Friends of the Lake
Connecticut’s second largest lake, Lake Lillinonah, is a eutrophic water body that has been suffering from algal blooms in recent years. What’s more, it has a troubling pollution problem that includes everything from refrigerators to propane tanks to entire cars. […]
Read More →SUNY New Paltz
A small campus pond on the New Paltz branch of the State University of New York has a big effect on water quality downstream. Called “The Gunk” by students and staff because of its position near the Shawangunk Mountains, the pond […]
Read More →Bates College
Maine’s Lake Auburn has experienced an uptick in recent years of algal blooms that have contributed to anoxic events and fish kills. And while the effects of those blooms have been visible, what isn’t so clear is their cause. To […]
Read More →National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Launched during the height of summer off the Michigan coast, two Lake Erie buoys serve as testing platforms for new sensor technology that may one day become commonplace in tracking harmful algal blooms. Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
Read More →LimnoTech
The City of Toledo had been working for some time with LimnoTech, a water engineering firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to design and deploy a monitoring platform for tracking conditions near the city’s water intake on Lake Erie. But […]
Read More →Regional Science Consortium
Presque Isle State Park gets more visitors annually than most national parks, and many of those visitors come for the area’s beaches and fishing. Before they get to the sandy, lagoon-spotted area, many check conditions online thanks to a buoy […]
Read More →Colby College
Community members living around Maine’s Great Pond are working to alter development practices in hopes of reducing phosphorus that flows into the lake. But before they can take substantial steps toward that goal, it’s important to understand the lake’s current […]
Read More →Lakes Environmental Association
After algal blooms and other environmental stressors reduced water clarity on Maine’s Highland Lake, the Lakes Environmental Association launched a data buoy to study the water body’s health. The launch was made possible by an anonymous grant to the LEA. […]
Read More →University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan’s Buffalo Pound Lake is a shallow drinking water reservoir with a history of algal blooms. And its shallow depths, as well as intensive agriculture surrounding it, haven’t made things easy for scientists working to predict water quality changes there. […]
Read More →University of Maine
Jordan Pond is one of the most transparent lakes in Maine, but the water body has seen cloudier waters in recent years. Declines in clarity began back in the 1990s and the drops appeared to accelerate, with monitoring by the […]
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