Fish Kill In Bayou Rouge Due in Part to Herbicide Treatment

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Dead Fish Floating on Water Along the Shoreline
Following reports of hundreds of dead fish floating in Bayou Rouge in Cottonport, Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) conducted an investigation to find out what caused the fish kill. Officials determined that that fish died from a low dissolved oxygen level in the water, basically suffocating the fish. The low dissolved

Proposed Aquatic Plant Management Rules for Wisconsin Weed Harvesting

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Aquatic Plant Harvester Removing Weeds
The Natural Resources Board also decided to delay a decision on the NR 109 rule until their August 9-10 meeting to allow more people to catch up.  Carroll Schaal will be giving an informational briefing on the proposal at their June 22 meeting.  Written comments are allowed for both meetings and the meetings are streamed

Indian Lake Weed Harvesters Working Hard

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Aquatic Weed Harvester in Wisconsin
What began as a shallow feeder lake for the Miami & Erie Canal in the 19th century, later turned into a popular resort park after the canal era ended in Ohio. Today, Indian Lake offers a variety of on-the-water recreational options including boating, fishing, jet skiing, and swimming.  And, officials are dealing with an unprecedented

Aquarius Systems Receives Export Achievement Award

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Jane Dauffenbach Receives Export Achievement Award
Wisconsin Company’ Products Contribute to Clean Water and Post-flood Food Delivery in Africa The U.S. Commercial Service recently presented an Export Achievement Award to one of its longtime clients, Aquarius Systems of North Prairie, Wisconsin. The company was lauded for its contributions to water purification in Malawi and for expanding into the South Sudan. Using

Sturgeon Bay Prepares for Another Year of Aquatic Plant Management

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Mechanical harvester unloading cut weeds
The City of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, has four marinas with a lot of yachts and people spending their summers on the boats. The water level in the bay is down a foot from what it was last year, and it is predicted there will be more problems with weed growth. The city applies for a

Lake Study Reveals Harvesters Effective at Collecting Cut Vegetation

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Aquarius Systems Large Weed Harvester
Chautauqua Lake Association in New York performed a study focused on weed harvesting. People believe that the harvesting operation loses a lot of plant material and critics of mechanical harvesting say crews don’t collect enough of the plant material that they cut, leaving behind floaters. After operating the weed harvester, reliable data collected shows that

Aquatic Plants Mitigate Impact of Environmental Disasters

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Dense Stand of Phragmites
Forty-one towns in Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, Brazil were affected when the Fundão iron mine tailings dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais state (Southeast Brazil) burst on November 5, 2015, and 19 people died. The toxic waste is estimated to have contaminated 240.8 hectares of Atlantic Rainforest and killed 14 metric tons of fish. Brazilian

Fifty Percent of U.S. Waterways are Impaired by Pollution

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Wetland Habitat
A half century after the passage of the federal Clean Water Act, 50% of U.S. river and stream miles are so polluted that they are classified as “impaired.” Not only are these waterways impaired, but so are 55% of lakes, ponds and reservoirs and 25% of bays, estuaries and harbors. This means that none of

Aquatic Herbicides Containing Fluridone Can Impact Fish Reproduction

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Aquatic Invasive Plant Hydrilla
In a study recently published in the journal, “Aquatic Toxicology,” researchers found that while concentrations of the herbicide fluridone similar to those used when it’s applied to lakes to control Eurasian watermilfoil and hydrilla can have major impacts on fish reproduction. A research team with the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University

The Pollution Solution

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Aquatic Trash Skimmer in Venice
While the true solution to curb the pollution problem lies in several areas such reducing the single-use plastic items as well as better recycling programs. However, Aquarius Systems does offer a Solution to the Pollution that plagues rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and other waterways; it is an Aquatic Trash Skimmer. Marine debris is not a new