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Settle Lake, Dartmouth

Caution: Since Settle 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, and general overview!

• Strong concerns of stakeholders and Government agencies

• Littoral and underwater cleanup organised by us; June 04, 1994 (Environment Week-1994)

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; the Nova Scotia lake hypolimnion project; the paleolimnology of lakes in the HRM; HRM's receiving water baseline sampling program for fecal coliforms

Percent change in urban land use and indicators of stress:

Concerns of stakeholders and Government agencies

• Email from Renee Roberge PEng, Environmental Management Services (EMS), HRM asking for our advice; October 02, 1998

• Complaints by area residents: an article in the Halifax Daily News, August 07, 1999 on Cranberry and Settle Lakes

• A quasi-scientific public presentation made us on October 12, 1994; The New Dartmouth News

• Settle lake among the worst; The New Dartmouth News, September, 15, 1994

• A reminder letter to Mayor Gloria McCluskey from Steve Rigden PEng, a stakeholder representative; September 08, 1993

• Warnings by DFO biologist, Paul Mandell: The Patriot, June 17-23, 1993

• Further concerns expressed by Stephen Rigden PEng; letter to Mayor Gloria McCluskey; December 30, 1992

• Letter to Mayor John Savage MD from Stephen Rigden PEng representing several residents; April 18, 1991

• We warn of deteriorating lakes in the urban HRM area! The Mail Star, November 19, 1990

• An aerial photograph of Settle Lake taken sometime during upstream construction

Further concerns expressed by Mr. Stephen Rigden PEng on not receiving any pragmatic response and/or on total inaction by the City of Dartmouth; letter to Mayor Gloria McCluskey; December 30, 1992:

The 3-page letter to Mayor Dr. John Savage MD from Stephen Rigden PEng representing several residents around Settle Lake expresses their concern; April 18, 1991:

Acknowledgements

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