| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
British Columbians want lakes to provide good water quality, aesthetics and recreational opportunity. When we don't see these features in our local lakes, we want to know why. Is water quality getting worse? Has the lake been polluted by land development? What uses can be made of the lake today? And, what conditions will result from more development within the watershed? The BC Lake Stewardship Society, in partnership with the Ministry of Environment (MoE), has designed a program, entitled The BC Lake Stewardship and Monitoring Program, to help answer these questions. Through regular water sample collections, we can come to understand a lake's current water quality, identify the preferred uses for a given lake, and monitor water quality changes resulting from land development within the lake's watershed. There are different levels of lake monitoring and assessment. The level for a particular lake depends on study objectives as well as funding and human resources available. This report provides the three year results of a Level III program for Purden Lake. temperature; dissolved oxygen; trophic status; phosphorus |
