The conditions required for it's growth are oxygen, iron and water, and we have a number of the valley bottom streams that have all those. The slime is created when the little bacteria cells exude ferric hydroxide to coat their cells. If you are unfortunate enough to have a domestic water supply that is high in iron, then it can cause you more grief with growth of the bacteria in wells, waterlines and pumps. You will often see an oily sheen on the water surface in some of the still water and ponds around the valley which have a lot of iron bacteria buildup. If you poke the surface and it stays broken up, it's just the natural oils from the breakdown -- you haven't discovered the next big oil deposit. Grizzly
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Iron
The conditions required for it's growth are oxygen, iron and water, and we have a number of the valley bottom streams that have all those. The slime is created when the little bacteria cells exude ferric hydroxide to coat their cells. If you are unfortunate enough to have a domestic water supply that is high in iron, then it can cause you more grief with growth of the bacteria in wells, waterlines and pumps. You will often see an oily sheen on the water surface in some of the still water and ponds around the valley which have a lot of iron bacteria buildup. If you poke the surface and it stays broken up, it's just the natural oils from the breakdown -- you haven't discovered the next big oil deposit. Grizzly
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ReplyDeleteI find your explanations of commonly observed natural occurences extremely interesting.
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