Salt Spring Island Watershed Protection Alliance
Check out this one minute silent video:”Lakes and Algae Awareness”
It packages essential messages about algae for drinking water lake users and summer lake recreation enthusiasts.
A reminder about the content developed at SSIWPA for World Water Day.
More in depth: AlgaeWatch BC
This article is directed to those who have a licence to withdraw and treat lake water or other surface water for potable use (streams, ponds). If you have a private …
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What are cyanobacteria, algae and cyanotoxins? Learn about cyanobacteria, algae and potential toxins in lake water, here. Algae and cyanobacteria are important team players in lake ecosystems – fueling crustaceans, …
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This post contains information about recreational water quality and drinking water quality. For the Guidelines to Canadian Drinking Water Quality, summary table, please click here to become familiar with the …
Continue reading “Where do I get lake water quality information?”
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Please be invited to attend the public presentation by William Shulba, Islands Trust Senior Freshwater Specialist:
“Salt Spring Island Targeted Groundwater Well Monitoring Pilot”
Tuesday December 10, 2019
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Salt Spring Island Library Program Room – Open to all.
129 McPhillips Ave.
We wish to acknowledge that we are grateful for:
Partial funding for this project by the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia;
Salt Spring Island wellowners and lake station stewards for their generosity in offering to host monitoring stations;
SSIWPA and its core member agencies the Capital Regional District, Islands Trust and the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development for contributing funding and in kind resources.