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Friday, July 25th Water Quality Report

The Lake This Week The week started off with several days that were mild and less humid, then temperatures climbed sharply mid-week into the 90s – and then cooled off again a bit at the end the week with some

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Water Quality Update 7/18/25

          Current Lake Conditions This week was hot until a very windy Thursday blew in some cooler air to end the week. The lake has heated up and turned a light green. Secchi disc readings fell below

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Water Quality Update for Friday, July 11th 2025

We hope everyone had a great Fourth of July last Friday. This the first of our weekly Friday water quality report for the 2025 season. If at anytime water quality issues arise during the week, we will send out email

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Keeping Roads Safe And Protecting Water Quality: A Sustainable Winter Road Salt Program In Canandaigua

This article is from the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Council, our intermunicipal organization consisting of the chief elected officials of the 14 watershed and water purveying municipalities, working together to maintain and enhance the high water quality of the Canandaigua Lake

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Water Quality Update for Friday, September 27th 2024

IN THIS REPORT: Recap of September Blooms Using Remote Sensing to Monitor for cyanoHABs in Canandaigua Lake CyanoHABs in the News Information for Private Drinking Water System Users As September comes to a close, it has certainly been a notable

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Keeping Canandaigua Lake Clean: The Role of Sanitary and Storm Sewers in Water Quality

Special contribution by Doug Llewellyn This is the second in a series of informative articles by the CLWA Outreach and Education Committee, designed to offer practical approaches to Lake-Friendly Living. As watershed residents, we all share the responsibility of protecting

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Water Quality Update for Friday, September 13th 2024

If you’ve been near Canandaigua Lake the last few days, you may have noticed a significant presence of CyanoHABs (Harmful Algal Blooms). We are currently in the midst of major bloom season, with 38 reports from our trained volunteers since

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Water Quality Update for Friday, August 30th

  HUG YOUR CLWA VOLUNTEER It’s challenging weeks like this past one that prove how dedicated CLWA volunteers are to our programs. We can’t thank all of our AMAZING water quality monitoring volunteers enough for being so diligent during this highly intense

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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 and Wildlife Summer Camp Recap, by Lynn Ocorr, Watershed Educator

The camp was jam-packed and abuzz with activities to keep pace with the energy of young teens, grades 6- rising 9th graders. This year’s Water and Wildlife Camp went for 2 weeks; both half days. Each day was filled with

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