Silt Recycling & Nicospan Fencing

by AquaticSolutions | Sep 28, 2012 | Lake & Pond Management, Silt Pumping & Dredging

During the autumn and winter is the time when many of us need to remove the silt from our lakes, ponds and waterways, when vegetation has died back and access is as easier.  Nutrients in the silt will cause the weeds to grow and starve the water of oxygen, impacting...

Wage a War on Water Soldier

by AquaticSolutions | Sep 14, 2012 | Aquatic Weed Control, Lake & Pond Management

 Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides) A number of lakes and ponds throughout the UK have seen an invasion of Water Soldier. The size and rapid growth of the Water Soldier in these circumstances is to the detriment of other plants, and it inhibits leisure activity, such...

Now is the time to think about tackling silt!

by AquaticSolutions | Aug 21, 2012 | Lake & Pond Management, Silt Pumping & Dredging

 Over time the build-up of silt in any body of water will cause some serious issues and with autumn approaching it’s time to think about an essential element of maintenance – silt removal – if you want to avoid: •             Increased risk of flooding...

What Are Lakes & Ponds

by AquaticSolutions | May 17, 2012 | Lake & Pond Management

A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land apart from a river, stream, or other form of moving water that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean...

What is the Perfect Pond?

by AquaticSolutions | May 7, 2012 | Lake & Pond Management

Many people have a mental picture of the ‘perfect pond’ – probably a bulrush-fringed pond on a village green, with a few ducks lazily sculling on the surface. However, many of our most threatened freshwater creatures can’t live in these types of ponds. Tadpole Shrimps...