Toews Environmental Water Quality Monitoring Program

On behalf of the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead, Toews Environmental Ltd. led studies on Shoal Lake, Manitoba, to inform development of a lake water level management plan and possible future initiatives to improve water quality in the lake. The water quality study comprised collection of water samples and in situ measurements from four locations on the lake in March, June, July, August and October 2018. Laboratory analyses focused on nutrients and related parameters including metals and phytoplankton taxonomy. Measurements from near the lake bottom at the deepest site will allow assessment of internal phosphorus loading.