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Lake Manawa Watershed Council
Resource page

 

Organizational meeting - September 27, 2007

·        agenda

·        Handouts

1.      Resource concerns and project goal samples

2.      Community-Based Planning Process

3.      Watershed Council and Technical Team Roles

·        notes

 

October 3, 2007

·        agenda

·        Handouts

1.      Resource concerns from the first public meeting

2.      Lake Manawa 303d list page

 

October 11, 2007

·       agenda

·       Handouts

1.      The first three

 

October 25, 2007

·       agenda

·       Handouts

1.    Water Quality Goals

 

March 20, 2008

·       agenda

·       Handouts

1.    RFP for dredging feasibility study

 

March 25, 2008

·       agenda

·       Handouts

1.      2008 IOWATER workshop registration

 

April 17, 2008

 

 

 

 

Below is the link to the ISU lake monitoring report website. On the left side, scroll down and select Lake Manawa to view the chemical and physical data summary. Below the lakes list scroll box is links to info on methodologies, if you're interested. 

http://limnology.eeob.iastate.edu/lakereport/chemical_report.aspx

 

 

More on water quality standards and nutrients in Iowa's waters... 

http://www.iowadnr.com/water/standards/criteria.html

http://www.iowadnr.com/water/nutrients/index.html

 

 

For those of you who are still curious about TMDL's...

http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/intro.html#definition

http://www.iowadnr.com/water/watershed/tmdl/index.html

Lake Manawa is not on the schedule for development of a TMDL for at least 3 years.

 

Links from Thad Nanfito.

*       Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities:

            http://www.iamu.org/services/stormwater/resources.htm

 

*       For general lawn care info:

            http://www.thegreenguide.org/article/gardening/lawn