Langdon Bay Report Card
This entry was posted on 6/9/2007 7:41 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
I was troubled to hear with the help of the Laker, that the bay received an "F" on its report card from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD).
Report Card While it seems the war on phosphorus in the bay has been going well, levels are still too high. The way I read the MCWD's reports, phosphorus levels were incredibly high in the 70s. Perhaps 25 times too high. It would seem reasonable to attribute this to the old sewer plant West of Langdon. I didn't find the most recent data on phosphorus in the bay, but I'd say it's still 2 or 3 times too high. The bay has at least two factors deciding its future; the lessening importance of the
sewer plant effect as time passes, and new development pressures that no matter how carefully done, impact the bay, which is still relatively isolated. As the Report Card says, the bay drains an area about 6.5 times its 144 acre size, meaning what happens West of it, matters.
The Report Card link above, has data on many if not all Lake Minnetonka bays. A reminder: Boat access to the bay is free to all except for, commercial and non-emergency government agencies, at Green T's boat launch at 2567 Commerce Boulevard.
