The Delavan Lake Improvement Association (DLIA) advocates for policies and practices that support healthy lake water quality. We support land uses and farming practices designed to slow sediment entering the lake from the watershed.

 

As advocates, we keep our members informed of current issues affecting the lake by maintaining constructive relationships with other lake monitoring partners. These partners include Town of Delavan, WDNR, Walworth County Conservation, USGS & the Delavan Lake Sanitary District.  Together, we seek our memberships views and work towards a long-term sustainable solution.

 

The DLIA has maintained the primary focus of a ‘watchdog’ role, seeking to identify potential and existing issues that affect water quality and the long-term health of the lake.  We see the value of sponsoring project that directly support our purpose.  We will fund these efforts primarily through fundraising efforts and the use of membership fees.

 

Our areas of focus include: 

• Build/maintain a robust membership that can be used to fund projects and bring political leverage to bear

• Actively collaborate with other organizations to advance our agenda and look for issues in the future

• Sponsor key projects and seek funding to implement

 

It is our  goal to forge strong ties with agencies such as the Wisconsin DNR, the U.S. Geological Survey, governing bodies at the State, County & Local levels, and other local & regional Lake Associations & Conservancies to help ensure timely attention to the condition and the needs of Delavan Lake.