giant salvinia – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com Surface Water Management Equipment Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:16:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://aquarius-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-favicon-32x32.png giant salvinia – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com 32 32 December 2024 Newsletter https://aquarius-systems.com/december-2024-newsletter/ Sat, 14 Dec 2024 16:22:52 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/december-2024-newsletter-2/ Importance of Protecting our Waters from AIS

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]]> Giant Salvinia Returned to Barnett Reservoir After Chemical Treatment and Removal https://aquarius-systems.com/giant-salvinia-returns-to-barnett-reservoir-after-chemical-treatments/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:47:06 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=2464 In July, the last known patches of Giant Salvinia, an invasive and aggressive aquatic plant at the Barnett Reservoir in Mississippi, were eliminated.

The vegetation was treated with multiple chemicals and then removed, but after six months of Giant Salvinia being absent from the lake, the cleanup team discovered the unwelcomed guest.

Apparently a stray piece survived the chemical treatments; and being a fern, a tiny piece can make a whole new plant and it can duplicate in size in just 48 hours. Over the course of six months, that piece can become the size of a cove.

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