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Environment, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

Lake scientists to Kegonsa: Lower your water quality expectations

by Kate GoldenMay 14th, 2014June 20th, 2014 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

All lakes are not created equal. And in the Madison area’s Yahara chain, Lake Kegonsa is the redheaded steplake.

Environment, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

Case study: How one developer plans to curb runoff into Madison’s lakes

by Jessica VanEgeren May 7th, 2014June 20th, 2014

These seedlings are an example of the digester's potential to spawn side businesses. They are being grown by UW-Madison graduate student Brian Zimmerman and Madison resident Taylor Jacque, in a greenhouse powered by the waste heat from the community digester near Waunakee.

Environment, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

How to make a digester profitable: Veggies and poker chips

by Jessica VanEgeren April 30th, 2014June 20th, 2014

The community digester located near Waunakee is the stateÕs first to process manure from more than one farm. Roughly 100,00 gallons of manure from 2,400 cows on three nearby farms is pumped daily through underground pipes to the digester. Its purpose is to keep phosphorus from polluting the Yahara watershed.

Environment, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

Manure digesters seen as best hope for curbing lake pollution, but drawbacks remain

by Jessica VanEgeren April 30th, 2014July 3rd, 2019

Algae blooms on Lake Kegonsa in 2010.

Environment, Health & Welfare, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

All about algal blooms

by Kate GoldenApril 23rd, 2014June 20th, 2014

Environment, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

Yahara beach closures highlight algae, bacteria threats statewide

by Kate GoldenApril 23rd, 2014July 3rd, 2019