lake recreation impacts – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com Surface Water Management Equipment Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:25:25 +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 lake recreation impacts – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com 32 32 Mechanical Harvesting Tackles Curly-Leaf Pondweed in East Okoboji Lake https://aquarius-systems.com/curlyleaf-pondweed-invading-iowa-lake/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 19:06:15 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=6994 Invasive curlyleaf pondweed has been choking East Okoboji Lake, snarling boat propellers, burning up motors and shutting down swimming, tubing and other water sports in an area that depends on recreation.

The weed’s invasion is driving heated debates about how to control it — from using mechanical removal to administering herbicides that raise concerns about drinking water safety.

An aquatic weed harvester has logged 300 hours this spring, chopping and pulling out about 450,000 pounds of weeds from East Okoboji Lake.  The plants are drying in a couple of remote spots, with the hopes that farmers might be able to use them for fertilizer.

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