Belvidere Daily Republican: Candlewick Lake Watershed plan to be finished by June 1

March 4, 2014

By Bob Balgemann

October 2012, the Candlewick Lake Association Board of Directors began pursuing the possibility of getting a planning grant through the Clean Water Act. The goal was to benefit the body of water known as Candlewick Lake as well as everything else in the watershed, including Boone Lake and Beaver Creek.

More than one year later, in December 2013, the $83,333 planning grant was approved. Sixty percent, or $50,000, would come from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with 40 percent, or $33,333, coming from Candlewick Lake through resident dues.

Now Candlewick Lake has received preliminary approval for an $80,000 implementation grant, again with a 60-40 split, to move ahead with yet-to-be-named projects aimed at improving the watershed.

Consultant Olson said the hope is to have a project ready for implementation this spring, with others to follow.

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