Shipping lines are challenged by the need to balance their safety and economic concerns with the need to mitigate the introduction of harmful invasive species. Rapidly evolving ballast water treatment regulations may seem to present an obstacle to addressing these concerns.

While other ballast treatment methods have demonstrated varying degrees of effectiveness, many technologies create problems of their own.

For example, they are:

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• Too dangerous
• Too large
• Too expensive

Venturi Oxygen Stripping™ is a safe, compact and effective ballast water treatment system that enables shipping lines to lower vessel operating costs.

Dissolved oxygen is lowered to an hypoxic treatment level in less than 10 seconds. The physical treatment is complete before the water enters the ballast tank. Biological treatment begins immediately as the ballast tanks fill with deoxygenated water.