by Rich Collins | Feb 12, 2020 | AWWA in the Schools
Over the past several months, I have had the privilege of teaching back to back three-week lessons to 7th grade science students at the Paul and Acton Schools. The program is designed to help students understand where their drinking water comes from, what may be in...
by Rich Collins | Jan 8, 2020 | AWWA in the Community
In 2019, AWWA sent a survey to all residents of these lakes to determine the state of shoreline septic systems. Outdated and undersized systems are known to be a significant cause of lake contamination, so AWWA secured grant funding from NHDES to conduct this...
by Rich Collins | Nov 20, 2019 | AWWA in the Community
Overview and Guidelines The Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance (AWWA) has been awarded a Watershed Assistance Grant from the NH Department of Environmental Services to help households in the Salmon Falls watershed upgrade, repair, or replace failing septic...
by Rich Collins | Sep 17, 2019 | AWWA in the Community, Best Management Practices, Uncategorized, Water Quality, Youth Conservation Corps (YCC)
The 2019 YCC season has wrapped up again with 12 projects completed on seven Lakes in Acton and Wakefield. We had a smaller crew this year of only four members with a crew leader, but this made for a hardworking and tightly knit team that was able to complete projects...
by Rich Collins | Aug 16, 2019 | Best Management Practices
Tuesday October 1st at the Acton Town Hall from 8:00a.m to 4:30 p.m. Most municipalities are now requiring contractors working in the Shoreland Zone to be certified if they are involved with soil disturbance activity, making certification a pre-requisite if you are...
