TotalFlocformulated by AquaFix

TotalFloc

Name: TotalFloc
Brand: TotalFloc

Biological flocculant and phosphorus binder for wastewater lagoons facing nutrient limits. Lowers total phosphorus along with BOD, TSS and total nitrogen.

What it is

TotalFloc is a liquid flocculant and phosphorus binder that combines beneficial bacteria with phosphorus binding materials. It binds soluble phosphorus so it settles out instead of discharging, and pulls down BOD, TSS and total nitrogen at the same time. Lagoon dosing is 50 to 400 gallons per surface acre depending on concentration.

Buy this when you are seeing

A new or tightened phosphorus limit your process cannot meet
Effluent nutrients staying high after influent loading improved
BOD, TSS and total nitrogen all sitting near the limit
A compliance schedule with no capital project behind it

FormLiquid

Applied fromDosed to the cell

Dosed on50 to 400 gal per surface acre

TimelineBinds on contact, settles over days

How it works

Soluble phosphorus in the water column discharges with the effluent because nothing in a conventional lagoon removes it. This product binds it into a settleable form, so it leaves the water column and joins the solids on the bottom instead of leaving with your discharge.

It combines the binding materials with beneficial bacteria, which is why the reported effect is broader than phosphorus alone. As the floc forms and settles it pulls BOD, TSS and total nitrogen down with it, so systems typically see several permit parameters improve together rather than one in isolation.

The important consequence to plan for is that the phosphorus does not disappear, it relocates to your sludge. That is a good trade when facing a permit limit, but it belongs in your sludge planning rather than being discovered later during a survey.

Check these before you buy

These decide whether this product can work at all. If one fails, fix that first, because the money spent here will not survive it.

Get a current total phosphorus resultThe dose range is wide by nature because required dose scales with how much phosphorus is present. Without a recent lab number, the range of 50 to 400 gallons per acre is not actionable.
Survey the sludge blanket firstAn anaerobic blanket releases phosphorus back into the water column through benthal feedback. If a large share of your water-column phosphorus is recycled from your own sediment, you will be treating the same phosphorus on a loop.
Plan for the added solidsBound phosphorus settles. That is the mechanism working correctly, and it means a measurable addition to the blanket over a sustained program.
Know your permit limit and compliance dateThis is usually bought against a specific number on a specific schedule, and the dose is set by the gap between where you are and where you need to be.

Is this the right fit

Good fit for

Lagoons facing a phosphorus limit they were never designed for
Improving several effluent parameters at once
Buying compliance time while a capital project is planned
Systems with a current lab result to dose against

Not the answer for

Phosphorus being recycled from an untreated sludge blanket
Dosing without a current total phosphorus number
Systems with no plan for the additional settled solids

Dosing and application

Water column nutrients: 1 surface acre: 50 to 400 gallons, set by measured phosphorus concentration and the target limit.
Dosing basis: Surface acre, adjusted to your lab result. The wide range reflects how much phosphorus is actually present rather than uncertainty about the product.
Pack options: 5 gallon case of two 2.5 gallon containers, 55 gallon drum, or 275 gallon tote. Drums and totes ship by freight.
Alongside sludge management: Bound phosphorus settles into the blanket, so a sustained program belongs in the same conversation as your sludge planning.

What to expect, and when

Before dosingCurrent total phosphorus, BOD, TSS and total nitrogen, plus a sludge survey. The lab result sets the dose; the survey tells you whether you are treating incoming or recycled phosphorus.
On applicationBinding occurs on contact. The floc then needs settling time, so effluent sampling immediately after application will not show the result.
Days afterEffluent phosphorus, and typically BOD, TSS and total nitrogen alongside it, reflect the treatment once settling has completed.
Across a programTrack blanket depth as well as effluent chemistry, because the phosphorus you removed is now in the sludge.

How you prove it worked

Effluent total phosphorus against your permit limit, sampled after settling rather than immediately after dosing. Track BOD, TSS and total nitrogen alongside it, and re-survey the blanket across a sustained program so the added solids are accounted for.

Nutrient limits are the regulatory pressure most likely to catch an older lagoon out. A facility that has held BOD and TSS for decades can find itself out of compliance because a permit renewal added a phosphorus number, and the process has no mechanism to meet it. That is a treatment gap rather than an operating failure, and it usually arrives with a compliance schedule attached.

Binding phosphorus in the water column is the fastest route to that number without a capital project. It is worth understanding as a relocation rather than a removal: the phosphorus settles into your sludge, which is a good trade against a permit limit but belongs in your sludge planning from the start.

The step most systems skip is checking where the phosphorus is coming from. An anaerobic blanket recycles phosphorus back into the water column continuously, and a system dosing against its own sediment is treating the same phosphorus over and over. A survey answers that before the first order.

Specifications

Manufacturer	AquaFix
Type	Biological flocculant and phosphorus binder
Targets	Total phosphorus, BOD, TSS, total nitrogen
Lagoon dose	50 to 400 gal per surface acre
Pack sizes	5 gal case, 55 gal drum, 275 gal tote
Formulation	Non-toxic, formulated for wastewater lagoons

Works alongside

Sludge Rx

Manages the blanket that both receives the bound phosphorus and recycles phosphorus back into the water column.

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Argos Lagoon Algaecide

Water-column phosphorus is what feeds recurring algae blooms, so the two problems are often the same problem.

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Common questions

Why is the dose range so wide?

Because required dose scales with how much phosphorus is actually present. Fifty gallons per acre and four hundred gallons per acre are the same product doing the same job against very different concentrations, which is why a current lab result is the starting point rather than an optional extra.

Where does the phosphorus go?

Into your sludge. It is bound into a settleable form and leaves the water column, which is exactly the intent, but it means a sustained program adds measurably to the blanket. That belongs in your sludge planning from the start.

Will it help with anything other than phosphorus?

Typically yes. As the floc forms and settles it pulls BOD, TSS and total nitrogen down alongside phosphorus, so systems usually see several parameters move together.

My phosphorus stayed high after we fixed the influent side. Why?

Probably benthal feedback. An anaerobic sludge blanket releases phosphorus and ammonia back into the water column, so effluent nutrients can stay high after influent loading improves. Survey the blanket before assuming you are treating incoming phosphorus.

Which pack size do I need?

It depends on your acreage and concentration. A single-acre cell at the low end of the range is a 5 gallon case territory; a multi-acre system at the high end runs totes. Send your acreage and lab result and we will size it.

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