Compositions and systems for binding nutrients from moving bodies of water
Some embodiments advantageously provide nutrient-binding compositions that include ingredients that have a synergistic effect such that the nutrient-binding composition is capable of removing more nutrients that the individual ingredients added together. In one embodiment, a nutrient-binding composition comprises: a first amount of a nutrient-binding ingredient; and a second amount of a biogenic additive, the first amount being greater than or equal to the second amount. In one aspect of the embodiment, the nutrient-binding composition has a greater nutrient removal capacity from a volume of water than an additive nutrient removal capacity of the first amount of nutrient-binding ingredient and the second amount of biogenic added together.
1. A nutrient-binding composition, comprising:
a first amount of a nutrient-binding ingredient, the nutrient-binding ingredient including zeolite and calcined dolomite; and
a synergistically effective second amount of a biogenic additive, the biogenic additive being pine wood chips, the first amount being greater than or equal to the second amount.
2. The nutrient-binding composition of claim 1 , wherein:
the first amount is between approximately 67% and approximately 97% of the total composition of the nutrient-binding composition; and
the second amount is between approximately 3% and approximately 33% of the total composition of the nutrient-binding composition.
3. The nutrient-binding composition of claim 2 , wherein the first amount includes:
zeolite being approximately 67% of the nutrient-binding composition; and
calcined dolomite being approximately 30% of the nutrient-binding composition.
4. The nutrient-binding composition of claim 1 , wherein:
the first amount is approximately 97% of the total composition of the nutrient-binding composition; and
the second amount is approximately 3% of the total composition of the nutrient-binding composition.