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Lake Tahoe: A clarity restoration plan nears adoption

Posted by: Maven on September 5, 2010 at 7:28 am

From the Tahoe Daily Tribune:

“A water quality restoration plan that will change how Lake Tahoe Basin agencies manage clarity-reducing runoff, and has been in development since 2001, could be approved in two months.

The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board will meet in South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday to give staff direction on how to incorporate the Lake Tahoe Total Maximum Daily Load into the Water Board’s Basin Plan.

The goal of the TMDL is to return Lake Tahoe to the clarity levels recorded in the late 1960s — when the lake averaged about 100 feet of clarity — by reducing fine sediment and nutrient input into the lake. Fine sediment scatters light and obscures Lake Tahoe’s depths, while the nutrients fuel algae growth. … “

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Picture of Lake Tahoe by Aquafornia.

September 5, 2010 · Filed Under Lake Tahoe, the Sierras & foothills

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