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Report highlights increased concern for water quality, contaminants in Madison lakes

The report also included more detailed metrics and information on weather and climate drivers, phosphorus data, clarity and conservation practices. It used data collected by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology, the Dane County public health, land and water agencies and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, among other sources, as well as their own citizen science network called the LakeForecast monitoring network.