Pine Lake is a small eutrophic lake southeast of Red Deer, Alberta. Public concern over deteriorating water quality prompted the Alberta government to initiate a lake restoration program in 1991....
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Pine Lake is a small eutrophic lake southeast of Red Deer, Alberta. Public concern over deteriorating water quality prompted the Alberta government to initiate a lake restoration program in 1991. The Pine Lake Restoration Program was intended as a pilot project for future lake and watershed projects in Alberta. An advisory committee that represented all stakeholders in the community directed early planning and problem diagnosis by technical advisors from the Alberta government. A diagnostic study in 1992 determined that approximately 61% of the total phosphorus (TP) loading was from sediment release and other internal sources, compared to about 36% from surface runoff, and determined that nuisance algal blooms in Pine Lake were mainly controlled by the supply of phosphorus.