Water Stewardship Information Sources

ID 1339
Citation Nordin, RN. 1982. Trends in Skaha Lake Water Quality to 1981. BC Ministry of Environment.
Organization Ministry of Environment
URL http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=12283
Abstract/Description or Keywords The purpose of this review was to re-examine in detail the limnological data for Skaha Lake. The work was done at the request of the Okanagan Basin Implementation Program to update the Truscott and Kelso (1979) report in the light of the additional data collected since 1978. Poor water quality (blue-green algal blooms, poor water clarity) in the late 1960'sprompted tertiary treatment of the City of Penticton's sewage effluent which discharges into Skaha Lake via the Okanagan River. limnology, water quality, biological water quality
Information Type report
Regional Watershed Okanagan
Sub-watershed if known Skaha Lake
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