Media release no.
A lake in the southern Perth suburb of Success is about to be freed from one of the most dangerous weeds in the world. A small catchment lake next to Beeliar swamp has been almost consumed by the serious aquatic weed salvinia in recent years. Local authorities are about to move in to remove the weed, which is not only a threat to the ecology of the area, but to the public as well. National co-ordinator of the National Weeds Strategy salvinia component, Agriculture Western Australia research officer Rod Randall, praised the local community's efforts to have the weed removed. It also poses a threat to human safety, as there have been cases around the world where young children have been known to drown after they tried to walk across the 'carpet' that salvinia creates on the water's surface.