HAB-PREVENT™
Upstream Nutrient Interception & Advanced Algae Cultivation Technology
HAB-PREVENT™ is BlueCycle’s algae cultivation platform designed to intercept dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus before they reach sensitive water waterbodies and fuel HABs.
What HAB-PREVENT™ Delivers
HAB-PREVENT™ is a scalable, field-proven system designed to control excess nutrients at their source. Rather than reacting after blooms form, it reduces the nitrogen and phosphorus loads that fuel harmful algal blooms before they impact downstream lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries.
Upstream Dissolved Nutrient Capture
Removes bioavailable nitrogen and phosphorus from nutrient-enriched source waters before they reach lakes, canals, and estuaries.
Nutrient-enriched water is diverted through a controlled side-stream system where beneficial algae assimilate dissolved nutrients into biomass. The algae are harvested and removed, and the treated, lower-nutrient water is returned downstream.
By intercepting nutrients upstream, this approach reduces loading to receiving waters and lowers the risk of harmful algal blooms.
Managed Algae Cultivation for Algal Bloom Prevention
Unlike uncontrolled HABs, cultivated algae are intentionally managed to remove nutrients in a controlled environment to remove nutrients efficiently.
Closing the Nutrient Loop
Harvested biomass captures excess nutrients and returns them to productive use, transforming a water quality liability into renewable value.
What Makes HAB-PREVENT™ Different?
Works with natural
biological processes
Intercepts dissolved,
bioavailable nutrients
Designed for scalable,
modular watershed deployment
Captures and returns nutrients to
productive use through resource recovery
Integrates with downstream algae harvesting
and HTL-360™ resource recovery