Well Testing Announcement
This year, to encourage this important endeavour the Wentworth Environmental Consulting Committee is organizing and partially subsidizing the analysis of your drinking water source. The bacteriological analysis will cost Wentworth residents $20 or the physicochemical analysis $65 (with proof of residency). From June 4th, 2012 on, you will be able to collect the sample bottles, the directions to take the sample, and a form to be completed, at the Municipal Office, 114 chemin Louisa from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wentworth Well Testing Announcement
2011 RSVL Lake Louisa Water Testing Report
The Voluntary Lake Monitoring Network (RSVL) has been testing the waters of Lac louisa since 2009. See the Lake Louisa locations map. See all sites tested by RSVL.
These results are from the three testing sites on the Lake. Site A, is above the deepest part of the lake about half-way between Murray's Island and Radimer's Point. Site B is at the Southwest end in the middle of Black Bay. Site C is at the Northeast end in front of Boyd's boathouse. The Ministry recommends that we complete 12 tests, one every 2 weeks throughout the season, May - October. This number could be achieved if we had some assistance. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to volunteer.
2011 RSVL Lake Testing Report (in French only)
Free Training Voluntary Lake Monitoring Network (RSVL)
We wish to inform you that in 2011 and 2012, the Wentworth Environmental Consulting
Committee (ECC) has offered a subsidy of 50% of the expenditure of sampling analysis with
RSVL, up to $ 350. Moreover, to facilitate the membership of the lake associations to the
Voluntary Lake Monitoring Network (RSVL), the ECC is organizing, on June 1, 2012, a full-day
training on sampling techniques. This training, given by CRE Laurentides, is free. Two or
three persons representing each association are invited to this training.
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Newsletter 2011 Fall/Winter
In this issue
- Municipal News: Wentworth Environment Day
- Your Purchasing Power: Truly ‘Green’ Products
- Environmental Notepad: Slime Detectors Needed !
- What’s Up? Longtime Director Departing
- On-going Activities: AGM, Shoreline Planting, etc.
Supporting the Health of Lake Louisa
We have reported to you on numerous occasions that according to the RSVL (le Réseau de Surveillance Volontaires des Lacs) the arm of MDDEP to which we send our collected water quality data every year, Lake Louisa continues to be a clean lake and continues to maintain its trophic status (oligotrophic). We have also reported that these results fail to explain why we see increasing water plant growth, reports of decreasing water clarity, occasional algae blooms and periphyton (slime) growth on shoreline rocks and structures.
In order to see if an additional scientific approach can provide some answers, we are adopting the new periphyton protocol provided by RSVL.
Wentworth Bylaw Summary for Protection of Shorelines, Lakes, Streambeds and Flood Plains
Please read the Wentworth Bylaw Summary for Protection of Shorelines, Lakes, Streambeds and Flood Plains before doing any work on your shoreline.
Read Wentworth Bylaw Summary for Protection of Shorelines, Lakes, Streambeds and Flood Plains.