RAINBOW LAKE

Beautiful Place, Wonderful Community

Announcements Around The Lake

 Help us keep Rainbow Lake healthy and beautiful! Join the RLA for 2025 now!

On Saturday, May 17, the RLA held its annual general meeting at Crescent Beach. We discussed & passed the 2025 budget and brought everyone up to date on the "Green to Clean" phosphorous reduction project (see below) & our efforts to raise funds for this important endeavor. Congrats on our new RLA board member Eve Asbury!

TAG SALE: The 2025 RLA Tag Sale will be held on Saturday, June 7, starting at 9 AM. Location: 272 Bennetts Farm Rd. (at intersection of BFR & Lakeside Dr. & Limestone Rd.). If you'd like to donate items for sale, you can drop them off that morning starting at 7 AM, or drop them at 18 Clearview Terrace (left-hand side of the double garage)--that's directly across from the bell). If it's too much to handle, email us at rladmin@rainbowlake.org and we will come get your stuff. PLEASE DONATE ONLY ITEMS THAT ARE IN GOOD CONDITION, AND MAKE SURE TO TAG THEM WITH A REASONABLE PRICE. 

Here’s to a great New Year on the Lake!

Sincerely,
The RLA Board

Thanks to those who turned out on a blustery day for our annual spring cleanup!

Did you know Rainbow Lake was originally called Lake Wataba? Order a Lake Wataba T-shirt HERE! All proceeds go to the lake association.

Introducing the Spring 2025 RLA Newsletter!

You may have noticed last summer (2024) we began our Phosphorous Reduction Project with the application of a product called Phoslock. This is a three-year project approved at last year’s Annual General Meeting. 

The major cause of unsightly algae growth on our lake is an excess of phosphorous.  Over the last few years, we have done studies to show that the majority of our phosphorous comes from the lake bottom as opposed to the inlet streams. Last summer, lanthanum (a natural chemical) embedded in bentonite (a natural clay) was applied to absorb the phosphorous in the water column as well as the lake bottom. Lower concentrations of phosphorous will, overtime, lead to a healthier lake ecosystem and fewer applications of herbicides.

  We have been working directly with the Chief Scientist at the manufacturer of the product who tested our lake to determine the optimum application for our specific lake. Requests for Proposals to apply the product were sent out and we selected the best bid, which happened to be our current Lake Management team, Pond and Lake Connection.  A discussion of the selection process is on our website (see link below).

  While we hope to lessen our future dependence on, and costs of, our normal herbicide applications, this project requires funding. We had enough in our Lake Improvement Fund to cover the first year of the project (about $40,000), but will need to raise funds to continue.  

Click on the link below to see details and donate to our Phosphorous Reduction Project to make our Beautiful Lake even more healthy!

Dear Neighbors,

We now have public boats! In order to reduce the number of boats on the beaches, the RLA will now have four RLA member boats on Crescent Beach. They have “RLA” stenciled on the side and we have both kayaks and canoes. We will put some life preservers in the beach shed and a few paddles, but we encourage members to bring their own paddles and life preservers. This is the first year we have tried it, and, if successful, we will add some more boats. Please be courteous and return the boats, paddles and life vests to Crescent Beach after use.

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Longtime Rainbow Lake resident & accomplished photographer Marty Gold has taken some incredible shots of our lake. Check them out at https://martingold.smugmug.com/Rainbow-Lake!