Buoyant aerator array with remote air supply

A buoyant aerator array with remote air supply, the aerator array being adapted for buoyant placement upon the surface of a body of water, the body of water having a floor and being adjacent to a land mass, the buoyant aerator array comprising:

• a plurality of aerators, each of the aerators having a float, an aeration outlet immovably affixed to the float, and a restraining system precluding drift of the aerator;
• a floating vessel remotely disposed from the aerators;
• wherein the aeration outlet comprises a plenum, a plurality of aeration tubes extending radially from the plenum, and a circular brace disposed concentrically about the aeration tubes and the plenum, the brace being separated outwardly from the plenum;
• a single air supply disposed upon the floating vessel, the air supply having a compressor, a power source selectively driving the compressor, and an air tank, the single air supply being disposed above the surface of the water and clear of the water;
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• a plurality of air delivery lines extending above the surface of the water, each of the aerators having a corresponding one of the air delivery lines extending from the air supply to the aerator.

A buoyant aerator array with remote air supply, the aerator array being adapted for buoyant placement upon the surface of a body of water, the body of water having a floor and being adjacent to a land mass, the buoyant aerator array comprising:

• a plurality of aerators, each of the aerators having a float, an aeration outlet immovably affixed to the float, and a restraining system precluding drift of the aerator;
• wherein the aeration outlet comprises a plenum, a plurality of aeration tubes extending radially from the plenum, and a circular brace disposed concentrically about the aeration tubes and the plenum, the brace being separated outwardly from the plenum;
• wherein the restraining system securing the aerator to the floor of the body of water;
• a single air supply disposed remotely from the aerators, the air supply having a compressor, a power source selectively driving the compressor, and an air tank, the single air supply being disposed above the surface of the water and clear of the water;
• a plurality of air delivery lines extending above the surface of the water, each of the aerators having a corresponding one of the air delivery lines extending from the air supply to the aerator;
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• at least one support column supporting each of the air delivery lines, the at least one support column being anchored and immovably affixed.