The Municipality of North Cowichan has got approval from the province to start testing in Quamichan Lake to help improve oxygen and eliminate nutrients that contribute to cyanobacteria.
According to mayor Rob Douglas, three test enclosures will be put into the lake early next spring, and monitoring will begin shortly after installed.
Douglas says if tests are successful a full-scale system could be implemented in the future.
“If the trial proves successful, its findings will inform the design and budgeting of a full-scale aeration system for Quamichan Lake, pending council direction and provincial approval,” he says.
The study will be conducted in three enclosures and test for oxygen-only aeration, oxygen plus metal ions and control testing (no aeration).
The authorization follows a provincial review of water quality monitoring data collected and analyzed by North Cowichan staff.
