I don't really have a comment...but more of a question. It was a conversation i was having with a girlfriend who has a cabin on the lake and is a hot tub owner. She was mentioning how much it cost to have her hot tub emptyed. I wasn't surprised that she paid $100 to empty it but i was surprised that she did that at all. Now we don't own a hot tub but we have friends that do. So i do know that there are certain harmful chemicals that go into it to keep it clean and when people change the water does everyone call a vaccum truck to empty it? I know people who empty it onto the ground in their yard. Is this something that is harming the quality of the lake and wildlife? Thank you. Brigette McCarthy

Posted on Friday July 04, 2008 at 09:46PM by Mrs. Brigette McCarthy

Pigeon Lake Concern

Central Alberta does not have many lakes and so we must protect our lakes at all cost. I do not agree with allowing any industry to rob the area of the water affecting pigeon lake in any even remote way. The oil and gas industry must find another way or place to get it's water. We are short of fresh water and cannot spare even one drop let alone thousnads of gallons.

Posted on Wednesday July 16, 2008 at 06:36PM by Jeanne Hope - pigeon lake land owner and citizen of Alberta, user of the provincial parks on pigeon lake

Stay At The Lake

Blue green algae back already July 13 and nobody is saying anything? It isn't posted anywhere. Can't you treat the lake?

Posted on Friday July 18, 2008 at 04:21PM by Tracey

Posted on Monday July 21, 2008 at 07:23AM by Tracy

Watershed Study

I reviewed what I think was the latest water study commissioned by PLWA in July and was surprised that there were no references to amphibians in the Wildlife section. It was conspictuously silent on the issue of :hot spots: around the lake where there are higher than average sources of contamination as well. I have reviewed a study completed some years ago for Lac la Non (sp?) and it was specific on where they thought the worst areas were found around the lake. By comparison I found the Pigeon Lake Study simplistic. I contacted Dr marcus Thorman (one of the authors of the report) and asked him about my concerns (we have been able to find amphibians on the shoreline for my entire 52 years at the lake prior to the past two) and he said he thought that it was a good idea to look at the amphibians as an indication of water quality and said that the "sources" or "hot spot" area identification was not part of his mandate. I am wondering when we will have any more information with respect to my concerns or whether the studies are now "complete"?

Posted on Tuesday November 25, 2008 at 10:57AM by Ian Bradley

wasting Water

MEC water flood send water out of the cyclical system of surface watewater available to be reused.
The Proposed waste water removal system drains the wells and flushes the pigeon lake toilets down the Pipestone creek as is the case with North East Pigeon Lake Commisions Lagoon at Mulhurst.

In Basin treatment and filtration back to the lake water table will Reuse Recycle and Replenish the depleting lake level.

Becarful what you wish for.
Geothermal heating of homes in the winter and hot tubs in the summer will cool the lake and make it too cold to grow the Blue Green Algae that everyone is concerned about.
Solar and Wind power to heat your home and cool the lake is sustainable.

Posted on Thursday May 28, 2009 at 06:35AM by Tom Cliff

Love the Lake program

At the August 21 AGM mention was made of signs people could post on their properties. How does one go about getting these?

Posted on Sunday August 22, 2010 at 02:02PM by Don Sheppard

Pigeon Lake Fish Kill

I have researched the reasons for the abnormal fish kill which occurred during August. The status of the lake at that time was: cool water, increasing lake levels, high runoff due to high precipitation and intensive algae bloom occurring. Talking to three scientists from Alberta Environment and SRD, the following seems to be the consensus of the event: the high precipitation and subsequent runoff added a significant nutrient load to the lake (fertilizers and manure): the nutrients contributed to a significant algae bloom: the algae finished their life cycle and decomposed thereby depleting the oxygen; the whitefish, being susceptible to low oxygen levels, suffocated. High water temperatures, as indicated by the PLWA newsflash, cannot be blamed for this event as the lake remained relatively cool this year. Also, low water levels cannot be blamed as the water level increased throughout the summer and was higher than in 2009. To protect the lake, we must reduce the nutrient load. Hopefully the PLWA can follow up with SRD and publish the results of any investigation they may conduct.

Posted on Thursday September 09, 2010 at 04:50PM by Don Davidson

2010 Pigeon Lake Fish Kill

The March 5, 2010 report by Worley Parsons indicates 16% of the phosphorus comes from residence and the rest from farming, agriculture. 2% is from sewage with highest nutrient concentration found in the Mulhurst area of the lake. How is the present sewage line proposal going to be anything more than an incremental change on the nutrient load reaching the lake, that will not be notificed in terms of water quality, a fair cost imposition for lot owners and for provincial tax payers?

Posted on Friday January 14, 2011 at 08:25PM by Reg

Yak, Yak, Yak and No Action

A Tagish Engineering report of 2009 identified that The Provincial Park sewage system is both leaking a "significant volume of wastewater" into Pigeon Lake as well as draining 5500 gallons per day (1 million gallons per year) due to infiltration through broken sewage pipes. An engineering report conducted by EXH Engineering in 2008 also identified infiltration in the Mulhurst sewage collection system. To date, NEPL and AENV have not taken any action whatsoever to correct either of these issues, seeming to be content to talk and talk while Pigeon Lake dies.

Posted on Tuesday May 03, 2011 at 09:38AM by Alan Clark

August 11 Bloom Forms on Shore of Poplar Bay

Today is the day we dread. The thick bloom formed this morning along Poplar Bay shores. We kayaked to Sunset Harbor and all was fine, if you call the green soup fine. On the way back we saw the bloom getting worse starting at the Provincial Park and extending to Poplar Bay. We counted 7 dead fish on our return journey. The water is like glass across the entire lake and the temperature around 21. The lake is at max level running over the weir. Hopefully it doesn't last long this time. Happy times at Polution Lake.

Posted on Thursday August 11, 2011 at 04:31PM by Juergen