BC lake · 28 ha · Lower North Thompson River watershed

Phinetta Lake

Too few readings to judge this lake: 8 summer readings from open water between 2012 and 2014, and we need at least 10 summer readings from open water, spread over at least 3 different years, since 2012 before we summarise or compare it. The readings are below. It lies in Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson).

The readings

8 summer readings from open water on record from 2012 to 2014, at 1 sampling site.

	Median since 2012	Compared with BC lakes
Secchi depth	Too few readings to judge 1 reading since 2012, in 1 year	Too few readings to compare (1 reading since 2012, in 1 year).
Total phosphorus	Too few readings to judge 4 readings since 2012	Too few readings to compare (4 readings since 2012).
Chlorophyll a	Too few readings to judge 3 readings since 2012	Too few readings to compare (3 readings since 2012).

Secchi depth how deep a black-and-white disc stays visible: deeper means clearer water

Total phosphorus the nutrient that most often feeds algae in BC lakes

Chlorophyll a the green pigment in algae: a direct measure of how much is growing

Median each year (bigger dot, more readings)Middle half of BC lakesBC median

Source: BC Environmental Monitoring Data System (EnMoDS) results, Environmental Monitoring and Analysis Branch, Province of BC, records to September 19, 2026 (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); lake outlines and names: Freshwater Atlas lakes, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia). Summaries by PlaceDossier.

Nutrient level Inferred

Unclear: too few readings to judge this lake's nutrient level.

Left out for too few recent readings (we need at least 10 summer readings from open water, spread over at least 3 different years, since 2012): secchi depth (1 reading since 2012, in 1 year); total phosphorus (4 readings since 2012); chlorophyll a (3 readings since 2012).

Year by year

Year	Secchi depth	Total phosphorus	Chlorophyll a
2014	–	11 µg/L (2)	4.4 µg/L (1)
2013	–	24 µg/L (1)	7.5 µg/L (1)
2012	2.2 m (1)	20 µg/L (1)	4.2 µg/L (1)

Median of each year's May to October readings; the number of readings is in brackets.

Where it was sampled

0603073 Near centre 8 readings

Site names are tidied from the provincial records; the IDs find each site's full record there.

What this record doesn't cover

Algae bloom reports and invasive mussel checks aren't in this record: the province's Algae Watch map and mussel monitoring aren't published as open data. For swimming, check the regional health authority's beach advisories; for blooms and mussels, ask the province's regional environment office or the local lake association.

Readings are from the province's monitoring database: samples taken by provincial staff, volunteer lake monitors, and companies and local governments that sample under their permits. We keep the ice-free season (May to October), and for phosphorus and chlorophyll only samples from the top 5 m. We leave out sites whose names put them at a water intake, a sewage or industrial outfall, a mine, or a permit holder's works or the water receiving its discharge, or on the shore (a beach, dock or boat launch): water there can differ a lot from the open lake. Each year's figure is the median of that year's readings. We give a lake a summary, a comparison with other lakes and a nutrient level only when it has at least 10 summer readings from open water, spread over at least 3 different years, since 2012; the summary is the median of those readings. With fewer, or only older ones, we show the readings and say there are too few to judge the lake. A reading below the lab's detection limit counts at that limit. One site can be a bay rather than the open lake, so a lake's figures can differ from one end to the other.

Water quality changes with the season, the weather and the part of the lake. These are past readings, not a test of the water today: before you buy, ask the local government and the lake association what's known, and test a drinking-water intake yourself.