Aquarius Systems Awarded an EPA Grant to Build a New Debris Collection System

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North Prairie, WI; January, 2023 — Aquarius Systems, a leader in mobile marine debris capture equipment, won an EPA Grant to design and build a new in-water floating debris collection and removal system. Aquarius Systems, the world’s leader in mobile marine trash skimmers, designs and manufactures the Trash Hunter, which intercepts and captures garbage and

Wisconsin Navigable Waterways

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According to the Wisconsin Public Trust Doctrine, all Wisconsin citizens have the right to boat, fish, hunt, ice skate, and swim on navigable waters, as well as enjoy the natural scenic beauty of navigable waters, and enjoy the quality and quantity of water that supports those uses. In essence as long as your feet are

Senator Studies New Law to Manage Aquatic Vegetation

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Texas Governor Test Drives TVA's Aquatic Weed Harvester
Most fishermen just call it “grass.” Others refer to it as “milfoil” (although that is just one species of many). Scientific types called it “aquatic vegetation,” while most dock owners refer to it as “weeds” (or other names we can’t publish here). Whatever you call it, the submergent (underwater) aquatic vegetation growing on area lakes

Conservation Commission Kills Stockbridge Bowl Herbicide Test Plan

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Spraying Aquatic Herbicides
The Town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts’s Conservation Commission rejected an application by the Stockbridge Bowl Association to combat the infestation with a limited, low-dose test of an herbicide this spring. Members voted 4-0 to deny a permit for a fluridone treatment by Solitude Lake Management on a 40-acre portion of the state-owned lake’s southern shoreline area,

Underwater Vegetation Likely to Take a Hit This Spring on TVA Lakes

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Fisherman Catching Bass Hiding in Hydrilla.
One of the consequences of extended flooding and muddy water in the Tennessee Valley Authority lakes stretching across north Alabama is the decimation of underwater vegetation, changing the areas where bait and bass gather. Too much hydrilla and milfoil – both invasive species – is obviously a bad thing for boaters, anglers and fish because

Fighting Invasive Curlyleaf Pondweed with Aquatic Plant Harvester

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Mechanical Lake Weed Harvester
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is working to manage an invasive plant in the Iowa Great Lakes. As the ice melts, the DNR plans to tackle about 80 acres curlyleaf pondweed in East Okoboji Lake using an aquatic herbicide and an aquatic weed harvester boat that cuts and harvests the weeds. The DNR’s Mike

Rebound in Water Quality Likely Due to Weed Harvester

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Aquatic Weed Harvester
The head of Three Mile Harbor, and Georgica, Wainscott, and Hook Ponds are among the water bodies that continued to be compromised by harmful algal blooms or high levels of fecal coliform bacteria. Georgica Pond’s water quality improved last year, Dr. Gobler told the trustees, which he said was likely the result of the aquatic

Water in Potomac Getting Better But Still Not Clean

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Ducks and Duckweed
A new report says some levels of pollution are down in the Potomac River, but cautioned that the once-troubled waterway isn’t out the woods yet. Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments analyzed data collected between 1985 and 2016 and found that “water quality improvements have reduced pollution significantly.” MWCOG’s 27-page report said two substances in particular

New Weed Harvester Puts Blades to Water

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HM-420 Aquatic Weed Harvester
Rudd Pond, located in Taconic State Park, recently received their new Aquarius Systems’ aquatic plant harvester. The pond has become overgrown with aquatic vegetation, keeping visitors from swimming, boating and camping. The park itself is also getting new bath houses, but the most important component of the redevelopment of Taconic State Park is the maintenance

Weed Cutters Fight Flooding

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Aquatic Weed Harvester
Dane County’s 13 aquatic plant harvesters will aid county efforts to mitigate flooding in the Yahara Chain of Lakes in Wisconsin. Dane County’s total operating budget for lake weed management in 2019 is $773,400 – a more than 53 percent increase in funds compared to last year. Harvesting of aquatic plants occurs over an area