Como Lake

No debris
No algae
Brownish colour
No one fishing
Common merganser, 2 hooded mergansers, flicker, red-winged blackbird, Canada geese

Ice on lake
Birds: mallards, green-winged teals
Water clear, can see bottom

Water is still, clear, no debris, average depth, no odor

Few birds, mallards, cormorant

Many Canada geese on lake
Natural debris on surface
Residential discharge
Fishing
No algae
Water level average
Clear water colour, opaque, no odour

2 double-crested cormorants

nothing on water surface
urban/road discharge
water use: fishing
still water
water colour: green/yellow
opaque
no odour

nothing on water surface
urban/road discharge
water use: fishing
algae seen
still water flow
average water level
green colour of water, cloudy, no odour

Natural debris on water surface
water use: fishing
slow water flow
low water level
brown coloured water, cloudy, no odour
no algae

nothing on water surface
residential discharge
use: fishing
still water
water level: lower than normal
water colour: green, cloudy, no odour

New pH meter read 7.9 which is quite different from test strips measuring 6.4. Will continue to use both test methods.