WISCONSIN'S LAKE SUPERIOR BASIN WATER QUALITY STUDY

Abstract

During the period extending from May 1972 through April 1973 a joint investigation of the overall water quality conditions of streams flowing into Lake Superior from the entire State of Wisconsin was conducted by the Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies (CLSES) of the University of Wisconsin at Superior and the Sigurd Olson Insti­tute of Environmental Studies (SOIES) at Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin. This project, funded through the Title I Higher Education Act of 1965, resulted in a comprehensive 1973 publication entitled "Wisconsin's Lake Superior Basin Water Quality Study." The goal of this publication was to provide much needed regional information on water quality, drainage basins, pollution sources and loads, and popu­lation distribution for use in regional planning and problem solving efforts.