Dos - Don'ts Environmental - SILCA - Sixteen Island Lake Conservation Association

Sixteen Island Lake

Conservation Association

Environmental

Dos and Don’ts

Dos

Do leave the shoreline alone. Disturbing the first 18 inches both in the water and on the shore is especially damaging to the ecosystem of the lake. This area contains the highest concentration of life in and around the lake.
Do maintain your boat engines. Gas and oil do not simply evaporate away. Remember this when you are filling your tank and bailing your boat.
Do maintain your sceptic system in good working order. The law states that cottage systems must be emptied every four years and systems must be up to code – contact the municipal inspector for an evaluation of your system if you are unsure.
Do evaluate and remedy, if necessary, any sources of contamination stored on your property. This includes rusted paint cans, old metal gas tanks and oil tanks and old piles of shingles.
Do recycle your garbage. Drop it off at the recycling centre in Morin Heights (left at the first lights, first right to municipal yards, left into the yards with recycling containers).

Don’ts

Don’t wash, shave or brush your teeth in the lake (with biodegradable soap or otherwise). All soap products fertilise the lake thereby promoting weed growth and oxygen depletion.
Don’t discard any "grey" water into the lake – be it dishwater, a pail of dirty water from washing floors, soap water from ski harnesses, etc.
Don’t cut or pull out aquatic weeds. This promotes further growth as small bits of will re-seed easily.
Don’t throw anything in the lake. This includes cigarette butts, leftover drinks in bottles, food.
Don’t pee in or near the lake. Human urine contains the highest know source of auxins, a powerful plant growth hormone (aside from the hygiene problem).
Don’t use surface fertilisers that will runoff into the lake when it rains.

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