Watershed has received some very helpful people to make the committee more valuable to the Lake members. A Water database will be developed by Cindy Hewitt so we are able to keep all data we collect from testing water entering the lake plus keep data that Dave Rathe’s testing of the lake in general. Dave, Mike Wosmek and Skip Sustacek all take part at helping with the water samples being tested. Then we can’t forget Ron Bubany who puts together the wonderful lake maps with the marking needed so we can keep track of the places we want to be testing.
Dave’s Quality Samples On June 27th, following a +1 inch rain, samples of water were captured from inlet sites 302, 306, and 312. Total phosphorus for site 302 measured 0.77 milligrams per liter (mg/L), site 306 was 0.16 mg/L, and site 312 was 0.354 mg/L. Total suspended solids were also measured at the three sites. Site 302 total suspended solids measured 42 mg/L, site 306 measured 3.4 mg/L, and site 312 measured 18.4 mg/L. These tests results, although just a single sample, demonstrate the difference between inlet types. Site 302 is surface runoff, site 306 is holding pond filtered surface runoff, and site 312 is ground water.
