Basin Table 9. Saco and Piscataqua Basins: Site Descriptions and Aquatic Life Criteria Attainment.
Saco Basin Waterbody Station Township Site Description Legal Model Comments Pollution Source Dates Class Result Sampled Back Brook 107 Limington 0.1 km below Tucker Rd. bridge B A 87 crossing Back Brook 108 Limington 0.15 km below Rt. 25 crossing B A Reference 87 Cooks Brook 68 East Waterboro 0.4 km below Rt. 202 crossing B A Improved In-place 84, 87, 93, contamination 95 Cooks Brook 120 East Waterboro Above confluence with Bartlett Bk. B NA In-place 87* contamination Deep Brook 269 Saco Above Rt. 5 crossing B NA Agricultural NPS 95 Ossipee River 109 Porter Rt. 25, 2 km west of Porter B B Reference 87 Saco River 163 Conway NH Above Swans Falls dam A A 91 Saco River 164 Fryeburg Below Swans Falls dam A A Hydro 91 Saco River 166 Dayton 0.25 km below Skelton dam A NA Hydro 91 Saco River 167 Standish 0.25 km below West Buxton dam A NA Hydro 91 Saco River 175 Fryeburg 0.20 km above Swans Falls dam A A 92
Piscataqua Basin Waterbody Station Township Site Description Legal Model Comments Pollution Source Dates Class Result Sampled Adams Brook 267 Berwick Above Knights Pond Rd. crossing B C Agricultural NPS 95
Branch Brook 106 Sanford Rt 109 crossing at Sam Allen Rd. A A 87 Carpenter Brook 216 Waterboro above Waterboro Patent Tannery B C** Habitat 94 site; 75 m below dam Carpenter Brook 217 Waterboro 27 m below Waterboro Patent B B In-place 94 Tannery (closed) site degreasing contamination lagoons Great Works River 53 North Berwick 60 m above Pratt Whitney outfall, B C** Habitat 84, 95 about 0.8 km above Rt. 9 bridge Great Works River 54 North Berwick 70 m below Pratt Whitney, about B C** Habitat Industrial 84, 95 0.8 km above Rt. 9 bridge Kennebunk River 270 Bartlett Mills 15 m above Rt 1 bridge B B 95
Biomonitoring Retrospective 157 Maine DEPLW1999-26 Dec. 1999 Basin Table 9. Saco and Piscataqua Basins: Site Descriptions and Aquatic Life Criteria Attainment.
Piscataqua Basin (continued) Waterbody Station Township Site Description Legal Model Comments Pollution Source Dates Class Result Sampled Little River 110 North Berwick 90 m below Little River Rd. bridge B A Reference 87 Mousam River 258 Emery Mills 15 m below North Lebanon Rd B NA** Lake outlet 95 bridge Mousam River 259 Sanford 30 m below Mill St. dam; below C C In-place 95, 99 landfill contamination Mousam River 275 Sanford 1.6 km below Sanford POTW; C C Municipal 95, 99 Salmon Falls River 51 Berwick 2.4 km above Great Falls Upper B B 84 Dam at first bridge crossing above Berwick, off Salmon Falls River 52 Berwick 50 m below Berwick POTW B C Municipal 91, 92, 95 Salmon Falls River 178 Acton 60 m below Fox Ridge Rd Bridge B A 92 and dam (Milton Mills) Salmon Falls River 179 Acton 0 .25 km below tannery lagoons B B In-place 92 contamination Salmon Falls River 243 Berwick 140 m below Rollingsford, NH C('99)*** C Municipal 92 POTW Salmon Falls River 273 Berwick 0.8 km below Berwick POTW C('99)*** C Muncipal 95 (impounded) Salmon Falls River 274 Somersworth, NH 0.25 km below Somersworth, NH C('99)*** C Municipal 84, 95 POTW; 1 km below Berwick, ME POTW (impounded) Salmon Falls River 276 Berwick 60 m. below Stone Dam, Berwick, C('99)*** B 92, 95 above Berwick STP Bold Date indicates year of reported model result Bold Model Result indicates aquatic life class predicted does not meet legal class. * Discontinued station ** Best Professional Judgement. Allowances made to account for documented evidence of conditions which resulted in uncharacteristic findings. *** Indicates year of statutory classification change
Biomonitoring Retrospective 158 Maine DEPLW1999-26 Dec. 1999