Water Clarity: July 31, 2011

Algae continues to color Lake Puckaway's waters green, but you may have also noticed a bright green "slick" on the surface of some channels or coming out of the Fox River.  This is not single-celled algae, but watermeal (Wolffia sp.) the worlds smallest flowering plant.  Each individual is the size of corn meal and is capable of producing a tiny flower, but they almost never do.

This week I have added two new sites to the District's monitoring program.  One is just south of the dredge bank sometimes called bird island, or mid lake.  The other is at the Fox River inlet.