Mechanical Harvesting Removes Rotting Tape Grass from Cheshire Reservoir

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:43:09 +0000

A very warm winter combined with a long spring and a hot dry summer caused the weeds to flourish at an accelerated rate at Cheshire Reservoir in Massachusetts.

A treatment to control Vallisnaria americana weed, also known as tape grass from the reservoir generated a massive release of the weeds grip on the lake bottom. Wind and water currents carried the rotting plant material on nearby shores.

Lake Management workers with the use of a mechanical harvester were able to remove about 80 dump truckloads of dead and rotting tape grass. Rotting material still remains behind, but works plan to return to collect more vegetation.

Cheshire Reservoir Massachusetts – Aquarius-Systems

Mechanical Harvesting Removes Rotting Tape Grass from Cheshire Reservoir