APPENDIX 17
Responses
Received to Question #2
At
Clear Lake Association Picnic 1999
CLEAR LAKE ASSOCIATION PICNIC
1999
Responses
to: “What issues would you most like to
read about in our report (list 1 or 2 most important)?
- Replay
and update of what we heard tonight. Great information!
- I
would be interested in knowing what happened to the panfish (bluegills,
perch, etc.) that used to be in Clear Lake. Also largemouth and smallmouth
bass.
- What
amount of raw sewage is going into the lake from leaking sewer pipes and
storm sewers?
- Caffeine
content in run-off and lake
- Where
is the phosphorus coming from?
- How
receptive are rural landowners to initiating steps that will reduce
agricultural run-off? (Both nutrient and fecal)
- Improved
run-off water condition (into lake)
- Less
pollution from run-off of fertilizer and agricultural land.
- Effect
of current livestock population in watershed
- How
many residences in watershed are still using septic systems?
- More
information on property owner stewardship in the watershed.
- What
is being done with the entire lake watershed? Studying the lake and not
the entire watershed is like studying the tip of the iceberg in reverse.
- What
can be done to improve quality? How long will it take before improvement
is obvious?
- I
would like to know how much the lake is clearing up each year?
- Remedies
to improve water quality
- Time
schedule to achieve good water quality
- Water
clarity
- Clarity
forecast and how to get there
- Reduction
of cloudiness of lake
- Water
quality
- Water
clarity
- Objective
water quality presented in basic understandable terms.
- Water
quality improvement on the way
- What
type of water quality improvements are possible with a long range plan?
- How to
improve the clarity?
- Purity
and clarity
- What
we can do to improve the lake to make it clear.
- What
individuals can do to improve water quality?
- Improvement
of water quality.
- Clarity
- Purity
- Trends
of water quality for the last several years in the entire lake and in the
various sections of the lake.
- Water
clarity progress report
- Progress
on clean water.
- What
steps need to be done to improve the lake by priority? By cost?
- Iowa
needs a benchmark for all lakes and streams. Pesticides and all factors
should be included.
- Bacterial/Pathogen
status
- The
rating of bacteria in lake, plus other contaminates
- A
detailed explanation of all sources of bacteria and phosphorus.
- E-coli
levels, locations and sources
- Water
chemistry regarding pollutants
- Nutrient
budget
- Nutrient/bacterial
results
- Nutrient
budget housekeeping %’s – Breakdown synopsis of area of P inputs.
- Nutrient
budget – N&P in and out
- Improve
the nutrients of the lakebed.
- Is
dredging a viable restoration alternative?
- Proposed
zoning and usage restrictions.
- Control
(limit) residential and other building all around the lake.
- Educational
points for ways individuals can aid in fulfilling questions and answers
for #1.
- What
were major causes of present lake problems?
- How
can these problems be rectified?
- Where
it comes from and why?
- How to
fix it
- Long
term lake management strategies
- What
is the main problem causing element?
- What
needs to be done?
- Causes
of pollution
- What
can be done by individuals, by groups, by organizations, and governmental
entities to alleviate problems?
- Where
is the contamination coming from? Is it natural or manmade? Scientific
proof of this, not rhetoric.
- What’s
being done about changing it?
- Determine
sources of contaminates
- What
are the solutions?
- Steps
to be taken for improvement, past, present, and future?
- Phases,
solutions, and time from to restore the lake
- Goals
and help needed locally
- What
causes the dirty water?
- How to
clean it?
- Continued
requirements to maintain all aspects of the lake.
- Percent
improvement from most turbid time in 1998.
- Should
the lake be kept open in the winter? Really?
- Do
contamination levels diminish during off vacation season and during winter
months?
- What
happens to donated money from Clear Lake donors? Does it go into a state
fund?
- A
detailed description of what the CLEAR Project needs to do to correct lake
problems.
- How
DNR is going to control input.
- Does
DNR have sufficient leadership qualities to get the job done?
- How
algae are being controlled to a better degree?
- Reduction
of algae.
- How
can people be “policed” better - like not dumping their grass cuttings
over the bank on north shore drive, area west of the golf course? This and
leaves happens a lot.
- What
steps citizens can take to help, even if you don’t live on the lake?
- Community
efforts and cooperation with the state and local government gives boost
- What
we as local citizens can do?
- Address
which groups can take the lead in providing the solutions.
- Cooperation
rate of farmers.
- The
truth about what your study indicates the quality of Clear Lake. To be
without political inference.
- Nature
of the springs in the lake.
- Long
term plan for continuing improvement of lake health.
- That
the lake again is safe for children to swim in and that the lake again is
a great vacation area.
- How
our lake compares “health wise” to our goal? What is the standard for lake
health?
- Published
reassurance of current safety of lake
- That
the natural growth of trees around the lake be allowed to remain instead
of being cut down for development. Also that no more diversion of the lake
be allowed such as for Venetian Village. That has to affect the lake a
lot.
- Elimination
of all private septic systems. You can’t count on “proper management” by
the owner.
- Too
many very big boats churn up the bottom of the lake.
- Impact
of boats (too large, too fast) on levels of the lake.