www.twitter.com/NHDES/status/1674836443628294145 ....... Update June 30, 2023, 1:44-pm: The fecal bacteria advisory REMAINS at Alton Town Beach. Resampling July 5, new results July 6
So, what is happening at Alton Town Beach on Lake Winnipesaukee to cause this fecal bacteria advisory, and what's the town's approach to it? Do they close the beach or just leave the signs posted into the water's edge and let swimmers and waders chose whether to enter the lake water?
Sprinkling powdered chlorine onto the sandy beach, after removing any duck or goose "business cards" from the beach, and raking the white chlorine granules into the sand where it will react with moisture and water in the sand seems like a very acceptable thing-to-do from 50-60 years ago, back in the 1960's and 70's as a mitigation for the fecal bacteria. That's sure as hell what the heck I would do with a sandy beach, swim area situation that tests for fecal bacteria ...... you clean it up and out ...... with a bucket of powdered white chlorine and a steel road rake ...... and the chlorine will dissolve with the moisture into the grains of sand.
Doing nothing will not help the fecal bacteria situation. 7-acre Corcoran's resort Pond in Waterville Valley has had a fecal bacteria advisory since June 15 and the next DES sampling is not till July 6. You can lose the whole summer waiting for fecal bacteria to go away if you do nothing about it.