An older city in Southeast Michigan chose to investigate the feasibility of augmenting the dissolved oxygen within the river to counteract the response to the pollutant load. As CSO and SSO issues are addressed, there remains a likelihood that portions of the receiving river will continue to fail to meet Water Quality Standards due to storm water discharges. The river has been plagued with low dissolved oxygen (DO) levels for many years and the data collected during this project suggests that water quality standards continue to be violated. The use of DynamOx would not eliminate the need for continued control of up-stream discharges but would afford the down-stream communities' high-quality, aesthetically pleasing waters while the efforts continue.
The In-stream Dissolved Oxygen Augmentation Project has successfully demonstrated that a slipstream of river water could be super saturated with dissolved oxygen at concentrations exceeding 800 mg/l without introducing bubbles into the natural river system. This allows near 100% oxygen transfer in shallow, moving water without released to the atmosphere. The results of the study were summarized in a Water Environment Federation paper entitled, "In-Stream Dissolved Oxygen Augmentation Using a Super Saturated Slip Stream."
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