About the Clean Lakes Program
CLP Update!
All Volunteer Lake Monitoring data can now be accessed online. You can search for a specific lake or year. Just click on "Volunteer Data" under the "Volunteer Monitoring" section along the left margin. Or click here.
All Volunteer Lake Monitoring data can now be accessed online. You can search for a specific lake or year. Just click on "Volunteer Data" under the "Volunteer Monitoring" section along the left margin. Or click here.
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
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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 |