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Appendix 2

ESTIMATED COSTS OF PORTABLE SPRAY UNITS AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT

 US$
2 only self-contained petrol driven diaphragm pump high pressure spray units6 000
Spray guns, hoses - spares1 000
2 only 15 hp Johnson outboards3 000
1 only 5-m flat-bottomed boat (aluminium)5 000
1 only 1 000-1 spray vat (fibreglass)1.000
1 pick-up truck8 000
500 1 Rodeo (glyphosate) at US$ 30/1 sufficient to spray 80 ha (access for fishermen and Barsik Fish Farm feeder canals)15 000
3 000 1,72 percent 2,4-D amine at US$ 5/1
(sufficient to spray equivalent of 500 ha)		15 000
TOTAL54 000
Figure 1

Figure 1: One of the large Barsik Fish Farm ponds, with reed Phragmites australis encroaching

Figure 2: Intake canal, upstream from pumping station at the Barsik Fish Farm (Note the blockage caused by the accumulated water hyacinth)

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 3: Lake Edku, fish landing site at Beheira

Figure 5

Figure 4: Hitachi amphibious excavator used for dredging feeder and drain canals

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