Researchers have found that monitoring community wastewater streams for evidence of SARS-CoV-2 (aka COVID-19) can provide a quick way to detect the presence of viral debris shed by the population and consolidated in its effluent. This environmental monitoring approach has been useful to sense changes in COVID-19 infection rate. See this preliminary library of scientific …
The Stewardship Society Comments on the Sylvan Lake Intermunicipal Development Plan
Word cloud of the IDP text November 14, 2020 IDP Chairman and Partners Sylvan Lake IDP Committee Sylvan Lake Intermunicipal Development Plan Municipal Government Building, 5012 48 Ave, Sylvan Lake AB, T4S 1G6 Dear IDP Chairman and Municipal Partners: Thank you for the opportunity to submit additional comments on your draft proposal Sylvan Lake Intermunicipal …
Where-O-Where Is Municipal Stewardship?
The SLWSS stands for, and practices, environmental stewardship to protect and conserve the Sylvan Lake watershed and its lake. We know stewardship. We analyzed the text of the Sylvan Lake Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP 2020) to search for evidence of the application of the principles and practice of stewardship in the three watersheds included in …
You are invited to the 2020 Annual General Meeting
The Directors of The Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Society Notify and invite our Members, Guests, and Friends To the 2020 Annual General Meeting Date: December 4, Friday Time: 2:00 PM Place: Online Zoom Video Event To link to the 2020 AGM: Join SLWSS AGM Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7393417193?pwd=VGxkTTJMeFFOTGNtSVpvQUV5eTJJZz09 Meeting ID: 739 341 7193 Passcode: JTkF7f https://slwss.org …
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Groundwater: A Hidden Part of the Lake Ecosystem
The webinar on groundwater presented by Dr. Brian Smerdon of Alberta Geological Survey is posted on the https://alms.ca website: https://youtu.be/fPr27zPKgoQ The groundwater section starts at about 53 mm 13 ss. His presentation was based in part on this 2018 final Sylvan Lake Subbasin Groundwater modeling report by J.E. Liggett and A. Singh. The report graphics …
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Sylvan Lake Precipitation and Lake Level in 2020
Data to July 4, 2020 Precipitation measured at the Alberta Agriculture weather station at Hespero Lake level on Jul 4 was 936.85 metres above sea level.
A Century of Sylvan Lake Level Data
Here is 100 years of Sylvan Lake water level data: Most of the data up to 2014 are in the Environment Canada HYDAT database that can now only be accessed offline with great difficulty. The whole HYDAT database must be downloaded then searched using Microsoft Access as a viewer. The 2010-2019 data are from other …
Where did all the Sylvan Lake water go?
Bob Dylan must have been thinking about Sylvan Lake when he wrote the lyrics to the song “Blowin’ in the Wind”. Because that line answers the question: “Where did all the Sylvan Lake water go?” A lot of it, about 20 million tonnes per year, 4.8% of the lake volume, just evaporated and blew away …
Spring Runoff 2020
The two main Sylvan Lake tributaries are flowing and carrying the early-season load of water and nutrients into the lake. Here is the video evidence: Golf Course Creek 2020 Spring Runoff on 2020-04-21 From the SLG&CC irrigation pond to Marina Bay. Flow at the Marina Bay Culverts on 2020-04-20 Northwest Creek, west of Sunbreaker Cove, …
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It's easy to join. Click here to go to our secure PayPal page Your $20 membership fee will let you support all our lake and watershed projects that we report on this website, make you a valued Active Member, and let you vote at our Annual General Meeting.
