Substantial cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (cyanoHABs) continue to be observed in multiple areas around Canandaigua Lake. Today’s reports are primarily coming from the east side, with a few sightings starting to be reported on the west side as well. However,…
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…
Water Quality Update for September 6, 2024 As summer winds down, our water quality monitoring efforts remain in full swing. This past week, volunteers remained vigilant and completed 75 surveys for cyanoHABs. Unfortunately, blooms persisted this week, with several reports…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…