Understanding the Lake
LakeWatch is a volunteer-based water quality monitoring program offered to Albertans who are interested in collecting information about their local lake or reservoir. Alberta Lake Management Society (ALMS) technicians assist volunteers to test the lakes 5 times during the summer, collecting important data such as water temperature, clarity, a suite of water chemistry parameters, and invasive species. Once all of the data is collected, ALMS produces a LakeWatch Report.
LakeWatch reports are designed to summarize basic lake data and are not meant to be a complete synopsis of information about specific lakes.