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Floating islands project expands on water quality research to study pollinator plants

AMES, Iowa – Islands have returned to Lake LaVerne. The sustainable environments interdisciplinary graduate program’s floating islands research project is back on Iowa State University’s landmark lake ...
Quad-City Times

How to clean your pond with 'floating islands'

A forum on how to clear ponds and improve water quality will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the Davenport Public Library Eastern Avenue Branch, 6000 Eastern Ave. The information is ...
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

Inventor creates loofah-like islands that soak up contaminates in ponds, lakes, streams and oceans

You can clean the water in soupy, green ponds naturally, but sometimes nature needs a little shove to get things going. Bruce Kania was an inventor and outdoorsman living in Montana in 2000 when he ...
Star Tribune

Bloomington neighborhood deploys 'floating island' to improve water quality in Winchester Pond

Tucked in a quiet Bloomington neighborhood off France Avenue, willow branches arch over a small pond where the water is still and the view from the shoreline quaint. But a deep inhalation is proof of ...
Times Union

Radix Center launches 'floating island' to clean up sewage

Albany The Radix Center on Thursday launched its new "floating island" of floating plants that cleans up sewage that is dumped into the Hudson River. Advertisement Article continues below this ad The ...
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Temporary floating wetlands installed in stormwater pond

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WEAR) — Escambia County has installed some temporary wetlands in a stormwater pond. This week, 21,000-square feet of floating islands were put in the pond on Lanier Drive in ...