Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

These unknown algae are just erupting now. When they go completely crazy and cover the entire water surface, cutting off oxygen from entering the water body, all organisms under the water that need oxygen will gradually die.

At that time, a large number of bottom fish, shrimp, and middle-level fish will not be able to escape, and they will end up rotting in the lake area. In the end, the stench can be smelled from a long distance, let alone the lake shore.

Obviously, these algae blooms will have a devastating impact on the lake ecosystem within their territory.

It may even spread to a wider water area, and then the problem will become big.

And it also has a great impact on your plan to build a hotel and attract more tourists. After all, no one wants to live in a hotel where you can smell the stench when you step out of the room, and the lake is covered with dense algae.

"Boss, these algae are mainly cyanobacteria. We have to find a solution quickly. There have been several green tides in the entire Lake Victoria area before. They were all caused by these cyanobacteria, and the losses were huge."

Parker reminded Wang Lu on the side and analyzed the reasons for the outbreak of blue algae:

"The reason for the previous blue-green algae outbreak in Lake Victoria is inseparable from the Nile barramundi. These guys are crazy about preying on the small fish that feed on algae in the lake area. As a result, these blue-green algae are no longer suppressed by the predators. Growing like crazy!”

After hearing this, Wang Lu nodded, and he probably understood why Parker previously attributed the cause of these green tide outbreaks to the Nile barramundi.

But at the same time, he was also puzzled. Those Nile barramundi wouldn't have hunted all the algae-eating fish in just a few days, and the algae couldn't have exploded so quickly.

This inference also reminds Parker of another reason for the green wave outbreak:

"The sewage discharged by chemical plants in some areas has led to eutrophication of water bodies, which can also trigger the outbreak of green tides in a short period of time!"

The sewage discharged by chemical plants contains more or less various chemical raw materials. Entering the water can rapidly increase the nutrients in the water and provide the necessary conditions for the reproduction of algae. This is especially true for some chemical plants with poor environmental protection measures. The problem is even more serious.

But after saying that, Parker himself directly rejected this possibility.

This may be the case in economically developed areas, but in Africa, where local industries are backward, it is basically impossible.

In fact, this is also true. There is not a single chemical company in the entire lake area, so this inference is naturally nonsense.

But Wang Lu knew the greatest possibility of this green tide outbreak.

"I'm afraid the system is using too much force..."

Wang Lu thought in embarrassment that maybe he had used too much force.

The vitality energy that I poured into the lake area is absolutely inseparable from this green tide outbreak. With the ability of vitality energy, I am afraid that it can "eutrophication" the entire water body more than the so-called chemical sewage. Otherwise, it is really There’s no way these cyanobacteria can reproduce so quickly overnight!

Wang Lu suddenly had a headache as he was probably sure of the cause.

The so-called green tide refers to these algae outbreaks, mainly cyanobacteria.

Once it occurs, the harm to the water ecosystem will not be small, so the local governments where the green tide breaks out will actively control it. However, it is not easy to control this thing, and it is also a long-standing problem. The main thing is that once these things break out, they multiply too quickly. If you control it today, it will still be a large area tomorrow, unless the overall water area problems are rectified.

All in all, it's not easy to do.

But it was difficult to deal with it, so it had to be done. Wang Lu couldn't think of any good way at the moment. He could only order Parker and the veterans to use stupid methods to clean up the blue algae that broke out on the water surface.

Soon Parker and the veterans were driving speedboats. At first, they just used their hands, but the efficiency was too slow. Later, they went to the hotel construction site to borrow a few tools. The efficiency improved a bit, but it was not enough. In the end, it could only be I went to find nearby fishermen and spent money to buy a few fishing nets, and my efficiency increased.

Two speedboats sailed side by side, pulling one end of the fishing net on one side and driving the fishing net forward through the speedboat, wrapping up all the clusters of algae on the water.

Even so, Parker and the veterans worked for a long time before they managed to clean up half of the algae that could be seen on the water surface, and the other half was still floating on the water.

It was getting late. Wang Lu couldn't let his men just work as cleaners on the lake, so he had to send everyone back home first.

However, when Wang Lu went to the lake area the next morning, he was dumbfounded. He had seen how exaggerated the reproduction speed of these cyanobacteria was.

A large area of ​​the lake had been cleaned up yesterday, and now it was once again occupied by dense algae in just one night. Moreover, as far as the eye could see, the area covered by the green tide seemed to be larger, and there was a faint tendency to continue to spread!

This means that most of the time I asked Parker and the others to work was in vain...

That's why these algae are so difficult to deal with. If you can't clean them up as fast as others, it's just a waste of effort!

When he thought of this, Wang Lu also became furious. At worst, he would hire more people and try to salvage all the algae on the water at once.

But Wang Lu gave up the idea after a second thought. He knew in his heart that this was just a way to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.

For this reason, Wang Lu learned about how these algae outbreaks are controlled locally.

But after learning about it, I laughed helplessly.

The local government adopted a method to control the green tide that broke out in Lake Victoria area by introducing a large number of water hyacinths and planting them in the lake area.

Through the rapid reproduction of this aquatic plant, the algae on the water surface are then covered, which in turn deprives these algae of the opportunity to absorb oxygen...

This method was very successful. In the end, all the algae that broke out withered and died due to lack of oxygen and light... But those water hyacinths became a disaster!

Good guy, tell me if you have completely removed all the algae!

If we follow this line of thinking, then these local officials are indeed worthy of the title of African Wolong.

It was naturally impossible for Wang Lu to do such a stupid thing, he could only think of another way.

The conventional way to control these algae outbreaks is to spray chemicals to directly kill these algae in large areas. However, this will undoubtedly cause certain pollution to the entire water body. This is not what Wang Lu wants to see. . (End of chapter)