About the 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:
- 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
 |
 |
School of Public and Environmental Affairs |
Indiana Department of Environmental |
| Director: Melissa Clark | IDEM Office of Water Quality |
| Telephone: (812) 855-6905 | Telephone: (317) 232-8603 |
| Fax: (812) 855-7802 | Fax: (317) 233-6647 |
| Indiana University SPEA 460 1315 E. 10th Street Bloomington, IN. 47405-1701 |
Indiana Government Center North |
e-mail: mlaney@indiana.edu |
e-mail: info@idem.in.gov |