Aquatic resources consulting
Eli Kersh, PCA, CLM offers lake management services and solutions for your lakes and ponds based on an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. Eli can help you develop lake management plans, lake design and construction, permitting, perform water quality testing, bathymetric mapping and advise on vegetation & algae management. Eli Kersh is a Certified Lake Manager from the North American Lake Management Society, where he currently serves as the Director of Region 9 (CA, NV, AZ, HI). He served 3 years as President of the California Lake Management Society, and is on the Board of Directors for the California Weed Science Society. Eli’s extensive network allows him to help you source the right equipment, products, and contractors that are best suited for your budget and needs. He concurrently holds a technical representative position as an aquatics specialist with Alligare, a manufacturer of vegetation management products specializing in irrigation district and lake and pond markets. e limnology does not sell herbicides or algaecides and does not perform pesticide applications.
Lake Managers are directly involved in managing ponds, lakes, reservoirs and other bodies of water including their watersheds. Lake Managers make recommendations to governing groups and implement proper methods that affect the quality and use of these water bodies.
Monitoring
Water quality varies throughout the day, day-to-day, weekly and monthly (due to weather) and seasonally (due to climate), therefore, it’s extremely important to monitor lake health over time.
mapping
Submersed plant bio volume maps provide information about location, density, and the percent of the water column filled by plant material, which are imperative to targeting plant control resources in problem areas.
oxygenation
Maintaining adequate dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in water is a critical component to sustaining healthy ecosystems in lakes and ponds.
beneficial pond bacteria
We work with Naturalake Biosciences whose lab focuses on the development of three types of products: bacterial products natural to a lake or pond, biostimulants to stimulate a pond’s unique bacteria, and products to affect a plant and speed its degradation.