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Due to popular response, LWWA will be co-hosting another ‘Septic Sense’ workshop. How septic systems work, their limitations and eventual replacement, especially in sensitive waterfront locations, are among the topics to be discussed in a free evening workshop titled ‘SEPTIC SENSE’, Tuesday, August 14, at the Wolfeboro Public Library. “Anyone who buys, owns or sells […]

I have been advised that the test results were  less than 2 which means: The “<2” means less than 2 colonies of E. coli per 100 ml of water. The state standard is 88 colonies of E. coli per 100 ml of water. If it is above 88 colonies of E. coli per 100 ml

As a follow up to some questions received, the following is the email response from Sonya Carlson of NHDES. Hi Dusty, The link from our website is: http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/beaches/samples.htm and http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/beaches/health.htm The Center For Disease Control information is http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/ There is no reason to think that the entire lake is contaminated.  While there is no way to be sure

MLPA has been notified by NH DES that water sampling on Monday, July 2, 2012 at Lang Pond Road Beach showed high levels of e-coli.  NHDES advised the Tuftonboro Code Officer and he will be posting a yellow “beach hazard” sign.  The beach is tested for e-coli three times a year and this is the first

In Honor of a Special Friend to Mirror Lake A message from NHDES:   Please join us in honoring the memory of friend, mentor, colleague and former Department of Environmental Services (DES) Limnology Center Director, Jody Connor.  Jody passed away in June 2011, and in his honor we will be holding a memorial event and

In the June 21st, 2012 edition of the Granite State News is a wonderful article discussing the steps being undertaken to protect the waters of Mirror Lake.  Dusty Davies has worked diligently to bring state and local government bodies together in a common mindset, that of protecting the waters of the Mirror Lake Watershed.  The

The Mirror Lake Watershed Management Plan (WMP) is a comprehensive diagnostic study of Mirror Lake’s watershed and analysis of the quality of Mirror Lake.  It provides projections of future conditions of the lake as well as an on-going remediation program to ensure Mirror Lake’s long term water quality.  The WMP was funded, in 2010, by a Section 319