We do weekly water quality sampling at a site between Governors and Timber Islands as part of the Lakes Lay Monitoring Program. This week the water temp was an almost constant 22 degrees Celsius (72 degrees F) down to a depth of 10 meters (32.8 feet). This temp was down about 2 degrees from last week, prior to the rain.
The thermocline had been running at a depth of 8 to 9 meters (26 to 29 feet) for the prior month.
We also look at water transparency by lowering a black & white disk (Secchi Disk) to see how far down it is visible from the surface, this week it was visible down to 10.2 meters (33.5 feet). Last week prior to the rain the disk was visible down to 10.8 meters.
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