Corcoran's Pond got posted yesterday, July 17 with two orange NH-DES "Not Fit for Wading or Swimming" signs for "Fecal Bacteria Advisory" on 48" wood stakes posted into the sandy beach at the pond water edge.
This happens every year for the last five years, and it's a big mystery why this happens because there are very few ducks, no Canada goose, and just one beaver that are present in this seven acre, dammed up man-made town pond in Snows Brook with water flowing over the dam more than 95% of the time.
The scheduled resample is July 21 with results on July 22 so the pond is closed to swimming and wading till then. When Corcoran's Pond gets posted like this for fecal bacteria the local police will come tell you the pond is unsafe to swim and you must get out of the water. In Laconia at Weirs Beach town $2.50/hr pay beach, the choice to enter the water is left up to the individual but in Waterville Valley the water is off limits. Renting a kayak, canoe, sup, or peddle boat is still happening because you are in a boat.
Oh well, the Corcoran Pond water looks very clean and has no scummy green cyano growing on the surface so fecal bacteria is not something that can be seen. It's just there, somewhere in the water, and it is what it is with two orange warning signs posted into the sandy beach ...... eek .....
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You know the Lake Winnipesaukee water in Meredith Bay close to the town boat launch and Clough Park and Hesky Park does not get tested by the NH-DES because it is not a swim area but you can be sure it must be contaminated with fecal bacteria due to all the Canada geese there, eating the lush green grass in these two town parks.
Ditto that for the RV Beach at Ellacoya State Park/Beach which also got posted for a fecal bacteria advisory by the NH-DES on July 16.