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All rights reserved. 3 From the President NALMS Officers President Source Water Protection Sara Peel Immediate Past-President 5 Protection of Lakes and Reservoirs as Drinking Water Supply Frank Browne Sources President-Elect Elizabeth “Perry” Thomas 10 Collaboration Protects Sources of Drinking Water Secretary 13 Addressing Changing Water Quality in Water Supply Amy Smagula Treasurer Reservoirs Todd Tietjen 17 Collaborate, Plan, and Prepare – A Utility’s Role in Source NALMS Regional Directors Water Protection Region 1 Ellen Kujawa 22 Lake Appreciation Month and Secchi Day on Beaver Lake, Region 2 Chris Doyle Region 3 Lisa Borre Northwest Arkansas Region 4 Erich Marzolf Region 5 Eugene Braig 26 Forest Conservation and Management to Protect Sources of Region 6 Victoria Chraibi Drinking Water Region 7 Michelle Balmer Region 8 Steve Lundt Region 9 Ellen Preece 31 Source Water Protection Challenges in NH’s Multi-Use Region 10 Mark Rosenkranz Water Supply Lakes Region 11 Kris Hadley Region 12 Colleen Prather 35 Closing the Human-Nature Feedback Loop At-Large John Holz Student At-Large Sarah Burnet 39 Student Corner: Aquatic Invasive Species LakeLine Staff Editor: Amy P. 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Fall 2019 / NALMS • LAKELINE 1 From Amy Smagula the Editor s multi-use pressures increase Josh Weiss, Bill Becker, Jim source water in multi-use water supply across our landscape, it becomes DeWolfe, Christine Owen, Wendy lakes. While some waterbodies are Aeven more critical to protect vital Krkosek, and Graham Gagnon outline exclusively used for drinking water supply sources of freshwater a decision support framework used in and all other uses are restricted, many are to maintain quality addressing changing water quality in multi-use systems with competing uses systems. We can reservoirs. They discuss how real time and and demands. They discuss regulatory each likely think of evolving conditions in source water, like frameworks implemented to protect our own examples turbidity, algae and organic matter, drive the supply in these multi-use systems, of competition over change at the operational level in drinking including how some overlap in protections a resource, and water treatment plants, and how those can be useful, and how a patchwork of the compounded plants need to be dynamic in adjusting for different approaches can quickly become effects of overuse changing conditions real-time. complicated and confusing. They also or mismanagement of a system. In many Next we hear from two water discuss LakeSmart, a program intended to cases, this results in degraded water utilities on how they are actively involve the community in lake protection quality and impairments in the designated addressing source water protection in and stewardship activities. uses of waterbodies. Protecting those their watersheds. Kate Dunlap and Finally, V. Reilly Hanson, Kelly resources from impacts becomes even Michelle Wind discuss watershed Coburn, Cayelan Carey, Kevin Boyle, more critical, particularly for those management activities in Colorado Michael Sorice, Nicole Ward, and waterbodies used as a drinking water for the City of Boulder water supply. Kathleen Weathers provide some supply. In this issue of LakeLine, we They review specific threats they face insights that can be useful in educating focus on source water protection (SWP) in their watershed, and monitoring and and motivating individuals about from a number of angles, to stress the collaborative efforts to protect their protecting lakes. In their article they look importance of protecting the resource source in order to ensure quality drinking at human response to changing lakes, and from degradation, and the programs that water for their customers. Pierce Rigrod evaluate those to help resource managers exist to protect these important systems. and John O’Neil discuss the importance in making compelling motivators for NALMS recognizes that SWP is an of forest management as it relates to protecting resources. important issue, and has developed both source water protection in the Lake In our Student Corner, we welcome a white paper and a position statement Massabesic watershed in New Hampshire, an article from Sarah Coney on her work on the subject. Additionally, NALMS is highlighting different examples of forest and experience with aquatic invasive connected through its membership with change, and resulting downstream impacts species, and the impacts that these have in a network of interest groups, including in that state and beyond. our freshwater systems. the Source Water Collaborative. In Collaboration and buy-in are critical This is one of the bigger issues of recent interactions with that group, in this landscape level approach at source LakeLine we have had in a while, but the development of a themed issue of water protection, and there are some very source water protection is an expansive LakeLine on source water protection was good examples of outreach and education topic, and one with many angles. We hope born. to encourage stewardship of source waters you find the information in this issue to be We start off with a lead in article from and their watersheds. Matthew Rich, useful and informative. Chi Ho Sham with the Eastern Research Becky Roark, and Brad Hufhines detail Group, Inc., who provides and overview some creative outreach and education of SWP, what it is, and the regulatory activities they have found useful in Amy Smagula is a limnologist with the New framework related to source water educating their watershed residents about Hampshire Department of Environmental protection. source water protection in the Beaver Services, where she coordinates the Exotic Dan Yates, co-chair of the Source Lake watershed in Northwest Arkansas, Species Program and special studies of the Water Collaborative and director of the building on NALMS’ Lakes Appreciation state’s lakes and ponds. c Ground Water Protection Council, outlines Month and Secchi Dip-In events each the goals of that group, and highlights July. the importance of collaborations among Paul Susca and Tom O’Brien various partners to protect source water. highlight challenges faced in managing 2 Fall 2019 / NALMS • LAKELINE From Sara Peel the President n this, my last LakeLine as the NALMS manage a source water protection assess water quality. Figures 1 and 2 president, we turn our focus to the program. Through their partnerships with included here highlight some of the scenes Iprotection and enhancement of one of the West Fork White River Watershed from their events, and you can read more our most precious Initiatives Regional Conservation about their efforts in their article in the resources – drinking Partnership Program, Beaver Watershed following pages. water. Source water Alliance and other local, regional and These efforts are a great example of protection is a state partners, leveraged more than $8.7 the NALMS Source Water Protection program, usually million in on-the-ground conservation Position Statement. It is the North initiated by a water efforts including agricultural best American Lake Management Society’s utility to maintain or management practices, habitat restoration position that: enhance water quality and streambank stabilization efforts. The in streams, lakes, Beaver Watershed Alliance hosted more • Source water protection programs, reservoirs, and groundwater that provides than 100 events over the last year focused source water management, optimized source water