Month: August 2024

Early Water Quality Update for Tuesday, August 27th

  LAKE – WIDE cHABS CLWA’s 67 trained cHABs (cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms) Volunteers have submitted 52 reports of blooms since last Friday afternoon! Locations range from near German Brothers and Walton Point on the west side of the lake

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Water Quality Update for August 23, 2024

“The winds we’ve been experiencing have been great for sailing but less favorable for cyanoHABs formation, which has helped keep bloom activity in check over the past week. We had two localized blooms reported, with one confirmed by the NYS

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Water Quality Update for August 16, 2024

              As the effects of last week’s tropical storm Debby subside, our watershed community continues to observe lingering impacts. The storm brought localized flooding, with rainfall amounts ranging from 3 to 5.5 inches in

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Eagle Scout Candidate Jason Rocca Enhances Lagoon Park with Educational Wildlife Signs and Donates Funds to CLWA

Eagle Scout Candidate Jason Rocca Enhances Lagoon Park with Educational Wildlife Signs and Donates Funds to CLWA This summer, Lagoon Park in Canandaigua received a significant upgrade thanks to the dedication and hard work of 16-year-old Eagle Scout Jason Rocca.

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Lake Friendly Living: Lawn Care Tips for a Healthier Canandaigua Lake

Lake Friendly Living: Lawn Care Tips for a Healthier Canandaigua Lake This is the first in a series of informative articles by the CLWA Outreach and Education Committee to provide approaches to lake-friendly living. The goal of these articles is

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Water Quality Update for August 9, 2024

            Today’s water quality update will be brief, as we have had a decrease in bloom activity on the lake over the past last week. There have been no confirmed blooms since last Saturday, August

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Water Quality Update for August 2, 2024

Water Quality Update for Friday, August 2nd This week’s update is from Watershed Manager Kevin Olvany, Canandaigua Lake Watershed Council.  With the hot weather and very calm winds, conditions have been ripe for concentrations of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) to rise

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