Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Lakewater-quality to be lower this season?

Lin · 10-04-2006, 06:51 PM

Here are some resource lists for information and/or getting involved with the lake and water quality issues. As a co-founder of two watershed groups i'd urge anyone that uses the lake for recreation to get involved. It's all of our responsibilities to help keep water clean and flowing for future generations whether you are from NH or 3,000 miles or more away. And it's not just Winni that needs protection, even your backyard stream - leaking septic systems, fertilizer, pesticides, animal feces, oil, gas, non-point sources (not exactly on the border of a lake or river but that can drain via street or drain runoffs) and many other sources can contaminate or have impacts on our water quality. Many streams like the river I have a watershed group for, are in serious flow issues. Our river, the Sudbury in MA, actually dried up in 1999 for 200' on the mainstem and no one ever remembered it doing that. We need our water for survival first and foremost but recreation comes very rapidly after that. So hopefully this dialouge on this thread will get more people involved, even if it is just as a volunteer monitor or someone to pick up water and soda for groups on a cleanup day. Everyone is always needed.

http://www.winnipesaukee.org

http://www.des.state.nh.us/winni

http://www.usawaterquality.org/NewEn...hampshire.html

http://www.des.state.nh.us/factsheets/bb/bb-26.htm

http://www.winnipesaukee.org/pdf/WinVRAPReport04.pdf

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/t.../detweed.shtml
http://www.nhlakes.org/ed_h20_qual.htm

http://www.wrrc.unh.edu/index.htm

10-04-2006, 06:51 PM	#34
Lin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts & Moultonborough Posts: 673 Thanks: 41 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	Here are some resource lists for information and/or getting involved with the lake and water quality issues. As a co-founder of two watershed groups i'd urge anyone that uses the lake for recreation to get involved. It's all of our responsibilities to help keep water clean and flowing for future generations whether you are from NH or 3,000 miles or more away. And it's not just Winni that needs protection, even your backyard stream - leaking septic systems, fertilizer, pesticides, animal feces, oil, gas, non-point sources (not exactly on the border of a lake or river but that can drain via street or drain runoffs) and many other sources can contaminate or have impacts on our water quality. Many streams like the river I have a watershed group for, are in serious flow issues. Our river, the Sudbury in MA, actually dried up in 1999 for 200' on the mainstem and no one ever remembered it doing that. We need our water for survival first and foremost but recreation comes very rapidly after that. So hopefully this dialouge on this thread will get more people involved, even if it is just as a volunteer monitor or someone to pick up water and soda for groups on a cleanup day. Everyone is always needed. http://www.winnipesaukee.org http://www.des.state.nh.us/winni http://www.usawaterquality.org/NewEn...hampshire.html http://www.des.state.nh.us/factsheets/bb/bb-26.htm http://www.winnipesaukee.org/pdf/WinVRAPReport04.pdf http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/t.../detweed.shtml http://www.nhlakes.org/ed_h20_qual.htm http://www.wrrc.unh.edu/index.htm __________________ Lin