Author: CLWA

Oak Wilt in the Watershed and the Importance of Oaks – by Sonya Carnevale, CLWA Outreach Committee Member

  This past summer, oak wilt appeared on our property for the first time. Oak wilt is a serious fungal disease which most likely originated in Central or South America. The first case in NY was discovered in 2008 but through the…

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Water Quality Update for Friday, September 18th, 2026

The Lake This Week Average water clarity and lake surface temperature are about the same this week as last – with a slight decrease in temps and lake level as expected this time of year. However our number of reported…

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Summer Newsletter

CLWA’s Summer Newsletter is hot off the press. Check it out now on our newsletter page https://www.canandaigualakeassoc.org/resources/past-newsletters/ or at this link: https://conta.cc/46h6P7Y.

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Water Quality Update for Friday, September 11th, 2026

The Lake This Week – September 11th The cooler nights at the beginning of the week were making it start to feel like Fall! While Labor Day on Sept 7 might have marked the unofficial end of summer for many…

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Water Quality Update for Friday, September 4, 2026

The Lake This Week – September 4, 2026 This week we had quite the weather with rain on multiple days and a big lightning storm Wednesday night. Luckily Canandaigua faired better than other areas in our region – which had…

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Water Quality Update for Friday, August 28, 2026

The Lake This Week This week seems to have flown by quickly and relatively quietly. Cooler temps at the beginning of the week definitely brought down our surface water temperature – the average is down almost 3 degrees. Water clarity…

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Water Quality Update for Friday, August 21, 2026

The Lake This Week Average lake surface temp, water clarity and lake level are all about the same this week as last. We have 5 harmful algae bloom (HAB) reports in this week’s dashboard – but they are all from…

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Water Quality Update for Friday, August 14th, 2026

The Lake This Week Average lake surface temp and lake level are about the same this week as last, while water clarity improved for the second week in a row. We continued to have more harmful algae bloom (HAB) reports…

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Water Quality Update for Friday, August 7th, 2026

The Lake This Week Average lake surface temp, water clarity, and lake level all went down this week compared to last – and we continued to have more harmful algae bloom (HAB) reports come in. Kershaw beach was closed for…

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Water Quality Update for Friday, July 31, 2026

The Lake This Week After last week ending with HAB reports on Friday and again on Sunday – it’s been a relatively quiet week to end the month. The 3 harmful algae bloom reports in the header were all from…

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