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The natural solution for water remediation for “waikato raupatu river trust” waikato tainui

T H E W A T E RC L E A N S E R

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In December 2013, Water

Cleanser New Zealand Limited

met with Waikato Raupatu River

Trust (The Trust) to present “The

Water Cleanser” a natural product

to assist in Waikato Raupatu River

Trust in its remediation of its waterways.

From the presentation, discussions and review

of the product, it was agreed to undertake a

measured trial in line with a budget and selected

markers over 4 months with regular liquid sampling

by recognised independent “Hill Laboratories” and

then review the findings.

This report responds to the

analysis of the 4 trial samples

(liquid samples) as provided from

within the Hukanui Farm effluent

pond; and shows a proven bio-

remediation by utilizing Water

Cleanser natural- based biological products to get

the pond back to an operational & healthy level.

This report contains description of

the effluent pond and the results

from utilising the Water Cleanser

products in the remediation of the

said pond.

The Trust selected “Hukanui Farm”, 72625 Bankier

Road, as the trial site, which has an effluent pond

of approximately 2000 m2. The effluent pond

was selected due to its inefficiencies to operate

properly.

The Water Cleanser Blocks were placed in the

effluent pond on 11 April 2014, with the first liquid

samples taken by Hill Laboratories on the 16 April

2014 and subsequent 4 months.

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Introduction1 B A C K G R O U N D

R E P O R T S C O P E R E P O R T C O N T E N T S

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Land uses surrounding the

Hukanui Effluent pond are

predominately Dairy Farming but

immediate surrounds include

farm run-off, windblown matter,

native wild life, metal road and a

dairy shed. The farm is located 10-15 mins north of

Hamilton.

Water Cleanser NZ

Limited is the Exclusive

New Zealand Agent

for the Water Cleanser

products. Our Company

offers a proven natural

water treatment

solution that is Chemically Free, Environmentally

Friendly by providing the ultimate way to clean

everything from your home & tank water, swimming

pool, aquarium, stream, effluent ponds to the great

water ways & lakes of New Zealand.`

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Initial findings were the inability for

the effluent pond to process the

solids efficiently as just straight

water was coming out of the

overflow pipe and discharging on to

the paddocks.

The Water Cleanser was invented

in 2000 by Robert Morgan after

a number of years of developing

natural anti-fouling systems for

live pearl shell farming, for the

family pearl business at Monkey

Mia, Western Australia. Whilst researching the anti-

fouling properties of compounds it was discovered that

compounds contained in wax kept water clean with

higher oxygen levels. Organic waste becomes the built-

up microbe population’s main food source, consuming

the organic waste more effectively and burning less

than half of the oxygen compared to normal bacteria.

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P H Y S I C A L S T A T E

P H Y S I C A L S T A T E

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Hukanui farm effluent pond setting

Background

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Hukanui Farm is located at 72625 Bankier Road

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19 Worldwide Patents are held for the products

by Marine Easy Clean P/L (MEC), the parent

company in Australia and they are now

marketed globally as The Water Cleanser.

Since the products’ inception The Water

Cleanser product have gained wide recognition

and success and continues to do so by different

industry groups for innovative natural water

quality solutions. The Water Cleanser products

are an innovative, way to naturally solve water

problems. Suitable for all contained bodies of

water - salt and freshwater - the Water Cleanser

enhances nature to improve nature.

The Water Cleanser system provides energy

enriched food for the mass breeding of beneficial

Hill Laboratories (R J Hill Laboratories Ltd) is an

analytical testing laboratory and a 30 year old

100% privately owned New Zealand Company.

Hill’s supply a broad range of laboratory tests to

domestic and international markets and use the

latest technologies to supply the most accurate

and reliable results available. They have three

major testing areas: Agriculture, Environmental and

Food. This includes:

• Water - Drinking, marine, bore field and effluent water

• Soil - Contaminated from mining, agriculture and industrial use

• Air - Dusts and airborne chemical contaminants

• Produce - Agricultural produce including meat and eggs, vegetables and other foods

• Water

• Effluent

• Feed

microbes that eat organic waste at accelerated

rates. These microbes are present in all waterways,

and they thrive on organic waste. By doing so they

clear the water and increase the oxygen levels.

The results are simply amazing; clearer, cleaner

and healthier water.

