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Choctaw Lake Water Quality Committee Report, 2016

December 31, 2016

  • Reduce external nutrient loadings
    • 5 LWQ events in last 18 months
    • 1,000 acres in conservation
    • Keep organic material out of lake – grass clippings, leaves, pet waste
    • Lake clean-up days
    • Phosphorus ban on lawns
    • Reduce geese nutrient loading
    • Plant goose barriers
    • Stock large mouth bass
    • Reduce carp
    • Homeowner education – Peace Pipe articles
    • Partner with farmers
    • Construct and maintain silt basins (prior year activity)
  • Selective use of aeration in closed channel
  • Algaecide Treatment when necessary
    • Weekly testing
    • Treat with copper sulfate as needed – 3 treatments this year
  • Reduce internal nutrient loading
    • “no wake” zones to reduced shoreline erosion
    • “no plowing” restriction in south end of lake to reduce sediment stirring
    • Dredging Project – wow, this is expensive!  In 2016, dredging expenditures were  >$13/cu yd excluding depreciation of equipment and opportunity cost of $320,000 investment
  • Lake Water Quality Expenditures, 2016

Wetlands Study from 2015 contract

$3,508.75

Testing & treatment

$8,983.96

Dredging Equipment

$20,552.65

Dredging Wages

$52,484.62

Dredging Fuel

$16,626.23

Aerator units

$954.35

Unplanned expenses-fish stocking

$2,570.00

Watershed Grant Pay Out

$400.00

Goose Roundup

$2,754.15

Total

$108,834.71

  • Results: Microcystin concentrations have dropped

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A downloadable and printable PDF Choctaw Lake Water Quality Committee Report 2016 Jan.

Filed Under: Lake Water Quality

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