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Russell Lake, Dartmouth

Updated: February 15, 2020        

Caution: Since Russell Lake is a shallow lake, the standard limnetic (i.e., open-water) trophic parameters may not represent the true trophic status of the lake.

Contents:

• Water Quality
  • Our summary report of 2013
  • Total stormwater treatment recommended

• Concerns of stakeholders and Government agencies

• Salutations Lcdr. Tom Willdey of Princes Lodge for his supreme volunteer dedication over decades all over HRM and its adjoining counties; and also also thank you David Upright of Waverley

Water Quality

Select scientific modelling and chemical/biological limnology are part of our miscellaneous archives

The bathymetric map; the morphological data; the location map; the Cow Bay River watershed flow chart; peruse our predictive modelling, and view a relevant model; the paleolimnology of lakes in the HRM; Excel archive data module

• Russell Lake, Dartmouth-Paleolimnology results from an NSERC funded research project, 2000's-archives from our files; January 16, 2013

Total stormwater treatment recommended:

A note of caution: There have been conflicting results in the long term removal of typical stressors in storm drainage using constructed (or engineered) wetlands. Further, such wetlands have not had a successful history in the amelioration of acid drainage in HRM. Hence, the only sustainable methodology would be treatment of urban and suburban stormwater by traditional wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) based on the tertiary removal process in the case of stressed lakes. This implies considerable capital costs and operation & maintenance.

Concerns of stakeholders and Government agencies

• Major siltation problems during the mid-2000's at the rapidly recovering Russell Lake inspite of all the commitments made by regulators
  
  
• Developer told to prevent lake run-off, Chronicle Herald; July 18, 2006 
  

• "I wouldn’t want to swim in that", Chronicle Herald; July 15, 2006 
  

• Mud slides into Dartmouth lake, Chronicle Herald; June 07, 2001

• Russell Lake among the worst, The New Dartmouth News; September, 15, 1994

• Further concerns of the Nova Scotia Dept. of Fisheries; July 22, 1991

• Nova Scotia Dept. of Fisheries expresses grave concerns in stocking Russell Lake with trout; July 09, 1991

• Press Releases by the Nova Scotia Dept. of the Environment; August, 1974

Nova Scotia Dept. of Fisheries expresses grave concerns in stocking Russell Lake with trout; July 09, 1991:

Further concerns of the Nova Scotia Dept. of Fisheries; July 22, 1991:

Acknowledgements

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