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Main Title Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program. Volume 1. Statewide Summary Report 1984.
Author Grede, D. W. ;
CORP Author Illinois State Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield. Div. of Water Pollution Control. ;Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Chicago. ;Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan and Regional Planning Commission, Collinsville. ;Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission, Carbondale, IL.
Year Published 1985
Report Number IEPA/WPC/85-005A;
Stock Number PB86-119971
Additional Subjects Illinois ; Lakes ; Water pollution ; Citizen participation ; Monitoring ; Transparence ; Depth ; Seasonal variations ; Suspended sediments ; Plankton blooms ; Trophic level ; Eutroptic ; Oligotrophic ; Mesotrophic
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NTIS  PB86-119971 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 152p
Abstract
A Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program initiated by the Illinois EPA in 1981 was continued in 1984. Citizens were trained to measure Secchi disc transparency, total depth, and record field observations from a boat at designated sites on their chosen lake. The report provides a historical perspective of the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program, describes program objectives and rationale, and presents recommendations for improvement. Average transparencies for the lakes ranged from 7.2 inches to 193.2 inches. Four lakes were identified as oligotrophic, 16 mesotrophic, and the remaining 125 lakes, eutrophic, based on average Secchi disc transparency.