JANUARY 14, 2010 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE Winnipesaukee communities discuss water quality concerns BY ERIN PLUMMER smaller scale for a possible considered impaired and the
[email protected] greater chance of success, as state will become involved in MEREDITH — Communi- it would be more manage- the lake. A lake at over eight ties and state officials are able. This approach could parts per billion is consid- taking steps toward improv- identify pollution sources ered mesotrophic, the next ing water quality on Lake and identify clear regulatory stage of degradation from Winnipesaukee with the re- authority and greater coor- healthier oligotrophic. lease of unfavorable data on dination of efforts. Lake Winnipesaukee as a the condition of various ar- The presentation was part whole is considered olig- eas of the lake. of a watershed planning an otrophic with a summer me- Representatives from the implementation process that dian of 6 ppb of phosphorous Department of Environmen- started in 2006. over the past 10 years and a tal Services, North Country Erica Anderson of the LR- historical median of 4.9 ppb. Resource, Conservation, and PC and Pat Tarpey from A study of Meredith, Pau- Development, the Lakes Re- North Country RC and D pre- gus, and Sanders Bays and gion Planning Commission, sented a series of charts for Lake Waukewan showed es- the University of New Hamp- recent water quality studies timated 2009 phosphorous shire, representatives from done on Meredith Bay in levels with and without Best Moultonboro, Laconia, Gil- Meredith, Paugus Bay in La- Management Practices ford, and Holderness, and conia, and Sanders Bay in (BMP’s), which are meas- PHOTOS BY JOSH SPAULDING other interested parties Gilford as well as Lake ures to mitigate the amount School ski came out for a meeting in Waukewan, which washes of phosphorous going into Meredith last Tuesday to ad- into Winnipesaukee.