Prospective control methods and new designs such as water intake retrofit, the use of electrical fields, pulse acoustics, low-frequency electromagnetism, ultraviolet light (UV light), and reduced pressure can be engineered into existing or future facilities. These new designs may prevent future zebra mussel-related problems.
Another prospective control method is the possibility of biological control. Biological control has proven to be an economical and environmentally acceptable tool in the integrated management of many pest species (Debach and Rosen 1991, Crawley 1992a, Rodgers 1993). Broadly defined, biological control is the use of one species for the suppression of another. Two groups of organisms have potential as Dreissena control agents: selectively toxic microbes and natural enemies (Molloy 1998).
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