Mr Robert Morgan works closely on the R&D of

the product with Professor Ravi Fotedar and his

team within Curtin University and Scientist Mr Lee

Rieniets with Analytical Reference Laboratory all

located in Perth, Western Australia. Analyses of

contaminants from problem sites globally can also

be addressed via this scientific team.

As a New Zealand accredited laboratory (by

International Accreditation NZ), Hill laboratories

commitment to quality is tantamount to their

overall operating philosophy.

Their primary quality standard is NZS/ISO/IEC

17025:2005 which incorporates the aspects of ISO

9000 relevant to testing laboratories. This assures

clients of our commitment to good laboratory

management practices.

Hill laboratories were commissioned by Waikato

Raupatu River Trust to complete testing on a

select range of markers from liquid samples

within the said Effluent Pond and advise on the

results. Refer Appendix 1.

P H Y S I C A L S T A T E

H I L L L A B O R A T O R I E S

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Listed below are a range of client projects that

Water Cleanser product has been used in its natural

remediation process successfully.

A U S T R A L I A :

1. Mandurah Council, WA – Lakes & Ponds

2. Glen Iris Golf Course, WA - Ponds

3. Pearl Farms, Monkey Mia, WA - Sea

4. Gosnells Residential Canals – Fresh Water

Canals

5. Domestic Swimming Pools, WA & NSW

6. State Aquarium & Fish Supplier, WA

7. City of Subiaco, WA – Ponds & Recreation

Areas

8. Water Ski Park, WA – Recreation Areas & Ski

Ponds

9. Large Pet Store Supplier WA – Aquariums

10. Great Northern Rural Services, WA

N E W Z E A L A N D :

1. National Energy Company; Waste Water

Treatment Ponds – Settling Ponds

2. National Pet Store Retailer; Aquarium & Pond

treatment

3. Dairy Effluent Ponds

4. South Island Major Fiber Board Manufacturer;

Waste Water Treatment

5. Established Dam & Pond treatments Nth

Island & Christchurch

See Appendix 1 for case studies on Hukanui

Trial Farm

See Appendix 2 for Report from Principals of

MEC on the findings from the trial (Clause 6.0)

P A G E 6 O F 1 2 C O M M E R C I A L

I N C O N F I D E N C E

M YA N M A R :

1. Fish Farming.

2. Prawn Farming.

3. Thailand:

4. Prawn Farming.

5. Aquariums.

6. Large Fish Farming Group.

B R U N E I :

1. Currently trialing in Government Sewage

System.

2. Istana Palace (Sultan’s Palace) Large salt

water aquarium

P H I L I P P I N E S :

1. Sewage trials in conjunction with Government

authorities.

M A L AY S I A :

1. Fish farms & Sewerage

M E X I C O :

1. Ponds and Lakes installed by Major

Landscaper

W A T E R C L E A N S E R P R O J E C T S – E X A M P L E S

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Are Hydrocarbon Blocks that accelerates the

breeding of beneficial microbes. Present in all

bodies of water, these microbes remain dormant

in nature until triggered by an energy source. The

microbes regard the Water Cleanser as an energy

source, allowing them to breed in mass numbers,

and proceed to eat organic waste.

The microbes gain plenty of energy from the

Water Cleanser which enables them to eat organic

waste at twice the speed of bacteria, therefore

making the natural process cleaner.

Water Cleanser, involves minimal disruption to

the ecosystem and environment, it removes

nothing physically, it enables re-oxygenation of

the water body bringing it back to life, it will strip

out excessive organic nutrients from the water and

Water Cleanser NZ’s project management team

are available to assist & co-manage local Marae

Business Units for Water Remediation utilizing

Water Cleanser Blocks in association with the

Trust. We will be dedicated to the selected

Most importantly where bacteria require large

amounts of oxygen, these microbes do not

require oxygen to consume organics. This results

in oxygen that otherwise would be consumed by

bacteria being regained back into the water and

waterbed/soil. Oxygenation of the waterbed/soil

and the breaking down of the toxic smelly dead

zone (smelly mud) waterbed/soil is the key to

complete wetland recovery of any lake or river.

mud, and it will totally re-balance the natural site

eco-system... all vital for the speedy, sustainable,

and long-term restoration within the remediation

process.

projects to ensure all facets of the operation

are coordinated and controlled. Also that

communication, testing and analysis protocols are

adhered to.

