It has been almost a year since I posted about problems in my bay. I now have 5 neighbors with aerators installed. After a lot of research, it turned out that if each one installed a separate system there would be a huge saving in hose length and less pressure loss/line resistance. I installed or helped to install all of the systems. Since depths are a maximum of 6 1/2 feet off of my property and less on the others, we went with 120 watt linear pumps at one per property. We run up to 4 diffusers per pump. Since in shallow water each diffuser covers a very small area, lots are required.
We are only trying to remedy our near shore area which is where the deepest water is. So far the one clear benefit is clearer non smelly water. This by itself justifies the small expense.
