Tahoe: State of Lake Report 2015 | Best Clarity in 10+ Years UC Davis released their annual “State of the Lake” report about Lake Tahoe, CA today. The detailed report can be read here: Full “State of the Lake” Report Highlights from the “State of the Lake” Report: Blueness: Tahoe’s blueness found to be more due to low algae count, less to do with clarity. Clarity: Average annual water clarity was the best in more than a decade, improving from 70.2 feet in 2013 to 77.8 feet in […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 23, 2015 0 Comments
STUDY: Lake Tahoe Water Clarity BEST in 10+ Years: Lake Tahoe water clarity hit it’s best point since 2002 at 77.8-feet of clarity. That’s a 7.5-feet improvement in clarity from last year and a huge improvement of the lowest ever recording of 64.1-feet in 1997. The best clarity measurement for Tahoe was 102.4-feet in 1968. They acquire this measurement by dropping a 10-inch diameter white disk and sinking it until it is no longer visible. The last depth the disk is visible is the depth they use as the clarity measurement. Researchers actually got one reading this past July […] SnowBrains | April 8, 2015 0 Comments
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