Floating quilt cleans pond water and spotlights Iowa's nitrate issues

The colorful quilt in the pond by Wilson's Orchard is not just for show. It's also absorbing nitrates out of the water.
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Floating quilt sculpture in Iowa pond combines art with activism

The floating quilt will be on display at Wilson's Orchard in Cummings, Iowa, through September.

Floating islands helped reduce algae. Lakewood, Colorado is using what it learned to protect a popular swimming lake.

Four years after Lakewood launched a project using floating wetlands to fight harmful algal blooms, city officials say the ...

Why dead fish are floating in the Schiller Park pond

Something fishy is going on in German Village and NBC4 found out what is causing it. Over the weekend, dozens of dead fish ...
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This Cook County Pond Had a Water Quality Problem. Now a Floating Wetland Acts as a Kidney

The Cook County Forest Preserves Fisheries Division is piloting a nature-based solution to treat a water quality issue.
Phys.org

Floating solar can increase greenhouse gas emissions on small ponds, study finds

While floating solar—the emerging practice of putting solar panels on bodies of water—is promising in its efficiency and its potential to spare agricultural and conservation lands, a new experiment ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Florida is turning highway ponds into floating solar farms, with room to power 200,000 homes

Water can help keep solar panels cooler, which may improve performance.
The Topeka Capital-Journal

Waterfalls, floating plants among pond tour highlights

Whether pond enthusiasts, garden admirers or both, those who venture on the Topeka Area Water Garden Society’s Pond Tour next weekend are in for a botanical feast for the senses. In its 27th year, the ...