HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976 04-21 Water quality study expected for Kohlman, Gervais, Keller THE REVIEW `Watrqutlitystudy expected
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for Kohlman Gervais, Keller
by John Palmer
Lake restoration is on the minds of Don Watson,a resident of Kohlman and District.All have indicated they will do Moeching,a district conservationist will
some 100 residents of the Kohlman- director representing Kohlman in the what they can to help. The watershed work on that phase of the project with
Gervais-Keller Lakes Association. The association, says, "I didn't know the district is currently involved in a law suit Schact.
group,reborn a couple of weeks ago in the pollution was so bad until I took some however,so there may not be immediate It is estimated that testings will take
Little Canada City Center,has identified samples of the lake.I'm going to do all I help in that area. Five municipalities, four to six hours a week and will be done
problems with hopes of alleviating them can to see that the lakes are cleaned up." including North St. Paul and Little once or twice during the week.These tests
after results of water quality studies of Ramsey county engineer Dan Schacht Canada, are suing for removal of will be spread out over a period of six
the three lakes are known. has been working with the group and has themselves from the watershed district months."We can't do anything extensive
First formed in the 1940's to stop the taken his water quality study plan to the for various reasons. for the first six months because we simply
dumping of sewage into the lakes by Little Canada city council,the Maplewood Schacht has come up with a three-step don't have the funds,"said Schacht.
surrounding communities,the association city council, the Ramsey-Washington plan: t)to get total information on the A grant application has been filed with
stayed together many years before Watershed District and last week,to the project and spell out problems 2) the the Environmental Protection Agency but
disbanding. Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation planning of the project and 3),the im- Schacht says he doesn't expect an answer
plementation of the project. for eight months. Lake Phalen will be
Test samples to determine where the included in the study as well.
main sources of phosphorous content are Originally, he figured it would cost
coming from will be taken from the eight around$5,000 to hire a private contractor
inlets to the three lakes.Other areas such to do the testing but not quite as much will
as nitrogen content, water flow, the be needed after all.He has been talking
preservation of wetlands through survey with Bill Gunther of the City of St.Paul
and erosion inventory will be studied. Testing Laboratories who will do the
"The erosion inventory will come at the testing in the four lakes.The only cost will
same time as nutrient testing to get a be paying one person for six months for
correlation between the amount of erosion half-a-day a week.
and phosphorous content.We want to find "Bill is currently talking to people
out how much material is actually being about borrowing flow-measurement
eroded,"said Schacht.He told the soil testing equipment and we should be un-
and water conservation district that from derway by next week,"said Schacht.
this testing,a total volume estimate of As he did at the first lakes association
erosion in a year can be obtained. meeting,Watson reiterated the fact at the
A motion to cooperate with Schacht and soil and water conservation district
the Ramsey County Environmental session that the people in the group are
Services Division in completing the very serious about restoring the lakes,so
erosion inventory was passed by the soil residents can swim and fish in them
and conservation district. Howard again.