The FOLKS Lake Level and Flow Rate Subcommittee (LLFRS) will manage the installation of up to ten continuous recording pressure transducers at potentially critical points along the Yahara River between Lake Waubesa and Lake Kegonsa for approximately two weeks at an estimated cost of $2,700.00.

The objective of the study is to determine if there are one or more natural or manmade features in the Yahara River flow path between the two lakes that are seriously restricting the flow of water from Lake Waubesa into Lake Kegonsa.

The length of the Yahara River from Lake Waubesa to Lake Kegonsa is approximately 3.5 miles.  The exact number of transducers and their locations will be dependent on public participation, which will include allowing FOLKS to install the pressure transducers on fixed objects e.g. stable piers, having a surveyor document a fixed point on the fixed object  i.e. GPS location and elevation, collecting stored data from the recording pressure transducers at least twice during the two week process, reevaluating and changing the original locations based on the initial review of the data, and removing the transducers. The WDNR will be informed of this research project prior to its start. In addition, other parties will be informed at the appropriate times. Team leader for this project will be Mike Amstadt. Mike will direct the installation of the transducers, conduct of the survey, collection of the data, removal of the transducers, and preparation /analysis of the data. The information collected by the transducers will be downloaded to a PC and evaluated to determine if and where there may be an obstruction(s) in this stretch of the river channel. Staff will be comprised primarily of LLFRS members.