Cross posting from Water Community (se-wes@solutionexchange-un.net.in)
Please visit the homepage of ILEC (International Lake Environment Committee, Japan):
http://www.ilec.or.jp/eg/index.html.
I was a Recipient, Ibaraki Kasumigaura Lake Prize, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan and I found that the site has many useful publications, world lake database, a journal and conference information.
1. See if the lake receives discharge from ground water or it recharges the aquifer. In the later case, a polluted lake can pollute ground water.
2. The quality of lake water varies within the lake, laterally and vertically. If possible, have at least one sampling point per Km of lakeshore. Vertical sampling in the lake centre may be done twice a year, after Monsoon rains (October) and end of summer
(May).
3. Initially, just concentrate on basic parameters like Temperature, TDS, Ph, E Coli, Heavy metals, Nitrates, Nitrites, BOD, COD, DOC and Trihalomethanes.
Best wishes,
Shrikant D Limaye
Ground Water Institute Pune