**** HRM Media Release
Municipality launches LakeWatchers Water Quality Monitoring Program
The municipality is launching a new Lake Water Quality Monitoring Program called LakeWatchers, which will conduct environmental monitoring in 76 lakes across the municipality. The purpose of the program is to collect data, such as pH levels, to inform future actions to maintain or improve a lake’s health. The data will be publicly available through future staff reports to Regional Council and through the municipality’s Open Data Portal.
Data collection will take place twice a year through internal sampling (e.g. sampling done by staff or contractors) and/or trained community teams, called LakeWatchers. The municipality will leverage existing water quality community groups and also welcomes new volunteers to collect data in support of this program. To express your interest in volunteering, please visit our website.
The LakeWatchers Program is separate from regular water quality testing for safe recreational use. This program runs every summer from July 1 to August 31. For more information, visit our website.
Water quality monitoring is essential to the successful management of water resources. To learn more about how you can help, visit halifax.ca/lakewatchers.
