Water Quality
Aqua-Weed is our current herbicide applicator and will continue to service Lake Somerset in 2009. We are in the process of doing a sediment study of the lake with Kieser and Associates. This is the first phase of an analysis to determine dredging needs for the lake. I have also been in contact with Lake Columbia's board with regard to dredging and weed treatments.
I am always looking for new volunteers to help run the harvester. We would like to have a large enough crew that would require each operator to only work 1 or 2 days per week. This summer has been rough on our 2 guys, Dick Dickerson and Dave Van Voorheis, and I thank them for everything they have done to keep the lake as clean as possible and the equipment up and running. I would like to have 4 or 5 guys running the equipment by next summer, so it's not so much of a demanding job that they can enjoy the lake as well.
Palmolive has come out with a new dishwasher detergent this spring -- ECO. Totally phosphate-free. We've tried it and it works just fine. We also need to continue to use the no-phosphate fertilizers -- or better yet, no fertilizers at all (if you want a green lawn, you will also have a green lake by feeding the weeds along your shoreline).
If you ever need to talk with me, the best time to reach me is in the evenings or on weekends. I'm looking forward to retirement, but not there just yet.
Larry Wright
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Kieser & Associates
Aquatic Plant Management -- The Board requested assistance from Kieser & Associates for aquatic plant management. The report dated October 5, 2007 is below.
Available as a
Adobe PDF file.
Lake Study -- In the fall of 2004 the Board hired Kieser & Associates to do a lake study, the main purpose of the study was to evaluate Lake Somerset's water quality conditions and make best management recommendations.
On March 18, 2006 at our regular monthly meeting, Mark Kieser presented the board a copy of the study and gave a summary of their findings.In the spring of 2006 the firm Kieser & Associates, presented their Lake Study report to the board.
The report is summarized here.
Water Quality Investigators -- UPDATED March 2008
Wallace E. Fusilier, Ph.D has furnished LSPOA with his updated 1992-2007 Water Quality Studies.
Available as a
Microsoft Word document
or an
Adobe PDF file.
Somerset Township Lakes Study -- Progressive AE
In September of 2005, Somerset Township retained Progressive AE to conduct a study of five lakes within the township. The primary objectives of the study were to evaluate baseline water quality conditions in each of the
lakes and the impact of septic systems.
In October 2006 Progressive AE furnished the results of their study in the following report.
Available as a
Adobe PDF file.