POLK COUNTY LWRD: Ward Lake Water Quality & Biological Monitoring
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Purpose

The Polk County Land and Water Resources Department is completing a second appraisal study and report on Ward Lake. This project will compare results to the 2000 appraisal project. Project activities include: water quality trend monitoring; phytoplankton and zooplankton community snapshots; macrophyte point-intercept monitoring and mapping; macroinvertebrate assessment; lake level and precipitation monitoring; and watershed mapping and WiLMS modeling. The project includes a general Information & Education component. The final deliverables for this project will be a compilation of results from the various studies and a comprehensive report with specific management recommendations. Historic monitoring data, including Citizen Lake Monitoring Network information, must be included in the trends analyses. This scope is intended to summarize the detailed scope provided in the grant application and does not supersede grant application specifics. Data, records, and reports, including GIS-based maps and digital images, must be submitted to the Department in a format specified by the regional Lake Coordinator. A copy of the draft project report must be submitted to the Lake Coordinator for review and comment.

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Grant Awarded
The Polk County Land and Water Resources Department is completing a second appraisal study and report on Ward Lake. This project will compare results to the 2000 appraisal project. Project activities include: water quality trend monitoring; phytoplankton and zooplankton community snapshots; macrophyte point-intercept monitoring and mapping; macroinvertebrate assessment; lake level and precipitation monitoring; and watershed mapping and WiLMS modeling.
Grant Awarded
The Polk County Land and Water Resources Department is completing a second appraisal study and report on Ward Lake. This project will compare results to the 2000 appraisal project. Project activities include: water quality trend monitoring; phytoplankton and zooplankton community snapshots; macrophyte point-intercept monitoring and mapping; macroinvertebrate assessment; lake level and precipitation monitoring; and watershed mapping and WiLMS modeling.
Watershed Mapping or Assessment
Information and Education
 
Watershed
Clam River
 
Waters
Ward Lake
Monitoring Data
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