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P.O. Box 353 - Delavan, Wisconsin 53115 		Delavan Lake Improvement Association

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ATTENTION

2/3/2010
PLEASE HELP THE DLIA SUPPORT THE INLET DREDGING PROJECT!
There will be 3 Town meetings where the Inlet Dredging project will be discussed.
The Committee of the Whole on Monday, February 8th, at 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall.

Public Hearing Wednesday, February 10th at 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall Public Hearing Saturday, February 13th, at 10:00 a.m. at Town Hall. Implementing this project has been one of the most important DLIA goals for several years. It's important that everyone interested in the future of the Lake attend these meetings and comment in favor of the project. Public comments will be accepted at all three meetings. Here are the reasons the DLIA supports the Inlet Dredging project: 1. The Inlet project is the third and final of the restoration/maintenance projects to restore and improve the original restoration project done in 1989. 2. The project is an investment in the community because the Community's primary asset is the Lake. The Lake generates $70 million each year for this community and pays 46% of the Delavan/Darien school districts budget. 3. The scientific evidence that will be presented at the meetings proves the benefits of the dredging and indicates the project will be long lived. 4. The dredging of the Inlet is not the total answer to the health of Delavan Lake, but it is a large part of the answer. Studies show that the Inlet contributes 75% of the external phosphorous loading to the Lake. 5. We have completed the two other dredging projects, we have obtained an ordinance banning lawn phosphorous fertilizer, we have erected signs to make the public aware of the importance of the watershed, the DLSD is coordinating and funding the watershed imitative program, now we must do the one that will yield the largest bang for the buck, dredge the Inlet. Thank you as always for supporting the DLIA and Delavan Lake!



ATTENTION

9/20/2009
SALE WATERCOLOR MAPS OF DELAVAN LAKE.
1992 Harriet Llewellan Delavan Lake Maps 16x20. Check out the map in our photo gallery. Delavan artist Harriet Llewellan created a watercolor map of Delavan Lake in 1992. In 2002 the DLIA asked her to add some new features. We have been selling the revised map since then, but recently found a number of the 1992 maps which we will sell for $5 a piece plus $6 shipping and handling. Up to 3 maps can be mailed in one tube for the $6 fee. Please understand that the maps available are the 1992 maps, not the 2002 revisions. The revisions on the 2002 map are as follows: "Added subdivisions Sunny Dell, Delavan Resort Hotel and Yacht Club Condos "Added Blue Gill Road "Added historic sites Riverdale, Guernalda, Spring Lawn - Log Cabin and Hollandale - Manhattan. Please send your payment to the DLIA, PO Box 353, Delavan Wisconsin 53115.


DELAVAN LAKE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

8/31/2004
SHARE YOUR DELAVAN LAKE PHOTOS - GET THEM ON THE WEBSITE !
Do you have photos of Delavan Lake or activities on or around Delavan Lake? If you do we'd like to get them posted here on our new web site.

Please email your photos to: admin@delavan-lake.org and we'll get them posted!



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GREEN BANNER ANNOUNCEMENT
2/4/2010
CLEANING YOUR AQUARIUM, DELAVAN LAKE
I once had a 55 gallon aquarium full of fish and plants. It was very hard to keep clean because of the variables of temperature, light and pollutants. When we realize that Delavan Lake is an aquarium with approximately two billion gallons of water we can appreciate how hard it is to keep it clean.

Delavan Lake is subject to the variable of Mother Nature, but it is the human elements that cause the problems. We have to control the pollutants that flow into the lake in order to keep Delavan Lake useable for generations to come.

Brown's Channel was dredged in 2007 to reduce sediment that was polluting our lake. The wetland areas north of Mound Road were re-worked in 2008. This area filters the water entering Delavan Lake from Jackson Creek. The newly formed Delavan Lake Sanitary District/Kettle Moraine Land Trust partnership will be working to eliminate agricultural run-off and other contaminants that enter our lake from the streams that flow into Delavan Lake.

The next project that needs to be done in order to continue the clean-up of Delavan Lake is to dredge the Inlet. Almost half the water entering the lake comes through the inlet. If the water flowing under the bridge at Highway 50 is contaminated, the water in front of your property will be green and yucky.

Over the last 100 years, the Inlet area has filled in with sediment as the slow moving water has left chemicals and pollutants in the mud. As the Inlet became shallower the water now picks up that mud as it flows by and dumps the chemicals into the main area of the lake. These chemicals from the Inlet are the primary reason your lake turns green and unclear.

A channel dug through the Inlet will remove almost 4,000 truckloads of polluted sediment. It will also provide a deep track that will allow water to flow through without picking up the mud that pollutes our lake. More clean water, less mud, fewer chemicals and less green algae.

In February there will be public meetings explaining the benefits of dredging the Inlet. Hopefully, in March, the Town Board will approve this project and vote to preserve Delavan Lake for our families, our grandkids and their grandkids. The Delavan Lake Improvement Association will continue to work and push in an effort to be sure this project is completed.

- contributed by Tom Johnson



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