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Vaal River cleared of water lettuce, water hyacinth
The Department of Water and Sanitation has officially opened the boating season on the Vaal River, marking a significant achievement in the battle against the invasive aquatic plants that had been ...
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Slaying the ‘slaai’: Fighting the Vaal River water lettuce invasion before it creeps downstream
The water lettuce infestation along the Vaal River grew rapidly, negatively affecting whole ecosystemsn in the region. Picture Xanderleigh Dookey Mahakaza/Eyewitness News JOHANNESBURG - A ...
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Vaal River reopens with a splash after water lettuce crisis
Hundreds of different boats formed part of the Vaal River reopening launch. Photo: Sifiso Jimta. VANDERBIJLPARK – After months of battling a severe water lettuce contamination that threatened to ...
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Can nano-bubbles beat the water lettuce on Vaal River?
Getting rid of the Vaal River’s dreaded water lettuce – or Nile cabbage as it is also known – may be a relatively simple matter of breathing new life into the marine system with trillions ...
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Tiny weevils are waging war on the invasive water lettuce plant choking South Africa’s Vaal River
Recently, water lettuce has invaded one of South Africa’s most important rivers, the Vaal River, on the border of the Gauteng and Free State provinces. This has raised huge concerns for local ...
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Vaal River residents say water lettuce is ‘national crisis’
If allowed to pass the Vaal River Barrage, the plant has access to a journey of about 1 000km of the middle and lower Vaal river, the Bloemhof Dam and then into the Orange river This content is ...
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Sewage crisis means Vaal water lettuce is here to stay
Temporary interventions by the government to stop the rapid spread of alien invasive plants such as water lettuce on the Vaal River are not enough to save South Africa’s rivers. This is ...
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Rand Water kicks off programme to weed out water lettuce in the Vaal river
Rand Water on Thursday released the first batch of weevils and hoppers as biocontrol agents to start eliminating the invasive water lettuce in the Vaal river. The programme, which formed part of ...
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Tiny weevils are waging war on the invasive water lettuce choking the Vaal
Recently, water lettuce has invaded one of South Africa’s most important rivers, the Vaal River, on the border of the Gauteng and Free State provinces. This has raised huge concerns for local ...
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Vaal River free of water lettuce and water hyacinth
The Department of Water and Sanitation has officially kicked off the boating season on the Vaal River, marking a major milestone in the fight against the invasive aquatic plants that had been ...
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South Africa: Tiny Weevils Are Waging War On the Invasive Water Lettuce Plant Choking South Africa's Vaal River
Recently, water lettuce has invaded one of South Africa's most important rivers, the Vaal River, on the border of the Gauteng and Free State provinces. This has raised huge concerns for local ...