The Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance (AWWA) is a non-profit organization working to protect and restore water quality through the prevention of nonpoint source pollution in the border region of Acton, Maine and Wakefield, NH. (read more about AWWA)

Our Youth Conservation Corps program protects water quality and property values for future generations by working directly with landowners to prevent pollution caused by stormwater runoff and erosion. (read more about the AWWA YCC)

Beginning in the Spring of 2008 AWWA began a two-year project to develop a Watershed-based Management Plan for the headwaters of the Salmon Falls River including Great East Lake, Horn Pond, Lake Ivanhoe, Lovell Lake and Wilson Lake and all their tributaries. (read more about the Watershed Plan project)

AWWA partners with local, state and regional agencies to learn about watershed protection, develop strategies for fixing existing problems and plan for the prevention of future problems. AWWA’s Board of Directors and staff are actively engaged in enriching their understanding and knowledge about issues facing the watershed communities.

AWWA is committed to spreading the word about watershed protection and how YOU can help reduce the effects of erosion and other non-point source pollution.  Explore the website and don’t hesitate to contact us for assistance, with concerns or suggestions.

Please check the AWWA Events Calendar for information on upcoming events.

As part of its Watershed-based Management Plan project, AWWA is leading watershed surveys on Great East Lake, Horn Pond, Lake Ivanhoe, and Lovell Lake. To learn more about watershed surveys follow this link to the Why Conduct a Watershed Survey? brochure. Horn Pond and Lovell Lake survey reports are complete and volunteers are currently surveying the Great East and Lake Ivanhoe watersheds. In addition, the Wilson Lake Association conducted a watershed survey of the Wilson watershed in April and is now beginning to pull the report together.

For each watershed survey volunteers met for a two-hour classroom session learning the “whys” and “hows” of watershed surveys. They were trained to identify and document sites where eroding soil is washing into the lakes and then worked in teams to survey assigned areas of the watersheds. Information collected through the surveys will be used to help the communities keep the lakes clean for future generations to enjoy.

Watershed Surveys are voluntary and NOT used for any regulatory purposes.

Call AWWA at 603-473-2500 or email info@AWwatersheds.org to volunteer or for more info.