Recent issues of the site

Currently, many problems had affecting the Yahara River outlet to Lake Mondata. Some  example at this region are the destruction of valuable wetland , sediment and phosphorus loading  from farm runoff , construction site and stream-bank erosion, urban storm water runoff, straightening and channelizing head water  areas for agriculture, discharge from impoundments, areas of  heavy aquatic plant growth , high temperature and periods of low dissolved oxygen (WDNR 2000).

Among those issues, sediment loading can be considered as one of the potential issue. According to WDNR, approximately 424 tons of sediments have been delivered to the Lake Mondata by the Yahara River at each year which is about 7.5% of the total load of the Lake Mondata watershed.            

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