Abstract: A drinking water dispensing device may include a housing and a replaceable, drinking water supply bottle carried by the housing. The drinking water dispensing device may also include a drinking water pump carried by the housing and coupled to the replaceable, drinking water supply bottle for providing a drinking water supply stream having a first pressure, and a water-cooling device carried by the housing for cooling drinking water from the drinking water pump. The drinking water dispensing device may also include an oxygen nanobubble generator carried by the housing and coupled downstream from the water-cooling device. A solid-state oxygen concentrator may be carried by the housing for supplying an oxygen stream to the oxygen nanobubble generator at a second pressure higher than the first pressure. The drinking water dispensing device may also include a drinking water dispensing outlet carried by the housing and coupled downstream from the oxygen nanobubble generator.

Abstract: A drinking water dispensing device may include a housing, and a water-cooling device carried by the housing for cooling drinking water from a drinking water supply stream having a first pressure. The drinking water dispensing device may also include an oxygen nanobubble generator carried by the housing and coupled downstream from the water-cooling device, and a solid-state oxygen concentrator carried by the housing for supplying an oxygen stream to the oxygen nanobubble generator at a second pressure higher than the first pressure. The drinking water dispensing device may also include a drinking water dispensing outlet carried by the housing and coupled downstream from the oxygen nanobubble generator.

Abstract: An irrigation water treatment device may include a housing and an oxygen nanobubble generator carried by the housing and coupled downstream from an irrigation water supply for an irrigation area and having a first pressure. The irrigation water treatment device may include a solid-state oxygen concentrator carried by the housing and supplying an oxygen stream to the oxygen nanobubble generator at a second pressure higher than the first pressure. The irrigation water treatment device may also include a biological additive device carried by the housing for the irrigation water, and an irrigation water outlet carried by the housing and coupled downstream from the oxygen nanobubble generator.

Abstract: A treatment device for a liquid may include an air compressor configured to generate compressed air. The treatment device may also include an oxygen concentrator configured to separate nitrogen and oxygen from the compressed air. The treatment device may also include a nitrogen injector coupled downstream from the oxygen concentrator and configured to inject the nitrogen into the liquid and an oxygen nanobubble generator coupled downstream from the oxygen concentrator and configured to generate oxygen nanobubbles within the liquid.

Abstract: A treatment device for a liquid may include an air compressor configured to generate compressed air and an air dryer coupled downstream from the air compressor. The treatment device may also include an oxygen concentrator coupled downstream from the air dryer and configured to separate nitrogen and oxygen from the compressed dry air and output the nitrogen to the air dryer. The treatment device may also include an oxygen nanobubble generator coupled downstream from the oxygen concentrator and configured to generate oxygen nanobubbles within the liquid.

Abstract: An irrigation system may include an irrigation water source for an agricultural area and an oxygen nanobubble device. The oxygen nanobubble device may include an air compressor configured to generate compressed air, an air dryer coupled downstream from the air compressor, and an oxygen concentrator coupled downstream from the air dryer. The oxygen concentrator may also include an irrigation water source pump coupled to the irrigation water source, and an oxygen nanobubble generator coupled downstream from the irrigation water source pump and coupled to the oxygen concentrator to generate oxygen nanobubbles within the irrigation water.

Abstract: A concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) system may include a CAFO drinking water source and an oxygen nanobubble device. The oxygen nanobubble device may include an air compressor configured to generate compressed air and an air dryer coupled downstream from the air compressor. The oxygen nanobubble device also includes an oxygen concentrator coupled downstream from the air dryer and a CAFO drinking water pump coupled to the CAFO drinking water source. The CAFO system also includes an oxygen nanobubble generator coupled downstream from the CAFO drinking water pump and coupled to the oxygen concentrator to generate oxygen nanobubbles within the CAFO drinking water.

Abstract: A surface water treatment system may include a surface water source and an oxygen nanobubble device. The oxygen nanobubble device may include an air compressor configured to generate compressed air, an air dryer coupled downstream from the air compressor, and an oxygen concentrator coupled downstream from the air dryer. The oxygen nanobubble device may also include a recirculating surface water pump coupled to the surface water source. The oxygen nanobubble device may also include an oxygen nanobubble generator coupled downstream from the recirculating surface water pump and coupled to the oxygen concentrator to generate oxygen nanobubbles within the surface water.

Abstract: An oxygen nanobubble system may include a liquid source for liquid to be treated with oxygen nanobubbles. The system may also include a field portable oxygen nanobubble device including a portable housing, an air compressor carried by the portable housing and configured to generate compressed air, an air dryer carried by the portable housing and coupled downstream from the air compressor, an oxygen concentrator carried by the portable housing and coupled downstream from the air dryer, and a liquid pump carried by the portable housing and configured to pump liquid from the liquid source. The field portable oxygen nanobubble device may also include an oxygen nanobubble generator carried by the portable housing and coupled downstream from the liquid pump and to the oxygen concentrator to generate oxygen nanobubbles within the liquid.

Abstract: The steps of the irrigation method include: flowing a stream of water having input and output and intermediate location; interposing a feeding device into the stream of water at the intermediate location, the feeding device having input and output ends; inserting a quantity of nutrient fertilizer into the feeding device; converting the nutrient fertilizer from the viscous state to the less viscous state through the flow of water through the feeding device; and intermixing the viscous nutrient fertilizer with the water entering the feeding device whereby the water leaving the device to plants and soil will include a fertilizer.

Abstract: Soluble organic fertilizers and methods for preparing and using the same are disclosed. The soluble organic fertilizers of the invention contain soluble organic nutrients. Preparation of a soluble organic fertilizer of the invention involves extracting soluble organic nutrients from a solid organic nutrient source.