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Old 10-17-2020, 08:50 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by winterh View Post
Does a large amount of water quickly refilling the lake help the water quality by flushing out the bad stuff or does it ultimately hurt the water quality by bringing runoff?
Water clarity has been amazing for the last month or so, mostly due to lack of runoff. As has been noted, heavy rain washes more than just water into the lakes and you can see it in the water clarity.

I've been on one of the lakes water monitoring teams for some time, and the secchi disk readings always show shallower visibility after a storm (A secchi disk is a patterned disk that is lowered into the water until it can't be seen anymore. The clearer the water, the deeper the reading).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secchi...%20the%20water.

We've been getting some of the deepest readings I can remember up until the latest storms.
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