The Elizabeth River in Virginia is one of the mightiest military and industrial ports in the world, restoring this urban river to health depends on leadership from the business and government facilities that line its shore.
The City of Norfolk’s Department of Utilities is one such participant in restoring the Elizabeth River with the help of an Aquarius Systems’ HM-420 Aquatic Weed Harvester. In 2022, the Mechanical Harvester removed over 200,000 pounds of aquatic invasive plants. The invasive plants were then disposed of in a landfill to prevent the spread to other waterbodies.