Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
Nowadays, the very common problem in the stored water bodies
is the unwanted aquatic plants. They grow on the surface of the water. The
unwanted plant grows on water surface is called water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes). It is very
harmful for water body as it has very diverse effect on the aquatic life of
water body. Researchers have estimated that over 8 months, 10 water hyacinth
plants can reproduce into 655,360 plants, covering approximately half a
hectare. Its capacity to grow quickly and form dense mats on the surface of the
water can cause streams to become blocked and aquatic habitats to be degraded.
The water body became poisonous due to water hyacinth contamination. The
contaminated water cannot remain useful for the drinking or agriculture
purpose. This proposed system possible options for the sustainable management
of water hyacinth and gives a general overview of the difficulties involved in
removing it. Water hyacinth removal is a difficult task that calls for a
multidisciplinary strategy, such as putting dangerous chemicals into water
bodies or by backhoe machine, but it cannot useful for the water bodies which
is deeper. This abstract provides the brief idea of the removal of water
hyacinth effectively by the help of autonomous water body drone which is cost
efficient and which can be controlled by the remote control. It consists of
collection mechanism which is the part of drone. It collects the water hyacinth
and put it into the waste bin attached to the drone.
Country : India
IRJIET, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2024 pp. 245-248