So much of our lake and pond management attention is focused on the control of nuisance and sometimes toxic algae. For professional lake managers, in doing so, you must strike a balance between tried-and-true methods and new technologies, while also providing your clients with good results within a reasonable budget that allows you to be competitive and still make a profit. Sustainable business is no less important than sustainable water resource management. As a professional, it is your goal to accomplish both.
There are very few products or strategies that can be the foundation for both long-term sustainable results for your clients and long-term client retention and profit for you. Too often our attention is incorrectly drawn to the least expensive way to make quick visual improvements to a waterbody, thus getting the instant gratification of client satisfaction for what seems to be an inexpensive first step. The problem comes when you realize that you have to repeat this over and over again, and in the end, it is not sustainable, nor truly much of a WOW for your customer, and certainly not in any way going to transform your business.
SeDox and SchlixX Plus are going to change this paradigm. These two innovative product solutions were recently introduced to North America after having many years of success in Europe.
Products that can bind phosphorus, release dissolved oxygen, reduce organic sludge, or stabilize pH are not new concepts to lake managers, but never has there been a product that could do all of these things with a single application. Further, unlike all other current treatment options, these products leave no contaminants or residues of any sort behind post application. Offering a formulation targeting the water column primarily (SeDox), or one targeted for the bottom (SchlixX Plus), these two products are truly different than anything that lake managers have had at their disposal previously. Imagine getting all of the benefits above with a time released reaction for control throughout the season.
What’s even more unique is the pH stabilization and other water chemistry changes that occur naturally with the application of these products. These solutions will effectively “cleanup” all aspects of the water body and provide sustainable water quality while improving the results and outcomes of all of your other management practices. In other words, these products don’t just do “their job,” they make everything else in the system work better, naturally.
Incorporating these technologies into your routine annual management programs will not just provide better results and happier clients, it will reduce your reliance on repeat applications of less sustainable treatment products, while also reducing the associated labor costs. If your goal is to manage lakes and ponds in such a way as to create quality long-term relationships with your clients, then a change of approach and an investment in these new technologies is the answer. Not only will year one results improve, but there will be a compounding effect with each subsequent application in future years, meaning your results will continue to improve while your total costs go down and profits go up over the life of your customer relationship.
Just like our lake and pond management strategies, our business strategy should be sustainable and must evolve and differentiate you in order to remain relevant in an ever-changing and competitive world. Are you ready to take the first step to happier clients and a more successful business?
Email LakeTherapyUS@oase.com or call 330.286.6519 to discuss innovative and value-based solutions for all of your lake and pond management needs.
After decades of success in Europe, Oase Professional brings its award-winning Lake Therapy technologies and solutions to the US to help combat your toughest lake and pond problems, whether it’s too much organic sludge, too many nutrients or too little oxygen. We supply innovative product solutions, that are holistic and environmentally friendly, to lake and pond management companies, golf courses, municipalities and others, using nature to our advantage and leaving nothing behind but beautiful, healthy water.