When he does, he can lose his nets underneath the floating weed, incurring costs while preventing him from earning that day. Water hyacinths also cover the surface, cutting off sunlight ...

Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is struggling to tackle the rapid spread of invasive water hyacinth or weed in ...

But the water hyacinth is classed as an invasive species - and is considered a weed in some parts of the world - so would need to be used in purpose-built lagoons. The findings have been published ...

Water hyacinth, known as the world’s worst water weed, is an invasive plant that grows in polluted water and further compromises water quality. In years gone by, the whole Hartbeespoort Dam ...

Last year, the weed covered more than 12,000 hectares of the water body and trapped several fishermen in the middle of the lake as authorities struggled to rescue them. A water hyacinth shredding ...

The aquatic plant has multiplied replacing the noxious water hyacinth weed that initially formed a thick floating mass which also made navigation difficult. Dr Christopher Aura, a scientist and ...