Suction Harvesting & Dredging solves Invasive Plant Problem

http://www.SuctionHarvesting.com 763-551-1441 The spread of Invasive Plants and the silt build up can be solved with suction harvesting and suction dredging on Lake fronts, ponds and waterways.
History: DASH has been a technique used to remove and suppress invasive plants, since the Mid 70's however few companies have invested any resources to expand on the technology. Aquacleaner Environmental has been in this field since 2000 and has defined it's roll in the waterfront restoration industry by manufacturing a variety of suction harvesting machines including the most aggressive and mechanized system to date. In the service portion of our business we continue to lead the way by extracting more aquatic vegetation and working with a variety of invasive plants. In the 2008 season we removed over 20,000 onion bags of plants totaling over 500 tons of bio mass.
The amount of bottom time our divers have has lead us to develop some very unique techniques which help yield quality suppressions of invasive plants. The operation of the nozzle is a key component to successful use of DASH. Working in turbid water and removing the plant that you can see along with it's associated roots crown is only part of the technique but removing years past plants in various stages of decomposition will help yield the best results.
Other forms of suppression including solar powered water circulators, benthic matting, mechanical harvesting, and spot-herbicide treatment typically are only band aids since they don't address the root of the problem. Hand harvesting while being a valid form of plant removal does not offer the rate of progress (ROP) compared to that of DASH because a diver can only remove a small group of plants per hour, in a small confined area. When a patch is dense and has been present for a number of seasons, or when the plants or tall (over 4'), hand harvesting becomes a slow tedious process. Capturing the fragments of these plants can further slow down this process.

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Science & Technology

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• aquatic
• harvesting
• dredging
• silt
• muck
• pond
• lake
• mud