Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Balance of plants in the environment OK, here's a tough question.

Will do ewest. So far the budget for next year is in the $200,000 range, but that's without any matching funds. This lake has 3 streams/ditches entering it. One had settlement ponds installed on it but they haven't been cleaned out in 20+ years so they are pretty much non-functional now.

The lake is over 150 years old, and when the State Highway Dept renovated the dam and highway in 2009, they also changed the bottom drain discharge to a spillway system. Since 1955 the lake has lost 21% of it's water volume to sediment accumulation, with the most rapid change occurring after the dam was renovated.

Aside from getting funds and approval for a large scale dredging effort, I don't see the eutrophication process getting turned around. There IS land available to put the dredged material on and the land owners have given their permission.