The Little St. Germain Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District is sponsoring a project involving the installation of two lake aerators for improvement of the winter lake dissolved oxygen levels, development of a preliminary engineering work scope for reduction of phosphorus loading to Little St. Germain Lake, and monitoring of inlake water chemistry, Muskellunge Creek monitoring, and groungwater monitoring to be conducted by the USGS.

The Little St. Germain Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District is sponsoring a project involving the installation of two lake aerators for improvement of the winter lake dissolved oxygen levels, development of a preliminary engineering work scope for reduction of phosphorus loading to Little St. Germain Lake, and monitoring of inlake water chemistry, Muskellunge Creek monitoring, and groungwater monitoring to be conducted by the USGS. Project deliverables for this grant project will be: USGS report including data from the continued trend monitoring, phosphorus loading data from Muskellunge Creek, sources of phosphorus to Muskellunge Creek, groundwater phosphorus contribution, pre and post aeration system installation oxygen monitoring, an updated lake water and phosphorus budget, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the aeration system. A final report from Foth &Van Dyke will include a feasibility study for reduction of the phosphorus loading to Little St. Germain, preliminary engineering of chemical phosphorus removal and cost projections. Specific conditions for this project include: * The installation of all stream gauging stations and lake aeration equipment must receive the approval and/or permit from the Department of Natural Resources water regulation section. The Department of Natural Resources will be provided with electronic and paper copies of the final report of this project.