A Summary of Results of the 1997-99
Kings County Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program
Introduction
In early 1997 Kings County began a volunteer water quality monitoring program at a number of lakes located within the Gaspereau River watershed. This program was initiated in order to validate a lakeshore capacity model developed for this region by Horner and Associates, an Ontario based consulting firm. The model attempts to predict how lake water quality will be affected by changes in development within the watershed. A major objective of the monitoring program is to collect water quality data that can be used to validate the model. In addition to the data collected in 1993 by Horner and Associates used for development of the model, three years of data (1997-1999) have been collected to date.