Water aeration system with floating diffuser

A water aeration system comprising:

• a mounting pole having a top end and a bottom end, with the bottom end adapted for insertion into a ground or a footing spaced apart from and outside of a body of water to be aerated for establishing the mounting pole upright with its top end above the ground or footing surface;
• an encasement mounted at or near the top end of the mounting pole, said encasement defining an internal space;
• an air pump held within the encasement;
• a conduit for air pumped into the conduit by the air pump, said air conduit having a length and connected at one end to the air pump and at its opposite end adapted to connect directly or indirectly to at least one diffuser,
• a solar panel defining a sun-facing surface and an opposite surface, the solar panel directly or indirectly joined to the encasement or the mounting pole such that the solar panel is at or near the top end of the mounting pole, wherein said solar panel generates power that may be converted to current for driving the air pump;
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• a floating diffuser platform system comprising:
• a platform, a buoy or float, one or more lines joining the buoy or float to the platform, the platform comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and one or more diffusers secured directly or indirectly to the platform.