Checking the health of the pond

Every 2 weeks a member of johns associates can be seen on a boat around fleet pond checking the levels of oxygen and the clarity of the water during the works this information can then help us make decisions on whether the turgidity curtain (the long blue sausage across the lake) needs to be moved. The curtain stops any of the silts that are stirred up during the dredging moving across the lake . There is another turbid out curtain on the outflow this stops any silt going out of the pond and into the little pond outside the heron on the lake pub.

By monitoring the oxygen and clarity we can also look at the effects of the dredging on the fish. Luckily the results so far are showing the sediment is settling out quickly during the works and the works have already created some clear water.