In Hot Water – using hot water to kill weeds (this video takes a short while to load)

Kim Bloor, General Manager, Citywide
Dave Hart, Roads and Landscape Manager, Technigro
Liam Cole, Open Space Planner, Wellington Shire Council
Mounting concerns about the risks of herbicide use in key areas such as public parks and gardens have increasingly led citizens around the world to demand safer solutions to weed control.
By combining advanced temperature controls with a precise hot water application technology and an intelligent chlorophyll sensor system that locates and kills individual weeds on roads and footpaths, municipal authorities are empowered to achieve more in delivering and maintaining healthy community assets and open spaces while realising major savings.

Format

Video

Geographic Coverage

Australia-wide

Notes

Kim Bloor, General Manager, Citywide; Dave Hart, Roads and Landscape Manager, Technigro; Liam Cole, Open Space Planner, Wellington Shire Council

Authors

Hart, David (Author); Bloor, Kim (Author); Cole, Liam (Author)

Source

Parks & Leisure Australia – (VICTAS): 2020