Mowing boat" underway for the first time in the Aasee bathing bay

The city of Bocholt is carrying out mowing work in the area of the bathing bay at the Aasee in the coming week. The special: They will take place under water at the bottom of the lake.

During last year's bathing season, swimmers had reported increased plant growth in the area of the bathing bay to the city. The DLRG had then mapped the growth in the swimming area in an inventory from a boat. Since bathers could panic if they got tangled in a plant, the work has now been scheduled for the start of the new bathing season.

In addition to the safety aspect, the aim is to prevent the lake bed in this area from becoming too silted up in the future due to dead plants.

The Aasee is intensively monitored and sampled as part of the controls by the waste disposal and service company of the city of Bocholt and an engineering office. The increase in aquatic plants, basically a positive signal of development, was registered here. Other user groups of the lake, including the fishing and sailing club, also observe similar developments.

In this first-time action experience is to be collected with the employment of a mowing boat in the Bocholter Aasee, communicate the city administration Bocholt. The boat will be delivered on Friday, the work itself will start next Monday. The area is about 10,000 square meters.