
Pond plants that promote a healthy habit for pond creatures and help the water quality of the pond.
left: arrow arum
left lower: white water lily
below: pickerelweed


Pond Updates
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Sassaquin Report.docx Size : 494.409 Kb Type : docx |
Testing results 2011(black print) 2012 (red print)
date Location ph Dis o2 Turbidity Enterococcus Visibility
7-3-12 Pepin 6.65 NT .76 <2 clear
Beach
8-9-11 PS 6.58 8.21 1.51 132 *
MB 6.60 8.27 1.07 88*
C 6.27 7.74 0.78 432*
8-8-12 Pepin 5.78 NT NT 6 Clear
Beach
9-1-11 PS 6.44 9.10 4.97 110* clear
MB 6.27 9.54 51.7? 70* murky
C 6.38 9.39 4.30 130* clear
9-7-11 PS 6.08 9.01 2.22 96* clear
MB 6.25 9.22 2.49 66* clear
C 6.33 9.00 2.12 100* clear
9-14 PS 6.32 9.79 4.49 70* murky
MB 6.30 9.82 1.62 18 murky
C 5.88 9.53 1.81 62* murky
9-23 PS 5.80 7.75 11.8? 212* murky
MB 5.99 7.56 1.13 88* clear
C 5.85 7.68 2.74 82* clear
Legend PS= pumping station MB= main beach C= cemetery
Enterococci per 100 ml *= violation, pond in violation of this test on all testing samples except MB on 9-14-11
Thanks to Sarah Potter for emailing testing results and Leslie Aubut for her testing of samples.
Ph - like ph in a swimming pool 8.0 basic, 7.0 neutral, 6.0 acidic, Sassaquin Pond is slightly acidic
Dis O2(Dissolved oxygen) - lower numbers are bad, higher numbers are good, the pond is pretty good in this aspect, good for the fish and other pond creatures
Turbidity - cloudiness of the water, lower numbers are better
Enterococci - bacteria level of pond, as noted(*) any number over 35 is in violation of test; equals test failure. The pond was in violation of all Enterococci tests for this period of time except for one instance as noted above.
NT not tested
Thanks to Bob Mandeville for providing test results for 2012(July and August)
Algae Bloom information from Sarah





