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