water quality 60-character Title: – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com Surface Water Management Equipment Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:46:16 +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 water quality 60-character Title: – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com 32 32 Chestermere Removes Over 210,000 kg of Lake Weeds https://aquarius-systems.com/232-tons-of-weeds-removed-from-chestermere-lake-in-2023/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:07:04 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=7219 The City of Chestermere, Canada, announced that they had harvested 210,675 kilograms of weeds from Chestermere Lake in 2023.

“I know how important the water is to residents who live adjacent to it and all residents of Chestermere. Weed harvesting and weed control are an uppermost issue in most people’s minds,” interim CAO Pat Vincent said.

Chestermere Community Operations removed 132.5 harvester loads of weeds in 2023. Compared to 2022, when they removed 254.5 loads.

“We have been dealing with a flowering rush infestation, and it seems were enjoying some success in 2023 with the amount of flowering rush being removed from the lake is significantly lower than 2022, which to me is a good sign that we have been dealing with this issue effectively,” Vincent said.

The vegetation is then composted and used throughout the community.

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