storm cleanup – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com Surface Water Management Equipment Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:36:40 +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 storm cleanup – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com 32 32 Aquatic Harvester Removes Storm Washed Lake Weeds From Rotorua Lakefront https://aquarius-systems.com/aquatic-harvester-removes-storm-washed-lake-weeds-from-rotorua-lakefront/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:17:05 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=2885 An aquatic harvester has been working at the Rotorua Lakefront in New Zealand, removing mammoth amounts of lake weed from the shore. The large influx washed up around Sulphur Point and Ohinemutu after strong winds and heavy rain battered the region.

An influx like this was not uncommon as storm conditions could break off weed from off-shore weed beds. It happened about every four to five years.

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]]> Chautauqua Lake Crews Remove 3 Million Pounds of Vegetation With Harvesters https://aquarius-systems.com/three-million-pounds-of-weeds-harvested-so-far-by-chautauqua-lake-association/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 21:15:47 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=2509 The past two months have been productive for the Chautauqua Lake Association in New York, and the work is just getting started. July is expected to be even more productive with the expansion to a third site to efficiently maintain Chautauqua Lake’s ecology.

To date this season, the Lakewood and Long Point crews have removed 183 truck loads of aquatic vegetation from Chautauqua Lake, totaling more than 3 million pounds. Last week alone the CLA crews removed 500,00 pounds of vegetation from the lake.

Not only does the Chautauqua Lake Association use aquatic plant harvesters to cut and remove the lake weeds, but they also remove floating debris, shoreline and post-storm clean-up, plus scientific monitoring to meet lake management needs.

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