Lake Olomega

Laguna de Olomega is the largest freshwater lake in the eastern part of El Salvador.

The area of ​​the freshwater lake is 24.2 km ². It is located 15 km southeast of San Miguel. The lake is fed by the Río Grande de San Miguel. It serves the water supply of around 9000 people in the communities Chirilagua (San Miguel) and El Carmen (La Unión ).

The adjacent wetland with approximately 7.6 hectares of total mangrove forest is home to numerous endangered species. In addition to various species of fish, such as Cichlasoma trimaculatum, Managua cichlid ( Parachromis managuensis ) and the Black-throated cichlid ( Amatitlania Coatepeque ) are located on the banks of the Laguna the breeding grounds of various species of birds such as the white heron (great egret ), the Black Bellied that Olivenscharbe and rare species of frogs.

Environment

Due to over-fertilization of plantation areas in the marine eutrophication has increased extremely resulting in the so-called weeds of fresh water lake. The main part of making this the water hyacinth plants from, they displace other species and weedy waters, the increasingly. At the waters edge eutrophication also causes a change in the growing here other plant communities.

Since 2011 "Plan Nacional de Humedales " the further eutrophication in the context initiated by the " Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales ", counteracted by appropriate measures.