Floating device monitors lake water quality

Sean C. Morgan

Since last summer, boaters and visitors to Foster Lake might have noticed an extra floating platform.

The device is used to test water quality, said U.S. Corps of Engineers Spokesman Scott Clemens. It was installed in June 2010 and activated that September.

The floating devices were installed last summer at Detroit, Foster, Lookout Point, Hills Creek and Green Peter, Clemens said.

The yellow and blue devices contain an antenna, communication equipment, a…

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