Water Quality Testing & Restoration

SOLitude Lake Management restored the recreational pond at Camp Holiday Trails, a camp in Charlottesville, Virginia for children with special health needs, to a healthy waterbody that can be safely used by the campers. Through our outreach and sustainability program, The SOLution, we coordinated the donation of products and services to complete the second and […]

Protecting the Chesapeake Bay watershed has always been a concern of ours and one of the focuses of our industry. Nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus wash into our waterways via stormwater runoff and contribute greatly to poor water quality.  All of this nutrient runoff works its way through ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers within the watershed […]

Spring is upon us and with warm weather comes the threat of dreaded algae blooms. The best way to manage algae is to be proactive and focus on restoring ecological balance to your lake, pond or stormwater basin. Year round maintenance and prevention techniques will significantly help to reduce the prevalence of algae blooms. Here […]

By Industry Expert Shannon Junior, Aquatic Ecologist Nitrosomonas I want to start by saying that I really don’t like the term “Bio-Dredging”.  I think it’s a little confusing, and can mislead people into thinking they’re getting something they’re not.  But the term, short for Biological Dredging, has become the industry standard to describe the process […]

By Industry Expert Dave Ellison, Aquatic Biologist Landscaping practices often cause significant impacts on the water quality and plant and algae growth within a pond. Buffer management, debris falling into the pond, and poorly managed fertilizer applications are some of the practices that attribute to problems in ponds. Excessive application of fertilizer will allow for […]

Have you ever seen some of these guys in your pond? Don’t be alarmed, they won’t hurt you. While they do not look all that pleasant, they are actually helping the pond. These creatures are known as bryozoans, or moss animals. Masses the size of the ones pictured are actually a colonies of thousands or […]

Our very own Ethan Chappell spoke this week at the first ever Virginia Waters Symposium hosted by the Virginia Turfgrass Council (VTC). Along with Sarah Miller, Aquatic Specialist for our partner SePRO Corporation, the two discussed strategies for water quality management on storm water ponds and lakes, as well Phoslock, the latest technology available for […]

Check out the water quality monitoring capabilities we are providing our watershed management clients through our partnership with Blue Water Satellite:     Download Free Report   Contact the experts at 888-480-5253 for all of your lake, pond and fisheries management needs.  Since 1998, SOLitude Lake Management has been committed to providing full service lake […]

Our remote sensing technology partners Blue Water Satellite have been making significant strides in raising the bar in water quality monitoring through the application of satellite-based technologies. As capabilities improve, more and more end users are finding cost-effective applications for this technology. Most notable is the relatively low cost for thoroughly monitoring water quality for […]

In recent news, instances of blue-green algae contaminating lakes in upstate New York, Rhode Island, and even as west as Kansas City have been reported. To the naked eye, this substance (also known as cyanobacteria) may not always be visible. However, if the problem is neglected and the pond algae blooms, one is likely to […]