Read About the Missouri Attorney General's Water Quality Symosium
SEE AGENDANext LOWA Public Meeting October 18,2010 6:30 PM at Old Kinderhook
See LOWA's Watershed Management Plan
Regional Waste Water Treatment at Lake of the Ozarks
What Is LOWA
The Lake Ozark Watershed Alliance, LOWA Inc. is a proactive group of local residents formed to protect and preserve our lakes and
watershed.
Prevention is better than repairing problems economically, health-wise, and for safety.
Read about the Elements of LOWA to learn more about
the dangers and our solutions to preserve the lakes watershed.
LOWA MISSION STATEMENT
Citizens will preserve, protect, and improve the Lake of the Ozarks, its Watershed and natural resources, while maintaining our economic, social, and environmental health.
Who Are The People of LOWA?
Concerned citizens,like you and me, are the backbone of LOWA. If you are not now active within LOWA, we encourage you to join us in our effort to maintain the high quality of life we within this watershed enjoy. You can do so now,on-line by going here:
Sign-Up.
Meet the LOWA
Officers and
LOWA Element Chairs who are a special group of dedicated people who can use your help in meeting the objectives of LOWA.
SEE pdf of
LOWA Brochure
LOWA began when 18 local, state, & federal agencies
joined together to hold several public meetings around the lake.
These agencies have agreed to continue as
Technical Advisors,
but clearly want the citizens to lead! The intent was to see if there was any interest in starting a citizen led watershed group for Lake of the Ozarks. Many of these groups are forming nationally
to protect and preserve our waterways and lakes.
LOWA is a proactive group of local residents
formed to protect and preserve our lakes and watershed.
Prevention is better than repairing problems economically,
health-wise, and for safety. LOWA became incorporated:
August 3, 2006
About A Watershed
What is a Watershed?
(See PDF of Watershed Map)
A watershed is an area of land where the runoff from rain and snow will ultimately drain to a particular stream, river, wetland, or other body of water. Healthy watersheds provide plentiful drinking water supplies, habitat for fish and wildlife, and water for irrigation, industry, or recreation activities. Without clean water supplies, our society would be radically changed from what it is today. Standards for a healthy watershed are easily defined by “yes” answers to two important questions. Is the lake or river clean enough for fish to thrive? Can you swim in it?
What is Watershed Management?
Few communities are alone in a watershed. They are each affected by activities of neighboring communities, towns, and cities – upstream or downstream, uphill or down hill – in a common watershed. A watershed approach brings diverse interests and resources together to solve common problems.
Why Care About Watersheds?
All water is recycled water, whether by nature or by people. The quality and quantity of our water is always at risk. Changes in land use which increase the amount of impervious surfaces, such as more pavements and rooftops, increase runoff volume and velocity, causing increased flooding and erosion. Impervious surfaces also prevent water from soaking into the ground and replenishing groundwater supplies within a watershed.
LOWA: Protecting Our Asset
Our watershed is a complex set of locations determined by geography. The full “Master Watershed” was originally established by Lewis and Clark. On orders from President Jefferson, they were to map out a water route to the Pacific. Lewis and Clark actually were mapping out what is now called the Missouri Watershed of which our lake is a part.
Let Your Voice Be Heard
Read LOWA's Press Release of Feb. 16, 2010
LOWA provides you with an opportunity to voice your opinion on issues
concerning the Lake of the Ozarks.
Get educated, get involved,
voice your opinion.
Since the controversy surrounding the E-coli testing in the Spring of 2009, the Lake of the Ozarks has been in the cross hair of state-wide media. As the controversy continues, we hope and will do all we can to see to it that the Lake of the Ozarks comes out the better because of it.
See Water Quality issue at the Lake
Past issues of concern include:
Quarry Project
Landfill Proposal
See News of Current Interest
Projects of LOWA
Lake Sampling
Septic Tank Pump-out Program
NO APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED
Lake Shoreline Clean-up
Designated Captain Program
Soil and Erosion Control
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Sponsors and Other Links of Interest
Links of Interest
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All About Recycling at the Lake
LINKS OF SPECIAL NOTE
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Missouri Department of
Natural Resources -
Lake Ozark Environmental For All Your Environmental Consulting Needs
Waste Watchers Recycling, Inc. Recycle for Lake area residents.
See Below Area Chambers of Commerce
Water
Levels
Regionalized Waste Water Treatment for the Lake of the Ozarks
Monday April 19, 2010 at 2 PM in the Escollo Room at the Lodge of Four Seasons
Directions to Lodge of Four Seasons
This is an important meeting (by invitation only) at which the feasibility, advisability, and desirability of regionalized waste water treatment around the Lake of the Ozarks will be reviewed and discussed. Participants at this meeting will include representatives from Missouri DNR, EPA,USDA, county commissioners, state and federal legislators or their designates, as well as local business leaders and citizens.
The subject meeting will be held at 2 PM on Monday April 19, 2010 in the Escollo Room of the Lodge of Four Seasons on Horseshoe Bend.
If you have any questions, call Donna Swall at (573) 434-4400.
Missouri Attorney General to Present Water Quality Symosium at Lake of the Ozarks
The Missouri Attorney General is planning to bring scientists, regulators, and the governor to Lake of the Ozarks for a water quality symposium.
On Tuesday, August 17th and Wednesday, August 18th the AG will present protecting water quality at Lake of the Ozarks, an environmental road map for the future. Attorney General Chris Koster says over the two days a number of experts and officials will look at the long and short term.
“Short term solutions, short term challenges involve, I think, increased speciation testing. That is one of the things we’re going to be looking at and that means, is the pollution stemming from human sources or is it coming from deer and geese and other wildlife in and around the lake?” says Koster.
Koster says long term requires a broader view.
“So we go from short term solutions like that to very long term solutions. The exploration of the regional sewer system that I think ultimately has to be an answer over the next 35 years for the increasing population of the lake.”
The Attorney General says the symposium will be intensive.
“We’re going to go from about 9am to 5 pm on both days. We’re going to have scientists from the university, we’re going to have people from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, we’re going to have people familiar with the water quality testing regime both locally at the lake and county levels around the lake and at the Department of Natural Resources.”
Koster hopes to achieve many things but there is a priority.
“Our goal is to separate politics from policy and to focus on policy and science and get down to, what are the real answers facing the lake over the next 20 years?”
After the symposium is complete, Koster hopes to have a "white paper" to present to the General Assembly. Koster hopes for local, regional, and even state solution.
“Certainly the establishment of a regional sewer district would mean that the state would have to pass a saw that puts various counties together to establish a regional sewer district to there is going to be some state involvement here but this is a multi – billion dollar resource. It belongs ate various levels, o all Missourians and all Missourians have an interest in making sure that this lake is protected and respected over the next generation.”
(above article appeared on July 28, 2010 on the KRMS Radio Web Page
For more information, see the Attorney General's Web Page
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Phone: (573) 434-4400
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