Observations
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11 May 2021
Smokey Burn by Watershed Tech
The water sample is taken right by a cement road which may cause the alkalinity to be higher.
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5 May 2021
Site 3 2021 by South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards
Ice went out on April 21st. Open water for two weeks now, High winds for few days after ice left, Lots of fish dead
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5 May 2021
Melfort by Watershed Tech
We weren’t in a boat, so it is a shoreline observation. We’re unable to collect some data. Storm water drains this creek, this could cause high pH levels
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5 May 2021
Pike Lake Baseline Site by South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards
Ice went out on April 21st. Open water for two weeks now, High winds for few days after ice left, Lots of fish dead
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19 April 2021
Loch Leven at Ben Voirlick Drive by Nancy Dobson
Loch Leven in Cypress Hills is still ice covered, so our first observation will likely be in May...the photos were taken on April 17 and 18.
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6 March 2021
Pike Lake Baseline Site by South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards
Ice 91 CM thick, oxygen reading under 1 plenty of shrimp , lake level 481.66
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21 February 2021
Pike Lake Baseline Site by South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards
ice 33 inches thick 83 cm , Rotten egg smell
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9 January 2021
Pike Lake Baseline Site by South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards
28 inches 71 CM ice 481.66 Lake Level
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26 October 2020
Pasqua Boat Launch by Peter Ashcroft
relatively high amt. of algae for this time of year and temp.
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25 October 2020
Loch Leven at Ben Voirlick Drive by Nancy Dobson
Water sampling at Loch Leven is done for the year! Beautiful day to snowshoe, however!! See you in the spring...stay well everyone!
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17 October 2020
Pike Lake Baseline Site by South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards
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2 October 2020
Pike Lake Baseline Site by South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards
River water pumps running
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2 October 2020
Kipabiskau Lake - 600m southeast of Kipabiskau Regional Park by AL BRADSHAW
This year was the best year in recent memory for algae growth. Kip had minimal surface algae this year with good overall water quality all season. We are definitely in a dry cycle with minimal overall lower rainfall although we had a normal spring runoff. Our lake is at least 18 inches lower than normal fall levels. Our water quality committee is at a loss to explain the better water quality other than the lower rainfall and the appearance of new species of weed that is no doubt competing for nutrients. This weed has spread in the lake and creating problems getting boats off lifts to deeper water. A sample has been sent to Dr. Bjoern Wessel with the U of Regina for identification. We are also exploring more aggressive weed removal which will require Water Security approval.
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28 September 2020
Loch Leven at Ben Voirlick Drive by Nancy Dobson
Water is MUCH clearer...no waterfowl or turtles seen today. Wind got up a bit, so was hard to get the water depth. Beautiful fall colours showing up in Cypress and the turkey vultures are still here, as you can see in the picture! Hopefully, we can do one more test at the end of October🤞🙃...
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18 September 2020
Pike Lake Baseline Site by South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards
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11 September 2020
Pike Lake Surface Site 1 by South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards
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11 September 2020
Pike Lake Baseline Site by South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards
