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Lake-Monitoring Program The Quebec Volunteer Photo : ABVLACS Photo : CRE Laurentides Photo : ABVLACS Photo : ABVLACS Presentation Plan Plan Presentation Program Program Objectives Objectives Background Background


  1. Lake-Monitoring Program The Quebec Volunteer Photo : ABVLACS Photo : CRE Laurentides Photo : ABVLACS Photo : ABVLACS

  2. Presentation Plan Plan Presentation Program  Program   Objectives Objectives   Background Background   Participants Participants   Who Who does does what what? ?   Water Water quality quality monitoring monitoring   What What is is analyzed analyzed and and why why? ?   Why Why get get involved involved in the VLMP? in the VLMP?  2

  3. What is the VLMP? is the VLMP? What The Volunteer  The Volunteer Lake Lake- -Monitoring Monitoring Progam Progam  is based on a partnership partnership between between : :  MDDEP  Participants (lake associations)  Municipalities  Partner organizations and university researchers 3

  4. Objectives of the VLMP Objectives of the VLMP  Assess Assess the the trophic trophic level level of a large of a large number number of of lakes lakes and and  monitor their their evolution evolution over time over time monitor  Identify Identify lakes lakes showing showing signs signs of eutrophication of eutrophication   Provide Provide an an overview overview of the state of Quebec of the state of Quebec’ ’s s  recreational lakes lakes recreational  Raise Raise awareness awareness, , inform inform, , educate educate and and support support  participants participants  To To acquire acquire knowledge knowledge   To To better better manage manage their their lake lake  4

  5. Program Background Program Background  2002 2002- -2003: 2003:   Pilot Pilot project project   2004: 2004:   Open to the public Open to the public   Registration is Registration is limited limited to 50 new to 50 new lakes lakes per per year year   2008: 2008:   Increase Increase in in number number of places to 150 new of places to 150 new lakes lakes per per year year   2011: 2011:   A total of 656 A total of 656 lakes lakes are are registered registered in the Program in the Program  : 2012 :  2012   Our goal is to have 700 Our goal is to have 700 lakes lakes registered registered in the Program in the Program  5

  6. Evolution of of number number of of annual annual registrations registrations Evolution The VLMP had a total of 656 lakes registered in 2011 198 200 180 160 140 120 103 107 100 80 61 60 46 42 40 33 40 13 13 20 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6

  7. Distribution of participants Distribution of participants Associations 1% Municipalities 8% 2% Secteur 1 Parks 11% Secteur 2 Watershed Secteur 3 Management Secteur 4 Councils Secteur 5 Individuals 78% 7

  8. Geographic distribution of participants Geographic 105 120 135 150 15 30 45 60 75 90 0 Abitibi-Témiscamingue Bas-Saint-Laurent Capitale-Nationale Centre du Québec distribution of participants Chaudière-Appalache Côte-Nord Estrie Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine 8 Lanaudière Laurentides Mauricie 259 Montérégie Nord-du-Québec Outaouais Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

  9. lakes in VLMP in VLMP of lakes 9 Map of Map

  10. Who does does what what? ? Who MDDEP : MDDEP :  Structures and manages the Program Structures and manages the Program   Develops Develops protocols protocols   Provides Provides technical technical and and scientific scientific support for support for  volunteers volunteers  Performs Performs laboratory laboratory analyses (CEAEQ) analyses (CEAEQ)   Analyzes Analyzes, , interprets interprets and and provides provides the the results results   Ensures Ensures data data quality quality assurance & control assurance & control   Develops Develops a network of local a network of local partners partners  10

  11. Who does does what what? ? Who The lakeside lakeside resident resident : : The  Collects Collects water water transparency transparency data and water data and water  samples samples  Collects Collects information about the information about the littoral zone littoral zone - - the the  shallow transition zone between dry land and shallow transition zone between dry land and open water of a lake where sunlight reaches the open water of a lake where sunlight reaches the bottom bottom  Pays for Pays for laboratory laboratory analyses and analyses and equipment equipment  11

  12. Who does does what what? ? Who Municipalities can can participate participate : : Municipalities  In In recruiting recruiting lake lake associations associations   In In financing financing participation in the Program participation in the Program   In data collection In data collection   In In technical technical support support  12

  13. Who does does what what? ? Who Partners and and university university researchers researchers can can : : Partners  Ensure Ensure technical technical and and scientific scientific support support   Participate Participate in the training of in the training of volunteers volunteers   Ensure Ensure quality quality control in the control in the field field   Participate Participate in in protocol protocol development development   Carry out Carry out complementary complementary monitoring monitoring  13

  14. Water quality quality monitoring monitoring Water Variables analyzed analyzed : : Variables  Total Total phosphorus phosphorus  (trace levels levels) ) (trace  Chlorophyll a Photo : ABVLACS  Dissolved Dissolved organic organic  carbon carbon 14

  15. Water quality quality monitoring monitoring Water Basic program  Three water samples (June, July and August) taken over a minimum of two consecutive years  Water sampling is resumed after a four-year break following the last year of sampling  Example Example: for a : for a lake lake in in which which water water sampling sampling is is carried carried out in 2011 and out in 2011 and  2012, sampling sampling will will resume resume in 2017 for in 2017 for two two consecutive consecutive years years, etc. , etc. 2012,  Costs Costs for a monitoring station: $340 for the first for a monitoring station: $340 for the first year year, ,  and $288 for the second year year* * and $288 for the second * * Costs Costs in 2011: in 2011: subject subject to change to change 15

  16. Water quality quality monitoring monitoring Water Variable measured measured Variable  Transparency Transparency (Secchi (Secchi depth depth) )   Annual Annual monitoring monitoring   Monitoring Monitoring period period  From the the beginning beginning of of June June From   until Thanksgiving Thanksgiving until  Frequency Frequency of of measurements measurements  Photo : CRE Laurentides Every two two weeks weeks Every   ≈ 10 ( ≈ ( 10 measurements measurements) )  Measuring Measuring site site  Deepest part of the Deepest part of the lake lake   16

  17. Phosphorus Phosphorus  TP: total TP: total phosphorus phosphorus (trace (trace level level) )   Unit of Unit of measurement measurement: : microgram microgram per litre ( per litre (µ µg/l) g/l)   Phosphorus Phosphorus is a is a nutrient nutrient essential to the essential to the growth growth  of plants and algae algae. It is . It is found found in in dissolved dissolved and and of plants and particulate forms forms in in lakes lakes. . particulate 17

  18. Where does does phosphorus phosphorus come come from from? ? Where Natural sources:  Bedrock Bedrock and and soils soils   Animal Animal manure manure and and decomposition decomposition of of  organic matter matter organic  Natural habitats ( Natural habitats (forests forests and and wetlands wetlands) )  18

  19. Where does does phosphorus phosphorus come come Where from? ( ? (continued continued) ) from Anthropogenic sources ( sources (related related to to Anthropogenic human activity activity) ) human Direct sources  Direct sources   Natural or Natural or chemical chemical fertilizers fertilizers   Domestic Domestic wastewater wastewater   Cleaning Cleaning products products containing containing phosphates phosphates  Factors promoting promoting exportation exportation  Factors   Deforestation Deforestation in the in the lake lake watershed watershed and and riparian riparian zone zone   Shoreline Shoreline erosion erosion   Poorly Poorly designed designed roadside roadside ditches ditches  19

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