Month: July 2024

Water Quality Update for July 26, 2024

CyanoHABs (Harmful Algal Blooms): 11 Blooms Reported, 5 Confirmed  Average Secchi Disk Water Clarity: 6.8 meters Average Surface Water Temperature: 75 .5 F On Tuesday, July 23rd, we shared a mid-week update notifying the public that blooms were observed on

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Bloom Update for 7July 23, 2024

  CLWA received 6 reports this afternoon from the northeast side of the lake from volunteers and the public reporting cyanoHABs. The reports ranged from observations of green-tinted water to cyanobacteria forming surface streaks. Deep Run public beach was closed

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Water Quality Update for July 19, 2024 

CyanoHABs (Harmful Algal Blooms): No Blooms Reported Average Secchi Disk Water Clarity: 4.1 meters Average Surface Water Temperature: 75 F Friday, July 19 2024 – Today marks the official start of the volunteer cyanoHABs monitoring program for Canandaigua Lake. This

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CLWA Honors Award Recipients at Annual Meeting

CLWA was pleased to recognize several individuals and organizations at our annual meeting on Thursday. June 27th at Star Cider. Read more about the tremendous impact they make on the watershed! Finger Lakes Land Trust: Partner in Protection, accepted by

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Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) pull in the West River a success!

July 17, 2024 – Volunteers joined the Finger Lakes PRISM (Partnership for Invasive Species Management) and CLWA in the West River on Wednesday to assist with managing Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS).  The main target species was water chestnut (Trapa natans)

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CLWA Participates in Perchlorate Sampling Study After Fireworks Displays

July 2, 2024 The CLWA team was out bright and early Sunday morning participating in the first round of sampling for a study investigating the occurrence of perchlorate in lakes following fireworks displays.  The study is led by the North

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