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The Pequannock River Coalition plans to launch an innovative project to protect trout below Westbrook Lake in northern NJ. The Coalition's plan aims to install a short PVC pipe underneath the surface of the lake in Westbrook Park to siphon cooler waters from the depths of the lake to benefit the ponds downstream. The objective for the plan is to save trout that are unable to survive when the water temperature rises above certain levels in the summer. The plan would allow the pipe to take water which may be as much as 8 to 10 degrees cooler from greater depths in the lake and siphon it to flow over the dam in Westbrook. At present only the warm surface water finds its way over the dam. If successful, the cooler water brought downstream by the siphon pipe will lower the overall temperature of the lake flowing into the ponds below and will hopefully preserve the trout stocks found in the ponds. http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2006/01/13/west_milford_messenger/news/2wmm.txt
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