STORM WATER RUN OFF
MISSION
Inspire
all lake residents to serve as lake stewards through cooperative
partnerships with county, state, and local agencies. Encourage
landowners to apply “Best Practice” methods
to safeguard water quality.
COMMITTEE
MEMBERSHIP
Currently
the committee consists of Ken Janson, Larry Gregg, Scott
Lucas, and Madonna Williams. Anyone who has an interest
in resolving lake issues is welcome to join the committee.
At
lake level we are at the bottom of the hill. Runoff flowing
down the watershed provides a large percentage of needed
water to the lake. On its way to the lake the water carries
nutrients from nearby farms, sediments rich in phosphorous
from lawns, eroded shorelines, and construction sites,
chemicals from detergents, fertilizers and septic systems.
Our wetlands slow and filter runoff flows. Wetland overflows
drain to the lake. Together, all these nutrients contribute
to murkier water, algae blooms, and/or excess weed growth
and therefore need to be controlled.
See
Protecting your Waterfront Investment, Ten Simple Stewardship
Practices, a UW-Extension publication which can be accessed
on this website on the “Links”
page.
Our
primary objective: Reduce the delivery of pollutants to
the lake, especially phosphorus and sediment originating
from row-cropped farm fields, chemical fertilizers, failing
septic systems, shoreline erosion, construction sites,
and existing suburban areas within the outlying watershed.
