Winter 2007
Aqua-Weed will again this year apply the herbicides in our lake. Their procedures differ a bit from previous companies, in that they pre-post notices of application so that water front owners can turn off automatic sprinkling systems and have sufficient time to plan for restrictions imposed -- swimming, animals, watering and fishing -- if any.
Our herbicide costs were reduced last year because of the change in chemicals. We can all help to continue to reduce costs by watching what we put into our lake through run-off from our lawns and our septic systems. Have lots of weed growth near your sea wall? When is the last time you had your septic tank pumped? Do you use non-phosphorus fertilizers on your lawn and phosphate-free dishwasher detergent?
This is YOUR lake. Everyone has a vested interest in the quality of the lake; not just the Water Quality Committee. If the quality of the lake were to diminish, so would your/our property values. This is a lake community -- it takes everyone's efforts to maintain it. If you drop something overboard, pick it up. Last summer alone, we found enough trash in the lake to fill the storage space under our boat seat! Plastic water bottles, cans, a splintered piece of dock in the main lake (where people ski & tube), dock bumpers, toys ... the list goes on and on.
Let's all pitch in and help keep the quality of our water and our community top-notch!
Larry Wright
Special Water Quality Meeting
Wednesday, April 11
Garage Sale
Saturday, June 23
Boat Parade
Wednesday, July 4
Annual Picnic
Saturday, July 14
(Rain Date July 15)
Couples Golf Outing
August (Date TBD)
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Water Quality Investigators
Wallace E. Fusilier, Ph.D has furnished LSPOA with his updated 1992-2006 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.
Kieser & Associates
In the spring of 2006 the firm Kieser & Associates, presented their Lake Study report to the board.