T H E P R O D U C T - ‘ W A T E R C L E A N S E R T A B L E T S ’

W A T E R C L E A N S E R I S T H E N A T U R A L E N V I R O N M E N T A L “ C L E A N G R E E N ” A P P R O A C H

P R O J E C T M A N A G E M E N T

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Situation analysis4As stated by the National Institute of Water

and Atmospheric Research (NZ) one of the two

key contaminants to lakes and river systems

is dissolved reactive phosphorus. The tests

undertaken by Hills

Laboratories have clearly shown that through

the use of The Water Cleanser, a 66% reduction

of dissolved reactive phosphorus has been

achieved in the trial dairy effluent pond. (What is

amazing is that the trial was conducted through

the winter months when micro activity is at its

lowest!) The water from this pond is then sprayed

onto paddocks. The run off then ends up in lakes

and rivers systems. This massive reduction in

dissolved reactive phosphorus will only benefit

the future health of all ponds and lakes adjacent

to the dairy effluent systems.

Due to heavy contamination blocks need to be

replaced every 10 to 12 weeks, with a two week

overlap of product rotation to maintain constant

water conditioning.

M E C R E S U L T S S T A T E M E N T

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After 12 weeks we saw the following reductions:

• Total Alkalinity down 42%

• Total Hardness down 29%

• Carbonate Hardness down 48%

• Electrical Conductivity down 40%

• Dissolved Calcium down 26%

• Total Copper down 81%

• Total Iron down 88%

• Dissolved Magnesium down 28%

• Total Ammoniacal-N down 84%

• Nitrite-N down 24%

• Nitrate down 30%

• Nitrate-N 0% neutral

• Nitrate 0% Neutral

• Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus down 66%

• Phosphorus down 66%

And an increase in:

• Free Carbon Dioxide up 56%

Free carbon dioxide is a waste product from

healthy microbial activity. To have it rise shows how

good The Water Cleanser is at maintaining good

water quality.

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Summary5The natural Water Cleanser tablets have proven

via scientific monitoring by Hill Laboratories that

they have the ability to remediate effluent ponds

with significant results.

It is noted that whilst the trial was conducted

during the winter months (warmer months the

microbes will be far more active which would infer

even faster and possibly greater results) it has had

a dramatic effect on the health of the pond and

subsequently its discharge on to farm land and

surrounding water ways.

With the success of the trial, Waikato Raupatu

River Trust can now support an all-natural solution

to the ever increasing water way contamination

of the Waikato. Water Cleanser is natural &

sustainable and shown to be effective in treating

Dairy Effluent which allows the Trust to take

the initiative of cleaning the water-ways of the

Waikato. We also see this as big step forward for

Tainui farmers to give back to the wellbeing of our

environment and for our generation of farmers

and fishermen to come.

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Appendix 6A P P E N D I X 1 – R E S U L T S W A T E R T E S T I N G – H I L L L A B O R A T O R I E S

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6.1 APPENDIX 1 Results Water Testing – Hill Laboratories

A N A L Y S I S R E P O R T Page 1 of 2

Client: Contact:

Waikato Raupatu River Trust Lab No: Terina Rakena Date Registered: C/- Waikato Raupa u River Trust Date Reported: Private Bag 3344 Quote No: HAMILTON 3204 Order No:

Client Reference: Submitted By:

1290041 SPv1 60723

Water testing Terina Rakena Sample Type: Aqueous

Sample Name:

16 April-1 May 201 4

20-28 May 2014

20-30 June 2014

22-29 July 2014

Lab Number:

Sample 1

Sample 2

Sample 3

Sample 4

pH pH Units

7.6

8.1

7.9

7.8

- Total Alkalinity g/m3 as CaCO3

1010

560

400

530

- Free Carbon Dioxide g/m3 at 25°C

8.0

1 0.4

17.9

- Total Hardness g/m3 as CaCO3

240

1 56

171

- Carbonate Hardness g/m3 as CaCO3

1010

560

400

530

- Electrical Conductivity (EC) mS/m

252

178 .8

1 25.8

152.7

- Dissolved Calcium g/m3

39

30

25

- Total Copper g/m3

0.081

0.0075

0.0077

0.0157

- Total Iron g/m3

19.4

2.6

2.9

2.4

- Dissolved Magnesium g/m3

36

1 9.8

26

- Total Ammoniacal-N g/m3

360

25

36

61

- Nitrite-N g/m3

0.03

0.168

0.03

0.02

- Nitrite g/m3

0.10

0.55

0.11

0.07

- Nitrate-N g/m3

0.02

0.53

0.06

0.02

- Nitrate-N + Nitrite-N g/m3

0.03

0.70

0.10

0.02

- Nitrate g/m3

0.09

2.3

0.28

0.09

- Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus g/m3

39

24

16.7

13.4

- Phosphate g/m3

1 20

73

51

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- S U M M A R Y O F M E T H O D S

The following table(s) gives a brief description of the methods used to conduct the analyses for this job. The detection limits given below are those attainable in a relatively clean matrix. Detection limits may be higher for individual samples should insufficient sample be available, or if the matrix requires that dilutions be performed during analysis.

