Lake Assessment Program - Fountain Lake, Wright County

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This report details the analysis of water quality data on Fountain Lake in Wright County during the 2007 season. Data collected in 2007 were combined with data from previous sample seasons. For data-poor lakes, monitoring establishes a baseline data. In the selection of lakes, a focus is typically placed on large lakes, typically with surface areas of 500 acres or more; however, Fountain Lake did not meet this criteria. Water quality samples were collected monthly from May through September. An additional shoreline sample was collected in June 2007 as a result of a confirmed dog death related to a toxic algae bloom. A summary of data follows (Appendix D). Fountain Lake lies within the North Central Hardwood Forests (NCHF) (Figure 1). NCHF ecoregion values will be used for land use comparisons (Table 1) and lake summer-mean water quality (Table 2). Additionally, the NCHF ecoregion will be used for the Minnesota Lake Eutrophication Analysis Procedures (MINLEAP) model application. This provides a basis for placing data from this lake in perspective relative to other lakes in the same ecoregion.
Date Issued
2008
Number of Pages
22
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