About the Clean Lakes Program
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School of Public and Environmental Affairs |
Indiana Department of Environmental |
Welcome to the official web site of the Indiana Clean Lakes Program! The Indiana Clean Lakes Program was created in 1989 as a program within the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's (IDEM) Office of Water Management. The program is administered through a grant to Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) in Bloomington. The Indiana Clean Lakes Program is a comprehensive, statewide public lake management program having five components:
Our Mission:
- Public information and education
- produce and distribute the quarterly Water Column newsletter
- sponsor the annual Indiana Lake Management Conference
- prepare informational brochures
- prepare lake assessment reports
- conduct training and informational workshops
- Technical assistance
- assist lake associations with interpreting water quality data
- attend lake association meetings
- present programs to lake associations
- Volunteer lake monitoring
- citizen volunteers monitor water transparency on 80 Indiana lakes
- volunteers in an expanded program collect monthly samples for total phosphorus and chlorophyll a analysis
- Lake water quality assessment
- conduct routine assessments of water quality on Indiana lakes
- identify regional and/or temporal patterns in lake data
- identify lake conditions that warrant further attention
- Coordination with other state and federal lake programs
- work with other state and federal agencies to coordinate efforts and enhance the protection of Indiana lakes
Contact Information:
| Director: Bill Jones | IDEM Office of Water Quality: Lee Bridges | |||
| Telephone: (812) 855-4556 | Telephone: (317) 308-3183 | |||
| Fax: (812) 855-7802 | Fax: (317) 308-3219 | |||
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| e-mail: joneswi@indiana.edu | e-mail: lbridges@idem.IN.gov |