Sample Type: Aqueous Test

Method Description

Default Detection Limit

Sample No Filtration, Unpreserved

Sample filtration through 0.45µm membrane filter.

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1 Total Digestion

Boiling nitric acid digestion. APHA 3030 E 22 nd ed. 2012 (modified).

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pH

pH meter. APHA 4500-H+ B 22nd ed. 2012.

0.1 pH Units

1 Total Alkalinity

Titration to pH 4.5 (M-alkalinity), autotitrator. APHA 2320 B (Modified for alk <20) 22nd ed. 201 2.

1 .0 g/m3 as CaCO3

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Free Carbon Dioxide

Calculation: from alkalinity and pH, valid where TDS is not >500 mg/L and alkalinity is almost entirely due to hydroxides, carbonates or bicarbonates. APHA 4500-CO D 22nd ed. 2012 .

1 .0 g/m3 at 25° C

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Total Hardness

Calculation from Calcium and Magnesium. APHA 2340 B 22 d

ed. 2012.

1 .0 g/m3 as CaCO3

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Carbonate Hardness

Calculation: equal to Total Alkalinity.

1 .0 g/m3 as CaCO3

1 Electrical Conductivity (EC)

Conductivity meter, 25°C. APHA 2510 B 22nd ed. 2012.

0.1 mS/m

1 Filtration for dissolved metals analysis

Sample filtration through 0.45µm membrane filter and preservation with nitric acid. APHA 3030 B 22 d ed. 2012.

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Dissolved Calcium

Filtered sample, ICP-MS, trace level. APHA 31 25 B 22 d ed. 2012 .

0.05 g/m3

1

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Sample Type: Aqueous Test

Method Description

Default Detection Limit

Sample No Total Copper

Nitric acid digestion, ICP-MS, trace level. APHA 31 25 B 22nd ed. 2012 / US EPA 200.8.

0.00053 g/m3

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Total Iron

Nitric acid digestion, ICP-MS, trace level. APHA 31 25 B 22 nd ed. 2012.

0.021 g/m3

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Dissolved Magnesium

Filtered sample, ICP-MS, trace level. APHA 3125 B 22nd ed. 2012.

0.02 g/m3

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Total Ammoniacal-N

Filtered sample. Phenol/hypochlorite colorimetry. Discrete Analyser. (NH4-N = NH4+ -N + NH3-N). APHA 4500-NH3 F (modified from manual analysis) 22 d ed. 201 2.

0.010 g/m3

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Nitrite-N

Automated Azo dye colorimetry, Flow injection analyser. APHA 4500-NO3

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0.002 g/m3

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Nitrite

Calculation from Nitrite-N.

0.007 g/m3

1 Nitrate-N

Calculation: (Nitrate-N + Nitrite-N) - NO2N. In-House.

0.0010 g/m3

1 Nitrate-N + Nitrite-N

Total oxidised nitrogen. Automated cadmium reduction, flow injection analyser. APHA 4500-NO3

- I 22nd ed. 201 2.

0.002 g/m3

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Nitrate

Calculation from Nitrate-N.

0.010 g/m3

1 Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus

Filtered sample. Molybdenum blue colorimetry. Discrete Analyser. APHA 4500-P E (modified from manual analysis) 22 d

ed. 2012.

0.004 g/m3

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Phosphate from DRP

Calculation: from Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus * 3.065.

0.007 g/m3

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These samples were collected by yourselves (or your agent) and analysed as received at the laboratory.

Samples are held at the laboratory after reporting for a length of time depending on the preservation

used and the stability of the analytes being tested. Once the storage period is completed the samples are

discarded unless otherwise advised by the client.

This report must not be reproduced, except in full, without the written consent of the signatory.

Carole Rodgers-Carroll BA, NZCS

Client Services Manager - Environmental Division

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which represents New Zealand in the International Laboratory Accreditation

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EFFLUENT POND TRIAL – Hukanui Farm

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