Case Studies - California Compliant

Controlling Pampas using water only!

The acronym H_M_O ℠ stands for a water based process known as Hydro_Mechanical_Obliteration. The purpose of H_M_O ℠ is to reduce, eliminate, or abate; noxious, invasive, and flammable weeds and grasses using a non-chemical process previously unavailable anywhere.

Today vegetation control and fire prevention is a global problem for a whole host of reasons. Wildland grass fires are a major issue for the western states. Grass fires are the fuses to the bomb, igniting brush land with high fuel loads that then explode into uncontrolled fires.

Currently, Vegetation managers and property owners use a multi-step process for controlling weeds. In the past, weed managers and landowners have mostly sprayed herbicides.

Why in most cases are herbicides used before mowing?

The answer: Mowers and strimmers clog and become ineffective when cutting green grass materials.

The use of herbicides prior to mowing is to kill the grasses in order to dry out the weeds before cutting. This "brown and cut" procedure is a required process function of integrated vegetation management that is needed to obtain efficiency and economies of scale.

Then subsequent to the current process of spraying herbicides and performing the required mowing process, the current process is followed by collection and disposal of the debris from the process.

This current operations is a costly three-step process that is often ineffective, or worse, fails to meet the objectives of the involved communities and districts.

Now using our H_M_O ℠ process, land stewardship will be done more efficiently than ever possible before with fewer steps. The overall results are obtained using high-pressure water that acts like a scythe to cut and mulch grasses. The mulched product does not require removal and enriches the soil from which the grasses came. H_M_O ℠ is a novel use of high-pressure water for controlling weeds and blight from public owned lands and right of ways. Our process eliminates chemical usage, biomass haul out, and the use of engine driven blade cutters that are often the root cause of grassfires.

A beneficial by-product of H_M_O ℠ ? Improving Soil, Reducing Waste, and eliminating exposure to herbicides and other chemicals.

Using our patented and pending process for annual hazardous vegetation growth control eliminates toxic exposure for employees and the public, thereby mitigating the overall associated liability with former integrated programs that rely on regulated product use.

Additionally, utilization of the H_M_O ℠ process is an invaluable tool for "cutting line", creating "safety zones", and "anchor points".

A single operator is capable of clearing approximately 10,000 square feet in under an hour! When compared to today's manual "line cutting" methodologies, our process increases the effectiveness and safety of any fire crew!

H_M_O ℠ is a process to solve the grass fire problems within any interface, thereby helping to achieve the important objectives of three separate programs; fire prevention, resource protection and land stewardship.

It is a pleasure bringing this matter to your attention. Please feel free to call anytime to make an appointment to implement the benefits of H_M_O ℠.

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Cameron M. Colson

(408) 647-6603