Kiko and Other Water Activating Technologies
Volcanic rock materials that are pulverized, heated to partially melting temperatures (up to approximately 1,200o Celsius) slowly cooled, and then pelleted provide low-cost items to increase the KELEA levels in water. The pellets, marketed as Kiko Technology, have been recently shown in conjunction with biochar to eliminate the cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) contamination in several tidal basins (sloughs) of Spirit Lake, Iowa, and in a contaminated lagoon in Alameda County, California [7]. This was followed by the sequential return of aquatic, land-based, and flying wildlife to the treated environments. An advantage of the pellets is that they can work unaided without losing activity over time. Various other means are available to add to the KELEA level of water (13). Each should assist in restoring normality to a disordered ecosystem.