Key West Golf Club
Location: Key West, Florida
Lake Area: 2.5 acres
Installed: 2018
Key West Golf Club
Location: Key West, Florida
Lake Area: 2.5 acres
Installed: 2018
Overview
The Key West Golf Club spans more than 200 acres of natural mangroves and wildlife. Yet the ponds that irrigate its lush, tropical fairways were constantly overrun with thick, unsightly algae. Despite frequent chemical treatments, the blooms always returned. Superintendent Eric Harchuska turned to ultrasound for a clean, sustainable, and long-term solution to keep the water clear, vibrant, and healthy year-round.
The Challenge
Despite routine maintenance and costly chemical treatments, algae continued to overwhelm the Key West Golf Club’s irrigation ponds. The recurring blooms clogged pumps, restricted water flow, and disrupted daily course operations. Chemical applications provided only short-term relief, requiring frequent re-treatments that strained both the maintenance budget and the environment. The club needed a long-lasting, non-chemical solution that could restore water clarity, reduce labor demands, and ensure reliable irrigation to keep the fairways healthy under Key West’s year-round tropical sun.
Problem Solved
After years of fighting recurring algae blooms with chemicals and costly maintenance visits, the Key West Golf Club turned to SonicPure’s ultrasonic solution for a smarter, sustainable fix. The results were immediate and dramatic. Within weeks, the water cleared, pumps ran freely, and the maintenance team no longer needed constant chemical applications. The once clouded irrigation ponds were restored to clarity, saving both time and expense while improving the course’s environmental footprint.
“Our irrigation pond was constantly covered in algae even though we had a lake management company come monthly to treat the ponds. I would also treat the ponds the weeks the company was not there. We had little to no success in our irrigation pond until we installed ultrasound. The two ponds that have ultrasound receive little to no treatment at all while we still use copper sulphate regularly in the other ponds!”
— Eric Harchuska, Superintendent, Key West Golf Club
The Challenge
Problem Solved
After years of fighting recurring algae blooms with chemicals and costly maintenance visits, the Key West Golf Club turned to SonicPure’s ultrasonic solution for a smarter, sustainable fix. The results were immediate and dramatic. Within weeks, the water cleared, pumps ran freely, and the maintenance team no longer needed constant chemical applications. The once clouded irrigation ponds were restored to clarity, saving both time and expense while improving the course’s environmental footprint.
“Our irrigation pond was constantly covered in algae even though we had a lake management company come monthly to treat the ponds. I would also treat the ponds the weeks the company was not there. We had little to no success in our irrigation pond until we installed ultrasound. The two ponds that have ultrasound receive little to no treatment at all while we still use copper sulphate regularly in the other ponds!”
— Eric Harchuska, Superintendent, Key West Golf Club
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