Video: Regional Water Authority Steam Weeder Update

Regional Water Authority weeds out invasive plants with steam in Connecticut

“CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — The Regional Water Authority has a new weapon in its fight against invasive plants around its reservoirs. They are some of the same weeds you might be battling around your home. The new weapon is water, just really hot water.

Steam, actually. It now has a steam weeder that heats water to 250 degrees, hot enough to burst the capillaries inside the plants.”

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