I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it.

The bulk of work will be in the Shuswap & Mara Lakes and as well MoE will expand on the present testing that has been done. The testing will include many more things that are not tested for and there will be; coordination with all other agencies such as; IHA, Municipalities and the CSRD. For example; Salmon Arm has been taking samples in the lake but the information has not been interpreted; in this process SLIPP will help with interpretation.  Historic reports of samples will be going as far  back as to 1970 these have suggested suggest that the water quality is good in the lake. The exception is that the Salmon Arm  and Blind Bay have anthropic (man made) nutrient signatures. To date there are minor changes showing increasing nutrients consequently it is a good time to pay more attention to these slight changes.

In China there is a lake that is in a non-recoverable state and it would be very expensive to change to any improvement to the lake at all.  Going into the lake is actually dangerous to your health, apparently. The sediments are so toxic that they say, there is no hope of ever recovering the lake to any health standard. Lake Winnipeg is another lake badly affected by pollutants. Not to say the Shuswap lake is anywhere near this situation but it is proof how lakes can get polluted and to what degree. In 2008 a warning of brown yellow algae came into Shuswap Lake. Two years later in 2010, on Mara Lake another algae came to surface. More monitoring is needed to find out what causes it. In April to May there is a natural process occurs and could also be part of bringing this growth. There is a high amount of oil in these algae, in fact oil companies are trying to use this specific algae family to derive oil from the plant as a source of oil. What a great idea! Turn our lake; into a putrid multicolored slimy cover so we can make oil out of it. Then convert the oil into fuel so we can drive through it. A win-win situation! Swimming, ahh it is over rated that is what swimming pools  are for, anyways. Drinking water!  Why we can buy it from the Americans. Of course I say this tongue and cheek.