WATER & WASTEWATER PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Gideon is RGE’s floating platform for pond circulation and oxygenation. It builds on Matilda’s design and brings that work from the shop to the water.
← WATER & WASTEWATER PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTMatilda gives RGE a working platform to build on. Gideon carries the concept forward with refinements to the floating equipment.
Side by side in the pond, the two machines show how the design evolves. Look for the curved housing, segmented deck and deck-mounted equipment on the unit in the foreground.
Matilda and Gideon side by side in the pond.
VIEW FULL-RESOLUTION PHOTO ↗RGE designs Gideon as a floating platform that can move between ponds and treatment facilities. Its modular design is intended to support circulation and oxygenation and adapt as treatment needs change.
Gideon takes shape piece by piece, from tooling and individual parts to formed metal panels and larger assemblies. The wheels, frame and housing sections show how the machine comes together.
Machine tooling inside an enclosure, with a drill bit and metal holders visible.
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Curved metal panels with repeated openings, laid out together.
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Wheel assemblies on stands beside a rectangular frame and formed housing sections.
VIEW LARGER PHOTO ↗Engineering a machine is one challenge. Getting it into the water and putting it to work is another.
Follow Gideon from trailer to pond. A crane lifts the assembled platform and lowers it into the water.
A close view of Gideon’s white frame shows bolted plates and attachment points before the pond placement.
The assembled Gideon unit rests on a trailer with a crane hook overhead.
Gideon sits at the pond surface with the crane chains still attached to the central housing.
The lifting rig stays attached as Gideon reaches the water.
Gideon floats near the bank, with ripples and foam visible around it.
The movement was visible. The next step was to measure what was happening beneath the surface.
Dissolved oxygen rose across the eight sampling points. By January 8, every reading exceeded the highest January 6 baseline reading. From January 6 to January 12, the average rose from 0.58 to 6.21 ppm at 1 foot and from 0.32 to 6.14 ppm at 3 feet.
Daily dissolved oxygen summary (ppm)
Jan 6 · 16 readings
Min 0.13 · Avg 0.45 · Max 1.08
Jan 8 · 16 readings
Min 4.46 · Avg 4.78 · Max 5.08
Jan 9 · 24 readings
Min 5.43 · Avg 5.99 · Max 6.42
Jan 10 · 24 readings
Min 5.21 · Avg 6.13 · Max 6.53
Jan 11 · 24 readings
Min 5.07 · Avg 6.16 · Max 6.83
Jan 12 · 24 readings
Min 5.43 · Avg 6.13 · Max 6.67
Daily summaries use all readings recorded on each survey date. The table shows the number of readings behind each result.
Select a sheet to view it at full resolution. The copies retain the readings and notes and use numbered sampling points.
