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Lake district operations and communications

One place to run your lake and keep everyone informed.

Lake Almanac puts lake conditions, dam operations, independent gauge data, notices, and board reporting in one place. Staff stop rebuilding the same packet from spreadsheets, inboxes, and disconnected web pages. Keep an enduring district record and give residents one official source.

60-day free trial. No commitment. Cancel anytime. Sign up, then we work with your district to import old records, email subscribers, and contact information.

Keep the website you already have. Add a link to the Lake Almanac public page from your existing site. You do not need a new website or domain. District staff can download dated PDF and CSV records for their own files.

See Lake Almanac in actionPrint a board packet

View the live resident-facing page for the Rock Koshkonong Lake District.

Today’s work

What is breaking today

Scattered records, rebuilt reports, conflicting numbers, and starting over when people leave. The district already does the work. Lake Almanac keeps it in one place.

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  • Scattered records

    Calendars, spreadsheets, screenshots, and handwritten logs. Nobody knows which file is current.

  • Rebuilt reports

    The board, engineer, or regulator asks. Staff build another packet from scratch.

  • Conflicting numbers

    High water starts the rumor. Email, Facebook, and the phone carry different lake levels. There is no district source.

  • When people leave

    When commissioners, clerks, or operators change, the district’s knowledge walks out with them. The next person inherits a notebook, a spreadsheet, or a personal inbox.

Available today

This is live. One public page, one operating record, configurable notices, and the packet you hand the board.

  • Lake conditions

    Give residents one official page they can bookmark. The page includes weather, a map, who to contact, and notes you choose to share. It is designed and regularly tested against WCAG 2.1 Level AA.

  • Gauge connections and source history

    Connect USGS lake level and river flow, plus climate stations for temperature and precipitation, by selecting them on a map. A weather forecast is included. Where historical records are available, Lake Almanac brings them into the lake record, often covering years of observations. Lake Almanac checks supported sources for new readings about every 15 minutes. Source reporting schedules vary.

  • Dam log

    Log gates, notes, and photos from a phone, tablet, or computer. Corrections add a new snapshot. They do not overwrite what happened. Older dam logs can be imported on request when records are available in a usable digital format. The history stays with the district.

  • Notifications

    Residents opt in from the public page. During setup, the district can invite other dam operators and partners to subscribe. Automated notices can cover weekly conditions, high water, and source outages. Staff can send a custom update when operations change.

  • Board reports

    Generate a dated PDF and CSV for the board, engineer, or counsel, along with a clear operating summary. All of it is built from the same record, so staff stop rebuilding packets from scratch.

  • Authorized water levels

    Show the district’s authorized operating range alongside current conditions. The dam log records what the district did, while gauge data records what the lake and river did. Together, they let the board, engineer, and residents compare documented operations with independent measurements. Lake Almanac does not set the authorized range.

Product direction

These optional capabilities are not required to use Lake Almanac. They are planned for release by November 1, 2026 and will be included in the subscription when available. Your district can keep its existing website and continue using only the public lake page.

  • Optional full district website

    Meetings, ordinances, notices, events, documents, and people sit next to the lake page. Residents keep one bookmark instead of a separate site.

  • Optional online forms

    Permits, signups, volunteer intake. The request lands in the record instead of an inbox full of PDFs.

  • Optional custom domain

    Connect a domain the district owns, if it wants one. People keep the address they already know.

  • Optional asset and maintenance records

    Track district assets, inventory, inspections, repairs, locations, and scheduled work in the same system.

Support

Hands-on custom setup

Sign up, then Lake Almanac works with your district to get you live. We import old records, bring in existing email subscribers, set contact information, and connect gauges with you. If something gets stuck, email us and you will hear from a real person who understands the product and will help get it resolved.

contact@northvaletechnology.com

Who it is for

Commissioners

See the same record the operators keep. When people change, the history stays with the district.

Clerks

Stop rebuilding packets. Contacts, resident notices, and board exports live in one place.

Dam operators

Record gate settings and notes from a phone, tablet, or computer.

Volunteers

Help with a shared log instead of a personal spreadsheet that disappears at turnover.

Residents

A public page they can bookmark, and notifications they signed up for.

Onboarding

How we set the district up

Create an account. Then we work with your district on a custom setup: import old records, bring in email subscribers, set contact information, and connect gauges. Start a 60-day free trial with no commitment. Cancel anytime.

Lake Almanac keeps the operating record and shows the numbers in context. It does not provide engineering or legal advice, decide whether you are in compliance, replace an approved IOM or EAP, or file documents with a regulator for you.

  1. 01 Create your account

    Sign up and identify the lake and available data sources on a map.

  2. 02 Hands-on custom setup

    We import old records, email subscribers, and contact information with you, then configure the public page, authorized levels, and notifications.

  3. 03 Invite the district

    Authorized users receive access to the operating record, with the right permissions.

  4. 04 Go live on the trial

    The public lake page can go live during the 60-day trial. You can take that page private later without canceling.

Pricing

One lake. $400 a month.

Start with a 60-day free trial. No setup fee. No commitment. No multi-year contract. Cancel anytime. After the trial, $400 per month billed annually at $4,800. Pay by ACH or card. Setup, support, and product updates are included when available. No new gauges when your lake already has one.

60-day free trial

$400 per month

Billed annually at $4,800

  • Public conditions page with weather, map, contacts, and notes
  • Dam log, historical snapshots, PDF and CSV reports
  • Automated and custom notifications for residents and partners
  • Connected USGS and climate data, checked about every 15 minutes
  • Public page designed and regularly tested against WCAG 2.1 Level AA
  • Hands-on custom setup, including records, subscribers, and contacts

60-day free trial. No setup fee. No commitment. No multi-year contract. Cancel anytime. After the trial, pay annually by ACH or card. We connect gauges your lake already has, and import available history. No new hardware when those sources exist.

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Questions

Common questions from districts

If you need something that is not covered here, write contact@northvaletechnology.com.

Usually not. If your lake already has a public gauge, we connect to it. Lake Almanac brings in USGS lake level and river flow, plus climate stations for temperature and precipitation, and a weather forecast. Where historical records are available, we bring them into the lake record, often covering years of observations. Lake Almanac checks supported sources for new readings about every 15 minutes. Source reporting schedules vary. Older dam logs can be imported on request when records are available in a usable digital format. You pick sources on a map. We do not sell equipment.

Preserve the record. Keep everyone informed.

Lake Almanac puts lake conditions, dam operations, independent gauge data, notices, and board reporting in one place. Staff stop rebuilding the same packet from spreadsheets, inboxes, and disconnected web pages. Keep an enduring district record and give residents one official source.

See Lake Almanac in actionStart a free trial