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Surface Water Management Division

Lake Management Program

 

Typical Volunteer Lake Monitoring Activities

 

Using sampling equipment to take temperature and dissolved oxygen measurements. 
Collecting water samples from different depths in a lake.
Checking the water clarity with a Secchi disk.
Learning proper monitoring techniques at a yearly workshop.
Finding interesting algae and microscopic animals living in a lake.

 

 

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