aquatic herbicide treatment lakes – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com Surface Water Management Equipment Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:26:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://aquarius-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-favicon-32x32.png aquatic herbicide treatment lakes – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com 32 32 Hydrilla Returns to Wallace Lake Prompting New Control Efforts https://aquarius-systems.com/boating-and-fishing-restricted-due-to-invasive-hydrilla/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 21:24:11 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=6757 The highly invasive species, hydrilla has shown up on once again in Wallace Lake, Cleveland Ohio. Due to its ability to grow and spread rapidly aggressive control efforts to eradicate the aquatic plant before it becomes widespread are being taken. First discovered last summer, it was the first of its kind in northern Ohio.

Aquatic herbicides were used, but hydrilla is presenting itself on the lake once again and a full lake treatment will be done. Metroparks’ managers came to the conclusion that boating and fishing were the most likely modes of transporting and spreading the plant, therefore these activities are restricted through September.

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]]> Managing Curly-Leaf Pondweed in Iowa’s East Okoboji Lakes https://aquarius-systems.com/combination-of-tools-protect-iowa-great-lakes-from-curlyleaf-pondweed/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:35:19 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=3995 The Iowa Great Lakes area is an incredible place to live, visit and recreate. Much of their economy is tied to these area lakes. Sometimes, difficult decisions come along, such as the curlyleaf pondweed issue on the north end of East Okoboji. It is an exotic that showed up in the 1950s, but in recent years has become a major recreational and navigational nuisance by growing to the surface in May and creating a dense mat that pretty much weed-locks the north end of East Okoboji and on Lower Gar. It takes until the end of June until it dies off.

Iowa Lakeside Lab and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have worked together the past two years to devise a plan to help open up navigational lanes and paths to help lake home owners, recreationists and anglers be able to at least be able to utilize portions of the affected areas.

A combination of mechanical harvesting and an aquatic herbicide was used in 2018 with plans to do this again in 2019. The herbicide is used about five miles from any drinking water intakes and testing showed the herbicide did not travel from the treated area and water tests showed no danger to fish, animals or humans.

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