Beginning on June 17th and ending on June 28 New England Aquatic Services LLC performed 70 hours of mechanical harvesting to remove Water Chestnut from the Arlington Reservoir.
During that period a total of 145 harvester loads of material were extracted from the lake. This is the equivalent of approximately 36,250 cubic feet of material weighing approximately 271,875 pounds (136 tons).
This is the second year that this company has performed the service. The efforts were focused on the northern section of the reservoir. In total 5.75 acres of area were harvested.
The southern portion of the reservoir was not addressed this year but was the main focus during the 2023 effort. This area appears to be much less dense following the first project, and so the priority was placed on the denser northern end.