Water Quality News for September 23, 2024
Conditions improved after our July alum application but warm and sunny weather will require an additional application in late August. Learn about our alum program and how it improves water quality.
Water Quality News for January 24, 2024
Conditions improved after our July alum application but warm and sunny weather will require an additional application in late August. Learn about our alum program and how it improves water quality.
Water Quality News for November 21, 2023
Conditions improved after our July alum application but warm and sunny weather will require an additional application in late August. Learn about our alum program and how it improves water quality.
Water Quality News for August 21 2023
Conditions improved after our July alum application but warm and sunny weather will require an additional application in late August. Learn about our alum program and how it improves water quality.
Water Quality News June 12, 2023
Our new website is up and the water quality information you see will be a bit different than before. There will be weekly sampling summaries posted on the Lake Data page that provides graphical trends of water quality data. Certain data we collect are available the same day, but nutrients, phytoplankton, and zooplankton data need […]
Summer Cyanobacteria
This has been a frustrating and disappointing year for water quality. My last posting on August 12 was somewhat positive about the potential for a good summer, hoping the alum treatment later in the month would stave off a serious cyanobacteria bloom. However, that is not how things turned out, with cyanobacteria still active in […]
Summer Alum Treatment
Summer came on in a hurry this year and the lake is getting a bit green as a result. We usually end up with a green lake this time of year but we were optimistic the wet spring would lead to good conditions all summer. However, when you have a week of 90-100 degree weather […]
May 2 Rain Event
We had some interesting weather at the office on Monday (May 2), but not everyone in the watershed experienced the event. At the LOC weather station on our office building roof we received a combination of hail and rain amounting to almost 2.5 inches of precipitation for the day. A bit to our south near […]
Water Quality Plans for 2022
We have had a dry and relatively warm February so far, with a high temperature of 67 degrees at the marina on the 13th. This will not last if the predictions for March and April are correct. Since we are still in a La Niña weather pattern, March and April are predicted to be cooler and stormier […]
Water Quality Update
Hope you are enjoying the sunny weather lately. Despite the cold nights it is a nice break from the cloudy and rainy December and early January. So far this water year (Oct. 1-Sept. 31) the lake has received 25 inches of rain, which is only about 10 inches below the annual average and eight months […]