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2022 Lakewatch Report

Hi everyone!

The Alberta Lake Management Society (ALMS) has released the 2022 study of the water quality in Muriel Lake as well as other lakes in the Lakeland area.

 

The water quality was found to be okay, but not as good as it was 50 years ago. The arsenic level is exceeded the CCME protection for aquatic life (Canadian Council for Ministers of the Environment) guidelines by double. The high limit is 5 micrograms per litre and Muriel Lake was at 10 micrograms per litre.  While this is high, the lake water quality overall is still good.

Lakewatch 2022 summary

 

As well Peter Cordingley, our president of MLBMS made a presentation to ALMS in February and the entire presentation can be viewed following this YouTube link: (Peter’s presentation starts at the 23:25 minute mark)

 

Take care!

Spring 2022 Newsletter

Hi everyone!

Our 2022 spring newsletter has been emailed out to those on our mailing list and for those not our list it has been published here on our website under the “About” tab in the “Newsletter” section. Please take a look to see what the MLBMS has been working on as well as some future plans!

Wishing everyone a great summer at Muriel Lake!

LICA Call for Volunteers

Hello everyone!

The MLBMS is once again taking part in the River Watch program and is looking for volunteers to help sample the creek water flowing into Muriel Lake via the south creek. If you able to help this year please reach out to us here or on our FaceBook page (  Save Muriel Lake FaceBook ), or Kayla Hellum (info on poster) and state you would like to volunteer on behalf of the MLBMS.

2021 Hydrology Reports

Alberta Conservation Association Grant –  Surface Water Studies Phase 2
MLBMS received a grant from Alberta Conservation Association to continue our study of surface water flow in the Muriel Lake basin. The project is now complete, and found on this website in the Reports&Studies folder.  Using the Digital Elevation Model built in the phase 1 project, Solstice Environmental examined 5 specific locations where we had concerns that the flow of surface water could be restricted. Solstice mapped the drainage in the areas of concern. Also, historical air photos from 1949-50 and 1970 were compared to more recent satellite images. Problems were identified at two locations, affecting  drainage areas totalling 695 hectares. With the correction of these restrictions we could see additional flow of up to 150 decameters of water to the lake per year!
The report can be found in the Report and Studies menu under the DEM/Surface Water studies tab or by following this link DEM/Surface water studies