Safe for Recreational use : 177' | What is this?
This is the current water level of Lake Lillinonah. Our safety indicator should be used as a guideline only; higher lake elevations cause more floating debris. Always use caution and watch out for floating debris when navigating Lake Lillinonah.
Safest: below 194'
Debris presence unlikely - safe for recreational use.
Caution: 194' to 195'
Debris possibly present - caution advised.
Use Extreme Caution: above 195'
Debris likely present - dangerous.
Friends of the Lake| Article/Document | Date | Source |
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Responsiveness Summary to the Peer Review of the Ecological Risk Assessment GE/Housatonic River Site
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Author: Tod Delong, et al. Link: http://www.epa.gov/boston/ge/thesite/restofriver/reports/210482_ERA_RS.pdf Keywords: EPA, ecological risk assessment, GE/Housatonic River Site Rest of River, tPCB, sediment, depth of sediment Comments: This document presents the response from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the comments and questions raised by an independent Peer Review Panel following their review of the Ecological Risk Assessment for the GE/Housatonic River Site Rest of River (ERA) released in July 2003. |
May 12, 2010 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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4th FISC: Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Housatonic River
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Author: K. P. Kulp, et al Link: http://pubs.usgs.gov/misc_reports/FISC_1947-2006/pdf/1st-7thFISCs-CD/4thFISC/4Fisc-V2/4Fisc2-7.PDF Keywords: PCBs, Housatonic River, Lake Lillinonah, Massachusetts, Connecticut, bottom sediments, suspended sediments |
May 12, 2010 | |
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A Connecticut Lakes Management Program Effort
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Author: T.C. Winter Link: http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=ctiwr_specreports#page=37 Keywords: Eutrophication problems, Connecticut lakes, algae blooms,phosphorous concentrations |
May 12, 2010 | Connecticut Institute of Water Resources Special Reports |
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Housatonic River Sediments in Massachusetts and Connecticut: Determinat
Author: Charles R. Frink, et al.
Keywords: Polychlorinated biphenyls, sediment, distribution, riverbeds, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Housatonic River, Transportation, Water quality, suspended sediment, suspended load, contamination, cores, deposition, particle size, Lake Zoar, Woods Pond, Lake Lillinonah |
May 12, 2010 | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven |
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Housatonic River Sediments in Massachusetts and Connecticut, USA: Deter
Author: Charles R. Frink, et al
Link: http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=9101328 Keywords: Massachusetts path of pollutants, polychlorinated biphenyls, river, sediment contamination, Connecticut lake sediments, Lake pollution loads rivers, water pollution |
May 12, 2010 | Environmental Auditor, ENVAE8 |
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Comparison of Point and Nonpoint Sources of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Polychlorinated Di
Author: Brian D. Eltzer
Keywords: Housatonic River, sediments, PCBs, gas chromatography, sources, component analysis, PCDD |
May 12, 2010 | Environ. Sci. Technol. |
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Parameters Affecting Partitioning of 6 PCB Congeners in Natural Sediments
Author: Eid Alkhatib and C. Weigand
Keywords: Kp, partition coefficients, PCBs, sediments, resuspension |
May 12, 2010 | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment |
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Organochlorine Compounds in Fish Tissue from Connecticut Lakes
Author: Marcy R. Anderson, et al.
Link: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-48091145.html Keywords: chlorinated compounds, fish, Connecticut lakes and ponds, chlordane, DDT, PCBs, gas chromatography/electron capture detector |
May 12, 2010 | Northeastern Naturalist |
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Parameters Influencing Sediments Resuspension and the Link to Sorption of Inorganic Compounds
Author: Eid Alkhatib and Keith Castor
Link: http://www.springerlink.com/content/m73j1566v8336430/ Keywords: sediments, resuspension, heavy metals, partition coefficient |
May 12, 2010 | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment |
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Seasonal variations in Concentrations of Mercury in Axial Muscle Tissue of largemouth Bass
Author: Scott M. Ward and Robert M. Neumann
Keywords: largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, Lake Lillinonah, mercury, seasons |
May 12, 2010 | North American Journal of Fisheries Management |
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Length-age relations and PCB content of mature white suckers form the Connecticut and Housatonic Riv
Author: James F. Coles
Link: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-46454098.html Keywords: white suckers, Connecticut River basin, Housatonic River, growth rate, PCBs, fish |
May 12, 2010 | Northeastern Naturalist |
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