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| Srikant K.
Srikant K. The Narrative of Lake Piney-Z Lake Piney-Z is a 193-acre lake located east of
Tallahassee in Leon County as part of a group of lakes that belong
to Lake Lafayette. Lake Piney-Z gets its name the abundance of
pine trees on the 407 acres of z shaped land that encompasses
the lake. The lake is located a mile from Apalachee Parkway (Highway
27) at an approximate latitude of 30°26'30" and a longitude
of 84°11'13". It’s currently next to the Piney-Z
housing development, which is rapidly growing. Lake Piney-Z has
been going through a major restoration project for the past four
years as developers have attempted to make it into a recreation
site. Piney-Z has had a changing history with the condition of
the environment being a major issue. Ph was another parameter measured, and it is a measure
of the acidic or basic (alkaline) nature of a solution, which
in this case is the water. A good pH level to ensure the protection
of life is between 6.0 and 9.0. This would obviously be necessary
to maintain a fishery with an adequate number of fish. The most
significant environmental impact pH could is synergistic energy,
which involves the combination of two or more substances that
produce effects greater than their sum. The main reason we measured
pH with the graphing calculator was to be sure that Piney-Z as
an urban fishery could maintain life.
Works Cited http://www.state.ky.us/nrepc/water/wcpno.htm http://www.state.ky.us/nrepc/water/wcpno.htm http://webworldwonders.firn.edu/cameras/piney_z/back/ http://floridaconservation.org/fishing/news-rel/nrw-pine.html http://www.umanitoba.ca/institutes/fisheries/eutro.html http://hermes.ecn.purdue.edu/http_dir/ced/ccw/crc/agen521/agen521/epadir/wetlands/eutrophication.html http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~lakewatch/pqlakesfolder/PineyZ.htm http://freud.psy.fsu.edu/~stephens/water.htm http://www.nps.gov/maca/karst.htm |
in 1947 were forced to build levies in order to contain
the high rate of water that was being drained into the sinkhole.
The water was contained and the lake was restored, but the algae
growth led to the development of muck on the floor of the lake.
This muck buildup led to the much publicized restoration of Lake
Piney-Z in 1998. As far as recreation, Piney-Z was originally
used for hunting, but then became a haven for fishing before the
muck buildup began affecting the quality of the water, which became
dynamically low. The 1998 restoration plan’s goals include
transforming Piney-Z into a fishery as well as a park. The lake
in its current state is located on hill covered land that is covered
with many different kinds of trees and vegetations. The water
as of March 20, 2002 was somewhat murky, but much of the muck
in the lake was not clearly visible.
depressions that occur when enough of the limestone is
eroded away. Though obviously large sinkholes are not evident
at Lake Piney-Z, the possibility exists due to the Florida Aquifer
underneath the lake. Another concern that officials had to and
currently are dealing with it eutrophication. Eutrophication is
the when sediments, sewage, or fertilizers are introduced into
water resulting in an increase in the concentration of available
nutrients. This increase in the concentration of nitrogen or phosphorus
sparks an algae bloom, which in the case of Piney-Z led to the
formation of muck. There are two forms of eutrophication, natural
and cultural. Natural eutrophication is when lakes due to an increase
in age start to have an increase in the concentration of nutrients.
This process takes much time, but can be sped up through cultural
eutrophication, which involves humans polluting the water creating
an algae bloom. Physically Lake Piney-Z is unique, but it has
been influenced by the works of man.
first crucial parameter that was measured at Lake Piney-Z
was water temperature. Water temperature is important since the
temperature should be kept in a way that allows it to not change
as a result of human activity. This would relate to fishing since
humans fishing in Piney-Z should not influence the condition of
the lake. In addition, a high water temperature means the water
could have trouble holding essential gasses such as oxygen. We
of course used a thermometer and graphing calculator to measure
the water temperature of Lake Piney-Z.
and other aquatic wildlife. Basically, murky water has
a high turbidity, while low turbidity is represented by clear
water. Soil particles, sewage, plankton and industrial wastes
are suspended particles that increase turbidity and decrease the
transmission of light. Biodiversity is decreased by turbidity
and suspended solids have a tendency to harm aquatic organisms
in the lake. The turbidity of water in Lake Piney-Z was not a
great issue, and this could be determined by simply viewing it,
but an increase in turbidity would delay the transformation of
Piney-Z into a fishing haven.
