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Originally Posted by bilproject
Two summers ago the DES sampled water all over the lake along the shoreline measuring e-coli levels. This same area came up with a high level of e-coli. Many of the old camps have just holding tanks or a small leach system dug into the solid clay that makes up Bear Island. To the good I know of about 9 new spetics and several more upgrades over the past 3 years from the northern tip of Bear to the carry. In fact one is being built right now in the area of the bloom. Leaves that float on the water in the fall tend to get trapped in coves and protected areas where they sink and add high amounts of nutrients. I believe there was also a Cyno bloom behind Lago last summer.
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Most of us on Bear from Rock Island south to Dolly have upgraded our septic systems to comply with today's standards within the past few years.