Water Quality Committee 

Mission: Provide baseline information and document trends in water quality for Ann Lake. Educate lake residents, users, and interested citizens in the collection of water quality data, lake ecology, and lake management practices. Build a constituency of riparian owners to practice sound lake management at the local level and build public support for lake quality protection. Provide a cost-effective process for the DEQ to increase baseline data for lakes state-wide.

Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) 

CLMP is the statewide program administered by Michigan State University Extension.  About 220 of the over 10,000 lakes in Michigan participate in the CLMP each year. ALPOA has participated for many years, deeming it an important purpose of its mission and very existence. ALPOA is able to do so with the funding afforded by membership dues. Go to the CLMP website for more information about the program.

Committee Reports & Articles

• 2012 Water Quality Report
• 2013 Water Quality Report
• 2014 Water Quality Report
• 2015 Water Quality Report
• 2016 Water Quality Report
• 2017 Water Quality Report
• 2018 Water Quality Report
• 2019 Water Quality Report
• 2020 Water Quality Report – Funding for the CLMP program was exhausted in 2019  and the program was suspended for 2020.  Nevertheless, ALPOA volunteers did continue to monitor the clarity of the water throughout 2020.
• 2021 Water Quality Report – Funding was secured and the program was resumed in 2021.
• 2022 Water Quality Report

This is done with dedicated volunteers sampling the following data from our lake:

Secchi Disk Transparency
Total Phosphorus
Chlorophyll
Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature

Go to the CLMP website for more details about the program and or information regarding the above samplings.