added more street-sweepers to clean and collect sediment and nutrient rich materials from the streets and started limiting the amount of salt and sand used on the roads during winter slippery months. Hopefully more techniques can be applied in the future to help clean up Lake Mendota, but the most effective way is by prevention, by preventing sediment, phosphorus and nitrogen from getting to the lake in the first place. While agricultural and construction techniques are changing, so can the actions of the Madison city dweller. Steps such as: limiting fertilizer on lawns and gardens, picking up dog mess, piling leaves and grass clippings on curb for collection, and routing downspouts to flow in lawn or gardens all help by adding less nutrients to flow in the storm-sewers and eventually into the surface and groundwater (5).Fortunately, the Lake Mendota Priority Watershed Project is still in tact, and has cleanup goals that reach the year 2008 (7a.). So with the help of the project and public awareness, there might be a chance that our Lake Mendota can be used without fear again in the future. Reference Page(1). Brown, Charles E. (1936). History of the Lake Mendota Region. Lake Mendota Origin and History, 13-18(2). Ness, Erik. (1998, Aug.). Troubled WatersMadison Magazine, 81(3). Madison Historical Society, www.danenet.wicip.org/hmi/. Last updated 05/05/2002Website used 04/30/2002(4). Madison, WI. The Association. (1947). Lake Mendota problems and the Lake Mendota Association. 1-24(5). Ness, Erik. (2001, Nov.). The Big Fix. Madison Magazine, 17(6). UW Madison, www.wisc.edu/~selenutes/results.html. Last updated 05/10/2000Website used 04/22/2002(7). Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: a.) Nonpoint Source Control Plan for the Lake Mendota Priority Watershed Project. Last updated 07/03/1997, Used 04/30/2002 www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/wm/nps/plans/mensum/medota.htm. b.) Dane County land Conservation Dept www...
