Georges Pond Association
Franklin, Maine

Secchi diskPreparing to lower Secchi disk

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Great Secchi Dip In

June 27 - July 19, 2009

If anyone wants to take the measurements, please let me know. I have a couple of secchi disks and view scopes which I will get to you. Please email me or call 565-3163 June 27-July 5, 2010.

Since 1994 Kent State University has coordinated a program which involves measuring lake water quality nationwide using a visibility measurement known as Secchi depth as an indicator. I'll put up a summary soon but for now for more information you can go to http://dipin.kent.edu/index.htm

For the past two years I have submitted data to them and have done so again this year. This year’s Secchi depth reading was done on July 12 and was 12.2 feet. I will put past year’s readings here along with readings from Maine DEP shortly. I am told by old-timers that clarity was quite remarkable many years ago – if anyone has any information or data, I’d like to hear about it.

Rocco, Rocco Jr., and I did make one reading in 2009. If anyone else collected any secchi data, please let me know by email.

Luckily, this picture is NOT from Georges Pond!

http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/conservation-2000/volunteer-lake-monitoring/secchi-disk.jpg

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