Water hyacinth is a fast growing floating aquatic weed. Several important fishery lakes, reservoirs and ponds are rendered completely or largely unproductive through out the country by the heavy infestation of water hyacinth. Though there are various methods of controlling aquatic weed either by physical or chemical method, it is costly and painstaking process. Despite of the several efforts with different control measures and heavy expenditures, man has had hardly any success in controlling this weed. To achieve the objectives of the present study, it was carried out in three phases i.e., collection of raw material, pulp making, development of handmade paper and testing of physical parameters of handmade sheet. The study was carried out in Udaipur city. Finding of the study revealed that the water hyacinth pulp have good potential in developing handmade sheets of three different ratios (1:1, 1:2, 2:3). Thus, it can be concluded that the developed water hyacinth handmade sheet were found highly acceptable in terms of utility and marketability.
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