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LakeForecast.org: All Eyes on Lake Water Quality

Katie Nicholas‐Watershed Coordinator

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Healthy Lakes. Healthy Community.

Vision

359 mi2 watershed

28 municipalities  

370,000 people

29 mi2 of lake area

58 miles of shoreline

22 public beaches

>3,200 lakefront property owners

What’s our purpose?

• Fill monitoring gap

• Minimize risk• Increase awareness

• Status of our lakes

Volunteer Sites# samples (# sites)

Lake User Risks

E. coli Bacteria Blue‐green Algae (Cyanobacteria)

LakeForecast.org

• Purpose– Better inform beachgoers of more real‐time site conditions

– Encourage more consistent testing and data collection

Beaches

• Purpose– Increase confidence in beach safety through E. coli bacteria monitoring

• Parameters– 2013, 2014, 2015

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Post‐Rain Monitoring Blitz: July 13, 2015

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BB ClarkeBernie’s

BrittinghamEsther*

Goodland County Park*Governor Nelson State Park

HudsonJames Madison*

Lake Kegonsa State ParkLake Mendota County Park

Maple BluffMarshall

McDaniel ParkMemorial Union

Olbrich*Olin‐Turville

Picnic Point BeachSchluter BeachSpring Harbor

TenneyVilas*

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Log E. coli Concentration (MPN/100mL)

• 24 samples collected 

• 19 > EPA advisory threshold

• 14 closures

End‐of‐Pier

• Purpose– Collect data that may be useful in modeling the formation and movement of blue‐green algal blooms 

• Parameters– Weekly 

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Data Summary MendotaPier15 Lake Mendota

Number of Observations 95 455

% of Observations When Algae Present 6.3% 13%

Average Water Turbidity 83.9 cm 87 cm

Average Water Temperature 70.8 °F 73.5 °F

Average Total Phosphorus 0.059 mg/L 0.064 mg/L

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Photo credit: Scott Resnick

Plans for Future

• Near‐shore– Beaches– End‐of‐Pier

• Off‐shore• LakeForecast.org

– Crowdsourcing

Thank You!Karen FallerKen XavierKirk & Betsy SwensonMadeline MurphyMatt MelvinNatalie MarshallRhonda ArriesSarah BalzSilke Schmidt & Dan PhaneufTheresa Vander WoudeWoody KnepprethZak Redding & Kirsten Johnson

ContributorsBarb TiedjeCarroll SchaalChin WuCorinna GriesCraig BarabasDavid WebbDick LathropEmily StanleyGina LaLiberteJennifer Lavender BraunJohn Reimer

Jon StandridgeJordan BarretteJosh HerritzKirsti SorsaMark GahlerPat GorskiPaul BlockPaul HansonPhil GaeblerSteve CarpenterTim Asplund

PartnersCity of MadisonDane CountyMIOsoftPublic Health Madison & Dane CountyUW‐Madison Center for LimnologyUW Space Science and Engineering CenterUW‐Madison Morgridge CenterWisconsin DNRWisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

CLA InternJustin Chenevert

Tom SmithSasha Kerlow

MonitorsAlan AuselAlec McCannAndy KajcsaraczBill LammBrenda BirdBowen PrinceCaitlin SoleyCarla & Glen SchubertCarol GillenCarolyn BetzCraig OstromDaniel AdamsDea Larsen ConverseDeanna LettsDebbie & Eli DurcanEric ChristensonJerry JendrisakJim CordrayJim WilcoxJosie & Peter CyffkaJunalee Ly

Lake Forecasting StewardsAllen Arntsen, Claire and AvaDavid SchroderDick PearsonGeorge BentonHarmon & Nell RayJacob StampenJan Van VleckJoan KirkhuffJohn TyeKathy CarlJill BallJuliette SchickKen WalzKitty BrussockLaura GrahamLeigh MeierMark JungMel McCartneyMike HornParker WallerRobert Gilbert

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