Bacteriological water quality of Hodson (Three Mile) Lake, Parry Sound
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The Recreational Lakes Self-Help program was established by the Ontario Water Resources Commission with interested cottager associations in 1971, and continued by the Ministry of the Environment since then to assist cottage owners to determine the bacteriological water quality of their lake. The Self-Help investigations can be useful in indicating possible contamination sources which require later M.O.E. surveys, or in assuring interested cottagers that the bacteria present are from natural sources without health hazards. The M.O.E. bacteriological survey is of special importance for typing and pinpointing bacterial pollution sources. The success of this program depended on the enthusiastic support of the cottagers association, and especially Mr. K.G. Watson who took the samples and delivered them to the Ministry of the Environment Toronto laboratory for analysis.