Franklin, Maine
Great Secchi Dip In
If anyone wants to take the
measurement, please
let me know. I have a couple of secchi disks and will get them to you.
Please email me at 
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.
Unfortunately, I was unable to take any measurements this year (2007) which appeared to be a great year for water quality. If anyone else collected any secchi data, please let me know by email atLuckily, this picture is NOT from Georges Pond!
