Water hyacinth harvester WAIT a minute is there anyone here using the ecofriendly technology?

In all places of the world it is known today the green eco technology and those are the innovation that could very helpful to protect our biodiversity especially in the Philippines, Because were Filipinos great inventor they were able to create a machine called water hyacinth harvester. this is invented because of the crowded of the waterweed or know as water liliys Its about water hyacinth, the worlds worst waterweed that is now clogging up waterways throughout THE COTABATO last year I think There is no simple answer to the problem of water hyacinth, but it is clear that everybody needs to work together to find a solution that will benefit the world. This Action Sheet talks about the water hyacinth problem, and suggests ways in which you might be able to help. Water hyacinth grows fast from seeds and from shoots that break off and grow into new plants. The number of plants doubles every 5 to 15 days, so in a single season, 25 plants can multiply up to 2 million! This means that if water hyacinth gets into a new river or lake, it grows and grows until it covers the water with a thick floating mat of tangled weed. This causes terrible problems for people using the waterway: this what happen to cotabato I think it was last year. The plants use up precious water. Water is lost over 3 times faster than from clear water surface because of evapo-transpiration from the leaves. The quality of water is also reduced Rivers are clogged up. When the rains come, floods occur because water cannot drain from the area People cant travel by boat, because the water hyacinth blocks their way. It takes several hour for them to go beyond from the other town, Fish and other river creatures die because of lack of oxygen. People can no longer go fishing, and may suffer malnutrition as a result

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently deployed the first working prototype of its locally-made water hyacinth harvester at the MMDA Pumping Station in Taguig. The machine was developed by engineers of the Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) of DOST to address the menace of pose by waterlily swell in cotabato waterways. DOST Secretary Mario Montejo said that Rio Grande de Mindanao incident last year which left Cotabato flooded for days paved the way for the conceptualization of the harvester machine. The water hyacinth harvester is a small-sized vessel that mechanically collects free-floating water hyacinths that congest waterways. The vessel basically harvests hyacinths by way of three linked conveyors (rotating plastics that move materials) at its front, middle and rear. The front conveyor is dipped under the water surface at a certain angle, which allows the harvester to collect whole pieces of hyacinth. The middle conveyor, on the other hand, serves as a temporary storage for the harvested plants. The storage contents are then discharged to an external barge or a specific dumping site by the rear conveyor when full. The harvesters anterior also has built-in cutters to avoid entanglements of plants when harvesting. Its storage, the middle conveyor, can hold approximately 4.2 cubic meters or 250 kilograms of water hyacinth per load.

According to the engineers, the Harvester is easy to maneuver, very stable, and travels at a speed of three kilometres per hour on water by way of two paddle wheels. All its mechanisms are hydraulically powered, individually controlled, and can be operated by one person. The harvester can finish in 20 days at 8 hour work per day a one hectare of waterlily infested body of water. THEY said that the machine can be built on a bigger or smaller scale depending on the need or the size and body of water. Since this is a working prototype, the DOST is very open to the adoption of the technology and also the improvement of the equipment, Montejo added. (MMDA) said that she expects the harvester to be more cost-efficient than the backhoes mounted on barges which the MMDA currently using to declog the metro waterways. Also, hearing from Sec. Montejo that DOST is building 10 more harvester this year, Usec Jimenez said that she expects one harvester to be permanently stationed in Pasig River to collect hyacinths that flow from the Marikina River. Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano lauded DOST and MMDA for choosing the City of Taguig as their pilot site in the testing and demonstration of another innovative and breakthrough project. This machine solves the problem of the tedious and time consuming manual harvesting of water hyacinths that have clogged our waterways. Notorious for its association with dirty river water, the water hyacinth can actually be a very good raw material for a wide range of products that communities can profit from. Among these products are handicrafts, pieces of furniture, and table wares. Just recently, the Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) held a fashion show showcasing fabrics from indigenous textiles like the water hyacinth. Meanwhile, DOST said that it will continue to develop several technologies that specifically use water hyacinth such as biogas, animal feeds, and geotextiles that prevent soil erosion. The machine harvester is a collaboration between DOST-MIRDC and the Project Management Engineering and Design Service Office, with funding of the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development.