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Narrative on Water Quality

Modified: July 27, 2017           

Contents:

• Water quality overview
  
  
• Formal definition of trophic status (many investigators are missing on important aspects)
  


• Possible exceptions re shallow and highly coloured lakes common to Nova Scotia
  
  
• Cyanobacterial toxins in lakes- medical implications
  
  
• Typology of (northern) lakes based on metabolic balance and ecosystem stoichiometry
  
  
• Don't blame onsite septic systems without statistically valid scientific evidence; see reports from the brilliant inventor of the contour disposal beds, Engineering Scientist, David Pask MEng PEng
  
  
• Conduct bacterial/microbial source tracking (BST/MST) before one concludes on the source of fecal pollution
  
  
• Lake Management Challenges based on paleoecological analyses
  
  
• Canadian Guidance Framework For Phosphorus (CCME, 2004), and Reference lake types used as indicator thresholds for anthropogenic stressors in Nova Scotia (Mandell, 1994)


• Community goals- Lake and River management:
• Watch a 30-minute video titled, "Environmental Impact on Water Courses", to understand stormwater pollution in typical urban/suburban settings
• Advanced treatment systems, in perpetuity, may be needed that are capable of removing most stormwater pollutants including those less than 10/20 microns

Water quality

Lake Management Challenges based on paleoecological analyses

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