Lake Water Quality
In This Section
The City of Burnsville has put together some useful resources and information in this section pertaining lake water quality. Several Burnsville lakes, Crystal, Keller, Lac Lavon, Alimagnet, Sunset Pond, South Twin, and Earley, and Wood are monitored by citizen volunteers through the
Citizen-Assisted Monitoring Program (CAMP) and, therefore, have a detailed record of water quality information.
For lake water quality results, please see the
CAMP website for monitoring reports. The links at left provide more information and/or reports on specific lakes in Burnsville. The following is a summary of water clarity data collected in the past several years, as well as averages and goals for each lake.
Photo at right: Measuring water clarity with a Secchi (sek'-ee) disk. The depth at which the disk disappears gives the water's clarity reading.
Burnsville Lake Clarity Report Card
| Lake |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
3-year Avg |
Goal |
| Alimagnet* |
0.6
|
1.0
|
1.3
|
1.0
|
1.3
|
| Crystal* |
2.1
|
1.8
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.1
|
| Earley |
2.1
|
1.5
|
2.0
|
1.9
|
1.7
|
| Keller* |
1.0
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
1.8
|
| Lac Lavon |
3.8
|
3.7
|
3.3
|
3.6
|
3.6
|
| Sunset Pond |
1.9
|
2.2
|
2.2
|
2.1
|
1.7
|
| South Twin |
1.9
|
1.6
|
2.4
|
2.0
|
1.4
|
| Wood Pond |
1.9
|
2.4
|
1.1
|
1.8
|
1.7
|
*Considered "impaired" by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency