Environmental Protection Agency
epa.gov
aquatic weed harvester, aquatic weed harvesters, aquatic weed harvesting
North American Lake
Management Society
nalms.org
lake weed cutting, lake weed cutter, lake weed cutters, cookie butter,trash skimmer, debris skimmer
Department of Natural
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Division of Water
dnr.wi.gov
weed harvester, weed harvesters, weed harvesting, mechanical weed harvester, dredger, amphibious dredger
Milwaukee Water Council
thewatercouncil.com
mechanical weed harvesting, mechanical harvester, mechanical harvesters, mechanical harvesting, aquatic plant harvesting machine
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Harvester Removes 500 Cubic Yards of Unwanted Aquatic Vegetation
The aquatic plant harvester cuts the vegetation down approximately 2-5 feet from the surface of the lake. It will not be fully removed since it benefits fish and oxygen levels in the lake. The process helps keep swimmers and watercraft from coming into contact with the vegetation as well as removing the nutrients that the plants hold.
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Toxic Blue-Green Algae Plague Freshwater
Algal blooms have closed lake beaches or led to swimming advisories from Vermont's Lake Champlain to Dorena Reservoir in Oregon and from Florida’s Caloosahatchee River to Wisconsin's Lake Menomin. In addition to the health risks, the blooms take an economic toll. An estimate by Walter Dodds of Kansas State University conservatively puts the annual cost of freshwater algal blooms at more than $1 billion from lost recreation and depressed property values.
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