Weed Harvesting Aims to Improve Clarity in Half Moon Lake

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 18:02:27 +0000

The water of Half Moon Lake in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, will hopefully be clearer once the city’s parks, recreation, and forestry division is done harvesting the aquatic vegetation.

Due to the significant amount of floating weeds throughout the lake, the city and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are working together to solve the problem. The city does use chemical treatments on invasive, but the weed harvester removes weeds and the phosphorus they contain.

An aquatic plant harvester cuts and collects the weeds, placing them on a conveyor belting for quick and easy disposal.

Aquatic Plant Harvester Spruces up Lake Moraine

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:42:04 +0000

A town of Madison truck gets a load of weeds that were removed from the north portion of Lake Moraine. The weeds were then taken to a nearby farm and used as fertilizer.

By Carolyn Godfrey
Posted Sep. 4, 2013 @ 12:01 am
Sep 4, 2013 at 4:11 AM

MADISON, MINNESOTA

The northern portion of Lake Moraine, sometimes called the Little or Upper Lake, looks a bit nicer after the town of Madison recently made arrangements for a lake weed harvester to clean the area.

The harvester made repeated trips around the water, scooping up a wide variety of weeds and other assorted plant life. Using a piece of equipment that resembled a hay bale loader, the results were loaded into the back of a Town of Madison Highway Department truck.

According to a worker on the scene, the weeds were taken to a nearby farm to be used as fertilizer on plants and vegetables.

mechanical weed harvesting lake cleanup – Aquarius-Systems

Weed Harvesting Aims to Improve Clarity in Half Moon Lake

Aquatic Plant Harvester Spruces up Lake Moraine