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Five Watershed Surveys Completed |
Results are in for Five Lake Watershed Surveys
Over 100 volunteers worked to survey the watersheds of Great East Lake, Horn Pond, Lake Ivanhoe, Lovell Lake and Wilson Lake to identify sources of pollution caused by erosion from stormwater runoff. Letters offering assistance and suggestions for solutions have, or will be, mailed to all landowners with identified problems.
Landowners are not required to take these actions, and no penalties or fines will be levied if the recommendations are not followed. Rather, it is hoped that the landowners will do so in order to protect the long-term health of lakes. Actions taken now will prevent further deterioration of water quality, decrease in fisheries, decline in property values and spread of invasive plants species such as the variable-leaved milfoil.
AWWA will work with the lake associations and municipalities to strategize solutions to the larger problems through grants and community programs. These watershed surveys of the Salmon Falls Headwater Lakes were conducted as part of the Salmon Falls Headwater Lakes Watershed Management Plan project funded in part by a grant from the NH Department of Environmental Services with funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.
Totals by Lake indicating land use of erosion sites:
To download and read the survey documents please click on the following links:
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Why Conduct a Watershed Survey? |
What is a Watershed?
A watershed is the geographic region within which water drains into a particular river, stream, lake or ocean. A watershed includes hills, lowlands, and the body of water into which the land drains. Great East Lake’s watershed covers 15.53 sq.mi., Horn Pond covers about 1.73 sq.mi., Lake Ivanhoe covers about .26 sq.mi. and Lovell Lake’s watershed covers about 4.7 sq.mi.
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GEL/Ivanhoe Watershed Survey Training |
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What a great day for a watershed survey! On Saturday, June 13th (the one sunny day of the week!) 46 volunteers and technical leaders fanned out around the Great East and Lake Ivanhoe watersheds in 10 teams to begin the watershed survey to identify sources of erosion that contribute pollution to the lakes. They made terrific progress and will complete the survey by the end of June. The data will be compiled and the full reports should be completed by late 2009. Letters will be sent to all landowners with identified issues offering the assistance of AWWA to find solutions. The final reports will be distributed to the lake associations and the Towns.
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