Abstract

Abstract—Water hyacinth is a free-floating perennial aquatic plant (or hydrophyte) native to tropical and sub-tropical South America. Water hyacinth was introduced as an ornamental crop in many countries more than a century ago. However, its beauty is only surface deep and developed into invasive species due to their adaptability for a wide range of fresh water ecosystems and their interference with human activities. Hence it is necessary to remove water hyacinth. Government issues the tender of it every year so the estimation has to be quick and appropriate. This project suggest the method to estimate water hyacinth removal cost quickly and appropriately by considering water hyacinth distribution in water bodies. It also suggests the comprehensive strategies to manage this removed water hyacinth. This plant is suspended on water surface as the carbon to nitrogen ration of the plant is high it can be used as biomass. It give information about use of water hyacinth in different industries like briquette, paper, fertilizer, etc.