2007: Lake Beseck

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Lake Beseck is a body of water in Middlefield, CT. It was formed in 1846 when a local stream was dammed. Now, about a mile long and quarter of a mile wide, it has become a popular location for fishing and vacationing. Houses line its edges and it is owned by the state Department of Environmental Protection.  In 2007 the Environmental Geochemistry Laboratory class (E&ES 280/281) analyzed the water and took sediment cores to investigate the lake’s environmental history.

Read more about the project and see more photos in the Campus Newsletter:

“Class Uses Local Lake as Laboratory” (6/4/07)

Read an abstract of Dr. Ku’s continued investigation of Lake Beseck:

“The Geochemical Record of Cultural Eutrophication in Sediments of Beseck Lake and Lake Waramaug, Connecticut: Implications for Nutrient Cycling and Remediation Efforts”