However, they will go sporific in a suspended animation form and stay alive for millions of years.

Other similar methods have been used for controlling odors in feedlots, animal processes, chemical production facilities with these naturally occurring microbes. Agronics has developed additional processes and technologies that enhance the performance and speed with which this bioremediation process occurs.

Agronics and it’s customers have long known that the microbes have the ability to decompose any paper, or even polyethylene bag which the material has been placed in regardless of the exposure to the sun. The ability to break down long chain hydrocarbons, as polyethylene is unique indeed and shows the immense power of these microbes. This has also seen successful digestion of petroleum based spills or wastes. Tires have a blue hue to them that is evidence of microbial activity eating them.

Over the years there has been a large body of chemical and biochemical research on these types of microbes and humic acid that show their ability to sequester or tie-up and neutralize heavy metals, organics, nitrogen compounds, and a variety of other environmental toxins. All of these features are present in the Biomax humus available from Agronics.

With information on your contamination needs, we can prepare a plan or material recommendation for your use.

Sincerely,

Leland Tom Taylor

President

technology. The mined humus has naturally occurring microbes which absorb and reduce the nitrogen and other compounds to stable inert forms. Heavy metals can also be addressed in this approach with balancing minerals added to reduce contamination.

Microbes contained in the humus are capable of eating polyethlyenE bags when stored, showing their capability of breaking long chain hydrocarbons. '

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Leland T. Taylor President