Mill Lake is a lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.

Mill Lake

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NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Mill Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Phosphorus

4 µg/L

Typical for Nova Scotia

Measured by NSECC

Limited data

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Mill Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 4 µg/L.

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Mill Lake is a lake in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1985-09-23. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Mill Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Mill Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Mill Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

No clarity data. Phosphorus 4 µg/L. TSI 24.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)		No reading How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	4µg/L	Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.
Chlorophyll-a (algae)		No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water.
Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a.	24	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

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Frequently asked questions about Mill Lake

Where is Mill Lake?: Mill Lake is a lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Mill Lake?: Mill Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 4 µg/L.
Is Mill Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.